$100 Challenge Update:
The $100 Challenge project has been wrapped up. This week I completed my presentation and
shared it on a discussion board with my fellow class members.
Weekly Highlights:
This week was filled with discussion boards. There was one discussion board dedicated to
the study of Steve Jobs and another discussion board for an entrepreneur of our
choice. I learned quite a bit about
Steve Jobs. Some of the highlights of
the Steve Jobs materials studied are:
·
Move past set-backs swiftly
and recognize their future value (Jobs calls this connecting the dots).
·
Do what you love doing,
after finding your passion.
·
Know when to say
"No."
·
Surround yourself with a
great team. Hire people that could replace you, not just stay your subordinate.
·
Learn to be a great
communicator.
·
This might be my favorite,
"Changing your mind is a sign of intelligence."
·
Customers don't know what
they want next. Customers may be able to
give valuable feedback about service and current products, but they generally
won't be the source of new ideas.
The entrepreneurs I selected for the “Trail and Error” discussion board
was the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur.
The highlights I gleaned from study of the Wright brother’s story are:
·
Do your research. The Wright brothers were very hard working
and very inquisitive.
·
Little successes can keep you going, but learn
when to recognize the ideal time to “go public” with new ventures.
·
Progress only as fast as it is feasible. Take one step a time and don’t try to skip
forward, risking incomplete execution of a seemly less significant step in the
process.
Most of my research of the Wright brothers was based on an article
found on success.com.
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