3A – Your Entrepreneurship Story
This post is centered around how/why entrepreneurship intrigues me and how I have come in contact with it throughout my life.
To begin, I have known many people who have taken the bull by the horns and taken a journey to see an idea, product, or innovative creation come to fruition. In high school, I interned at a Product Development company to learn the cross-functionality of engineering, business, and marketing. This company had created many different prototypes of products that they had visualized, created, and then created a physical representation of all their hard work. That experience was very inspirational to me not only because of their combined skills and traits that I wished to emulate, but also because anybody can make something out of NOTHING. Take your dreams by the horns!
Secondly, I had the pleasure of making a friend here at UF who emulated entrepreneurship in every light. As a recent undergraduate and current graduate student, he worked tirelessly to see his dream of a new idea and subsequent product be created. He is a die-hard scuba-diving fan, and with the ocean and all its hazards posing issues for divers hundreds to thousands of feet below the surface, saw a need for a type of motorized swimming machine "buddy" to relay information/help save lives. For a year he worked hard for his dream and subsequently won an entrepreneurship award here at UF for his work in that field of engineering.
Enrolling in this class, I originally viewed it as a means to get 4 credits toward by degree. However, with the different layout of the class and these exercises which get the creative juices flowing, I have had my eyes opened to the plethora of opportunities that this class poses. I am very hopeful that this semester will open new doors to innovation and ideas that I have for the future. Glad to be apart of this class and am intrigued about the possibilities that are in store for those that pursue their dreams and work hard for their careers!
The picture below is the product that my friend created, the SeaPal.
To begin, I have known many people who have taken the bull by the horns and taken a journey to see an idea, product, or innovative creation come to fruition. In high school, I interned at a Product Development company to learn the cross-functionality of engineering, business, and marketing. This company had created many different prototypes of products that they had visualized, created, and then created a physical representation of all their hard work. That experience was very inspirational to me not only because of their combined skills and traits that I wished to emulate, but also because anybody can make something out of NOTHING. Take your dreams by the horns!
Secondly, I had the pleasure of making a friend here at UF who emulated entrepreneurship in every light. As a recent undergraduate and current graduate student, he worked tirelessly to see his dream of a new idea and subsequent product be created. He is a die-hard scuba-diving fan, and with the ocean and all its hazards posing issues for divers hundreds to thousands of feet below the surface, saw a need for a type of motorized swimming machine "buddy" to relay information/help save lives. For a year he worked hard for his dream and subsequently won an entrepreneurship award here at UF for his work in that field of engineering.
Enrolling in this class, I originally viewed it as a means to get 4 credits toward by degree. However, with the different layout of the class and these exercises which get the creative juices flowing, I have had my eyes opened to the plethora of opportunities that this class poses. I am very hopeful that this semester will open new doors to innovation and ideas that I have for the future. Glad to be apart of this class and am intrigued about the possibilities that are in store for those that pursue their dreams and work hard for their careers!
The picture below is the product that my friend created, the SeaPal.
Hi Luke,
ReplyDeleteI liked hearing about your experience at an internship that involved product development and entrepreneurship. I think your enthusiasm for new ideas and creativity was shown throughout this blog post. Your friend's SeaPal creation is such an amazing invention! I too was inspired by someone at UF who is older than me that is doing something that I want to do one day. A girl I know created her own photography business and I am attempting to do the same. I would be interested in how this class relates to your major or future as well. It would be good if you included how this is shaping your career or how you might want to use entrepreneurship in pursuing your passions.