My First Entrepreneurship Class

To be honest, I can’t really say much about my first entrepreneurship class. I’ve only been in it for a month - a total of 5 class sessions. Though I can’t speak much from experience, I can tell you all about how it’s been thus far and what I hope to gain.

Right now, I’m in Intro to Entrepreneurship 2111-1, and the class is completely full. One thing they don’t tell you going into it is that almost everybody wants the same thing as you: to be their own boss, to create something nobody else has, to be successful. It seems pretty obvious now, but when joining the class, I had no idea there were more than a couple people as motivated as I am.

Figuring that out is pretty intimidating. And figuring out that your ideas (or lack thereof) just don’t stack up against those of the others is even more so. But at the same time, it’s exciting. The competition in the world of business is tough and creative and determined. But knowing there are people out there who understand your motivations and who want the same things as you is a source of comfort as well.

As part of the class, we each got to pitch an idea for a potential start up that we’ll work on for the rest of the semester. My idea was a total bust. I’m pretty sure no one even listened to me as I spoke. I left that evening wondering, “If I can’t pitch ideas to a classroom, what makes me think I can do so in a board room?”

Half sure I’d have to get over being an entrepreneur, I abandoned my plan and hopped onto a project that resonated with me. And that’s when I realized the class wasn’t about who could come up with the greatest ideas; it’s about what you could do with them once you get there.

So even though I’m still a newbie in the world of entrepreneurship, I’m looking to forward to seeing where this team will take us. I have a lot left to learn, and I don’t know exactly what my contributions will be, but that’s something that comes with the minor: learning to expect the unexpected.

-Morgan King