What stood out to me about weeks fours assigned reading was that the author gave ideas and pointers to teach. For example, I was reading about exercises that can stimulate the right side of the brain, or stimulate the left side of the brain. I thought that was wicked interesting and I am going to start doing some of them because I know I am left side brain dominant and I have a hard time using the other half of my brain! Imagine what I could do with both sides f my brain, when it only took 1/2 of it to start m y bachelors degree!
One par of the reading that was confusing was the arenas of creativity and the fact that it was broken down into only 7 arenas. I think there are more, but I didn't write this book.
I would ask the author abut more ways to stimulate the right side of the brain.
I would also ask him to point me in the right direction to find mire results with the right brain activities so I would know which ones worked the best.
I think the author was spot on about everything except the 7 arenas of creativity. I think there can be an undisclosed amount of arenas.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Top 5 World Problems
List of the top 5 biggest problems
1. Science proves that the world is warming slowly. Look at power plants and you can physically see all of the emissions being let out, primarily CO2
2. Obesity in developed countries is a huge concern.
3. The homeless population is on the rise in developed countries like the USA.
4. Lots of countries, even well developed countries do not know how to feed their own people.
5.China is polluting at a level never seen before killing their own people.
List of top feasible solutions to these problems
1. By properly labeling foods that contain mass amounts of added sugar this trend can be stopped. Sugar is literally proven to reduce life span, decay teeth, cause diabetes, and a multitude of other life threatening diseases. Another way to stop this issue would be for the Federal Government to stop subsidies to the sugar industry.
2. A solution to this problem would be for countries like the USA who have already solved this to start selling their overstock to these countries for pennies on the dollar. This would bring money to small farmers in the USA and provide food for people who do not have it in the under developed countries!
3. A way to fix this would be for states and communities to coordinate together and develop a way to get these people jobs in low skill sectors. If these homeless people had jobs cleaning bathrooms on the interstate, picking up trash on the beach, or cutting grass on government properties the whole population would benefit!
4. The government needs to install fines and penalties on companies and people to clean up their country. The government needs to sacrifice their relaxing environmental rules to ensure there is an environment tomorrow.
5. I think a practical and logical approach to solving this problems would be to look at the country Germany. Germany ( Primarily Conservative leaders ) is investing in their citizens and businesses by giving incentives to going green. Giving companies tax breaks and individuals refunds for buying products that produce electricity. Literally, in Germany citizens have window screens that create electricity, thus providing a house enough power to curve their electric bill. Notice how I did not say eliminate. The electric companies are still providing power to citizens just not as much, and emissions are down. Something like this should be done in all developed countries. This would also give jobs to the companies who manufacture these products.
1. Science proves that the world is warming slowly. Look at power plants and you can physically see all of the emissions being let out, primarily CO2
2. Obesity in developed countries is a huge concern.
3. The homeless population is on the rise in developed countries like the USA.
4. Lots of countries, even well developed countries do not know how to feed their own people.
5.China is polluting at a level never seen before killing their own people.
List of top feasible solutions to these problems
1. By properly labeling foods that contain mass amounts of added sugar this trend can be stopped. Sugar is literally proven to reduce life span, decay teeth, cause diabetes, and a multitude of other life threatening diseases. Another way to stop this issue would be for the Federal Government to stop subsidies to the sugar industry.
2. A solution to this problem would be for countries like the USA who have already solved this to start selling their overstock to these countries for pennies on the dollar. This would bring money to small farmers in the USA and provide food for people who do not have it in the under developed countries!
3. A way to fix this would be for states and communities to coordinate together and develop a way to get these people jobs in low skill sectors. If these homeless people had jobs cleaning bathrooms on the interstate, picking up trash on the beach, or cutting grass on government properties the whole population would benefit!
4. The government needs to install fines and penalties on companies and people to clean up their country. The government needs to sacrifice their relaxing environmental rules to ensure there is an environment tomorrow.
5. I think a practical and logical approach to solving this problems would be to look at the country Germany. Germany ( Primarily Conservative leaders ) is investing in their citizens and businesses by giving incentives to going green. Giving companies tax breaks and individuals refunds for buying products that produce electricity. Literally, in Germany citizens have window screens that create electricity, thus providing a house enough power to curve their electric bill. Notice how I did not say eliminate. The electric companies are still providing power to citizens just not as much, and emissions are down. Something like this should be done in all developed countries. This would also give jobs to the companies who manufacture these products.
So let me justify my first list of world problems. Global warming affects the whole planet not just one demographic, so this is problem number 1 by a landslide. After that I think obesity in high developed countries is an issue, but with the right steps it can be fixed. Homeless populations is next as this leads to deaths every year. I think smaller countries who cannot feed their own people is an issue but not as severe as the others. Most counties ask the USA for help and they are given it. Only small villages in the middle of no where these days do not receive help. Lastly I listed China because they are polluting themselves and this will eventually affect the whole globe but at the moment it is just their own people.
Now let me justify which big problem is the most feasible to fix. Obesity by a landslide is the one thing people can control. Think about this 99% of obese people are self caused. Meaning only a small fraction of obese people have medical conditions that prevent them from loosing weight and living healthy lives. Most people consume way too much sugar and the solution is easy to end obesity. If you look in California Gregg Glassman is getting a bill to be signed into law that will regulate the sugar industry. All foods that have added sugars that are not found naturally in the food must be labeled as so. This will lower all consumption of high sugary foods and will drive obesity downwards. It is proven that by eating a low sugar diet people live longer, stay thinner, and live healthier lives. If a label with some words on it can provide all of this imagine what can happen after the fact when people wake up!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Week 3 Reading Reflection
1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
I really enjoyed this chapter and I thought it was important for the author to include it in the book. Most books wont talk about the mentality it takes to deal with the type of failure and entrepreneurs has to deal with and I liked reading about it. I also liked reading about the ethics and I thought Enron was a great example.
Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
Well I really don't understand all of 2.4 illustration. It is a big assessment of entrepreneurial activity and corporate training program strategies. t is just a little difficult to read.
If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
I would ask the author to make an update to this book, and talk about some of the solutions to SEC hd to come up with to deal with 21st century issues about ethics and policy violation. I like reading current events.
I would also ask the author to change the diagram in 2.3 to encompass more gray area because that is what the industry needs to see.
Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
No, I though Mr. Kuratko was well written and I enjoyed this weeks readings.
Steve C.
I really enjoyed this chapter and I thought it was important for the author to include it in the book. Most books wont talk about the mentality it takes to deal with the type of failure and entrepreneurs has to deal with and I liked reading about it. I also liked reading about the ethics and I thought Enron was a great example.
Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
Well I really don't understand all of 2.4 illustration. It is a big assessment of entrepreneurial activity and corporate training program strategies. t is just a little difficult to read.
If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
I would ask the author to make an update to this book, and talk about some of the solutions to SEC hd to come up with to deal with 21st century issues about ethics and policy violation. I like reading current events.
I would also ask the author to change the diagram in 2.3 to encompass more gray area because that is what the industry needs to see.
Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
No, I though Mr. Kuratko was well written and I enjoyed this weeks readings.
Steve C.
Identifying Local Opportunities
I went to my local newspaper's website and found 5 articles were some person, or organization discuessed a problem or issue they had.
Title: 2 people killed in central Brevard Crash: http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/24/two-people-killed-central-brevard-crash/79262656/
A police officer was attempting to pull over someone at 1 in the morning, and the person being pulled over decided to run a red light and hit a car that had the green light. The problem is the City does not know why the police officer was pulling over the car. So now the cities police department has a problem because 2 people were killed because a cop was pulling someone over, but they do not know why they were being pulled over.
TItle: NWS issues wind chill advisory or Brevard County
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2016/01/23/nws-issues-wind-chill-advisory-brevard/79236064/
The weather in Brevard county is going to get so cold the NWS had to issue a weather alert. This area is primarily retired people who could die if the proper precautions are not met. The problem is old people need to be taken care of and young people do not have the time or money to do it. Some old folks could die this weekend, and then the issue will be waht to do with all the deceased.
TItle: Man shot in Cocoa of Fiske Blvd.
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2016/01/23/man-shot-cocoa-off-fiske-blvd/79232240/
Someone in my county, approx 17 miles from my house was shot. The problem is the man was shot just walking down the blvd. So the problem now not only belongs to the injured man but to the people who live in this area. Will they feel safe walking on this Blvd now? Will the businesses located there be able to stay open if customers do not feel safe. Real questions need real answers and the city has not responded yet.
TItle: Resurfacing Project Sparks Debate over bike Lanes
http://jacksonville.com/current/town/2016-01-15/story/florida-13-resurfacing-project-sparks-debate-over-bike-lanes
In Jacksonville some construction is going on a major road the the question is where to put a bike in after the construction is complete. Do citizens even want a bike lane there, and if they do is it safe. People are fighting and debating over the matter. So the problem is held by the construction company because they cant really develop the land until they know where this bike lane is going to g, and the citizens also have the problem because they do not know what they want, and the longer it takes them to figure it out the more frustrating the problem becomes
Title: Brevard county commissioners table gas tax issue
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/11/05/brevard-county-commissioners-debate-gas-tax/75171620/
The problem in Brevard County is that our roads are falling apart. Every year the county paves about 10 miles of road, but nearly 45 miles needs tobe done so every decade each road is fresh and ready to take on traffic. The problem is the county does not have money to pay for this and the past 8 years have been hard for the county. They are 200 miles behind schedule.SO the problem is in many peoples front yards weather they know it or not. Construction companies are not getting enough business which might be keeping their costs high. Drivers are driving on bad roads which may increase accident rates, and car repair bills. Tourists come to this area on vacation are met with bad roads, and may not return. Today's people do not want to pay 6 more cents for a gallon of gas, because gas is so volatile. What if gas went to 3.50 a gallon again would the city rid their tax? WHo knows. THe problem is actually really big and there seems to not be a clear answer.
Steve
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Very Short Interview No. 1
So, for this interview I picked my boss. My boss started a company back in the early 1990's that primarily did consulting and figured out IT problems for other companies. in the late 1990's my Boss Jerome decided he wanted to start a company that would sell to people, rather than just strictly businesses. It makes a little more sense to sell to a 6 billion populated market than only a few million. So he gathered resaources and capital and teamed up with 2 other men and started a company named USBID. They sold electrical components that go on aircraft, and a variety of other parts. After a few years Jerome decided to start a second business that focused on the hardware aspect of procurement service. Nearly 11 years later the second company is by far larger than the USBID, and is growing every year. So to recap Jerome has started multiple business, several different ways, and has been running the show for nearly 20 years.
Here are the three questions I decided to ask and Jerome's responses.
When you ventured out with your partner what were you expecting?
Jerome: Well to be honest we were not 100% sure. The market is always changing, but at the time the U.S.A government was growing and parts were in demand all over the world. Ya know we live ina country that makes amazing products that are demanded all over the world, because no one can make them like we do. So our focus was to sell quality parts to people globally and over time expand. The initial goal was to be one of those firms that opens up and turns into a Gazelle. My partner and I wanted to have a revenue of 100 million dollars and offer an IPO and then retire. Well, we both learned quickly that we did not want to do that and over the past 20 years I have enjoyed my time, and I continue everyday to work hard to see that this company grows into something better."
What would you tell entrepenuers today that you were not told when you were starting your business journey?
"Well that's a tricky question because the world is so different today than it was in the 1990's. When I was first starting out the internet was still new and people had not figured it out yet. Now the internet is everything. Just look at the work you do Stephen, everything you do is somehow related to a computer. When I graduated college computers weren't even a thing. So, I guess what I would tell new entrepenuers in any field is to learn how to use a computer, get comfortable with it, and go from there."
Do you have any other work related tips to help out the new entrepenuers in the field?
"Yes, do not get so caught up in the work that you forget about what is really important. You know it is one feeling to work for months with no good leads, and then out of no where you land a mega deal and you feel like a million bucks. Don't let it all go to your head. You wont know it but you ll treat people differently and act like you're all high and mighty. Remember what it feels like when yhour starting out and keep that feeling in mind. Don't get "mind fat" and think you ll never go thin because that is what I see happen all the time. Get a good group of friends, or colleagues what ever have you and do your best to maintain that group and make it better. Be courteous and work diligently and you'll go far!
My reflection: This was an interesting interview. I thought it would be more about making profits, and how to invest money kinda. Sorta like tips on what to do when you make it big, but the whole interview was more about a mindset I think. I learned a few things that I will apply to my life, but for the most part I was just interested in how the responses helped me think more clearly when I ponder about entrepreneurship. Be humble and staying humble I think is the key.
Steve Clegg
Here are the three questions I decided to ask and Jerome's responses.
When you ventured out with your partner what were you expecting?
Jerome: Well to be honest we were not 100% sure. The market is always changing, but at the time the U.S.A government was growing and parts were in demand all over the world. Ya know we live ina country that makes amazing products that are demanded all over the world, because no one can make them like we do. So our focus was to sell quality parts to people globally and over time expand. The initial goal was to be one of those firms that opens up and turns into a Gazelle. My partner and I wanted to have a revenue of 100 million dollars and offer an IPO and then retire. Well, we both learned quickly that we did not want to do that and over the past 20 years I have enjoyed my time, and I continue everyday to work hard to see that this company grows into something better."
What would you tell entrepenuers today that you were not told when you were starting your business journey?
"Well that's a tricky question because the world is so different today than it was in the 1990's. When I was first starting out the internet was still new and people had not figured it out yet. Now the internet is everything. Just look at the work you do Stephen, everything you do is somehow related to a computer. When I graduated college computers weren't even a thing. So, I guess what I would tell new entrepenuers in any field is to learn how to use a computer, get comfortable with it, and go from there."
Do you have any other work related tips to help out the new entrepenuers in the field?
"Yes, do not get so caught up in the work that you forget about what is really important. You know it is one feeling to work for months with no good leads, and then out of no where you land a mega deal and you feel like a million bucks. Don't let it all go to your head. You wont know it but you ll treat people differently and act like you're all high and mighty. Remember what it feels like when yhour starting out and keep that feeling in mind. Don't get "mind fat" and think you ll never go thin because that is what I see happen all the time. Get a good group of friends, or colleagues what ever have you and do your best to maintain that group and make it better. Be courteous and work diligently and you'll go far!
My reflection: This was an interesting interview. I thought it would be more about making profits, and how to invest money kinda. Sorta like tips on what to do when you make it big, but the whole interview was more about a mindset I think. I learned a few things that I will apply to my life, but for the most part I was just interested in how the responses helped me think more clearly when I ponder about entrepreneurship. Be humble and staying humble I think is the key.
Steve Clegg
Sunday, January 17, 2016
World's Biggest Problems
I am here to discuss what I view as the worlds biggest problems. I am sure everyone will have different views than me, but maybe some of ours will be similar!
1.) Science proves that the world is warming slowly. Look at power plants and you can physically see all of the emissions being let out, primarily CO2.
I think a practical and logical approach to solving this problems would be to look at the country Germany. Germany ( Primarily Conservative leaders ) is investing in their citizens and businesses by giving incentives to going green. Giving companies tax breaks and individuals refunds for buying products that produce electricity. Literally, in Germany citizens have window screens that create electricity, thus providing a house enough power to curve their electric bill. Notice how I did not say eliminate. The electric companies are still providing power to citizens just not as much, and emissions are down. Something like this should be done in all developed countries. This would also give jobs to the companies who manufacture these products.
2.) War has become an industry to generate money.
The U.S.A has been involved in many wars, but in the past 20 years the situations have changed. The U.S.A is going to war with small countries for prolonged periods of time with no intention of winning. World War II was a 6 year war, but we have been involved in much smaller conflicts for over a decade? The politicians are getting paid by defense companies to send our troops over seas to be involved in wars using the products of the companies that provide money to the politicians. It is a vicious circle that can be broken by voting for the right people. If individuals voted for politicians who did not take huge corporate sponsorships most of these issues would simply disappear. A win win scenario!
3.) Obesity in developed countries is a huge concern.
The U.S.A is leading the developed world with an obese society, but other developed countries are not far behind. This leads to increased health care costs, more expensive products for everyone, and hurts a nations workforce. The biggest contribution to this issue is the over consumption of sugar. THe proof is out there and the state of California has the right approach. By properly labeling foods that contain mass amounts of added sugar this trend can be stopped. Sugar is literally proven to reduce life span, decay teeth, cause diabetes, and a multitude of other life threatening diseases. Another way to stop this issue would be for the Federal Government to stop subsidies to the sugar industry.
4.) China is polluting at a level never seen before killing their own people.
In China the government does not take proper precautions protecting their people from the harm of pollution. People throw trash in the street and the corporations pollute the water. The government needs to install fines and penalties on companies and people to clean up their country. The government needs to sacrifice their relaxing environmental rules to ensure there is an environment tomorrow.
5.) Terrorism throughout the world is growing.
Media and politicians are talking about terrorism everyday. From the Paris shootings a few months ago to the San Bernardino massacre a few weeks ago. We can definitely see the trend growing and there is a solution. The best way to make something go away is to support the exact opposite. Mother Teresa would never go to an anti war rally, but she would always go to a pro piece rally. Gandhi won a war without fighting. The solution to the problem of terrorism is to start spreading piece and love, not more violence and death.
6.) Most places in Africa, Asia, and South America do not have access to clean drinking water.
This problem is causing people to die at young ages, and increases the cost of living on others. If people do not have access to this basic necessity of life how will they contribute anything meaningful to the world. A way to fix this would be for global leaders like the E-20 to step in an assign countries to each other to help. If you help your neighbors out one day they will help you.
7.) Lots of countries, even well developed countries do not know how to feed their own people.
Countries like Haiti, Venezuela, and many other smaller countries do not have the knowledge or capacity to grow enough food to feed their own people. Innocent people are dying because farmers in other countries do not have the knowledge or capacity to provide enough food for everyone. A solution to this problem would be for countries like the USA who have already solved this to start selling their overstock to these countries for pennies on the dollar. This would bring money to small farmers in the USA and provide food for people who do not have it in the under developed countries!
8. ) Corporations are cutting corners in food safety and it is hurting people. Lots of food companies not just Chipotle do not know enough about their own food safety protocol and outbreaks are occurring throughout the world. Companies need to be checked and verified by regulation agencies on a regular unknown basis to ensure proper precautions are met. I have worked at many placed that would only clean there restaurant when they knew an inspection was coming.
9.) The homeless population is on the rise in developed countries like the USA.
Well this is an issue because being homeless decreases your life expectancy and causes many sociological and economical issues within a country. A way to fix this would be for states and communities to coordinate together and develop a way to get these people jobs in low skill sectors. If these homeless people had jobs cleaning bathrooms on the interstate, picking up trash on the beach, or cutting grass on government properties the whole population would benefit!
10.) Developed countries like the USA are producing to much waste to be considered sustainable. We produce so much trash that landfills are being filled and new developments are being built on natural land reserves to accommodate our waste problems.
The USA needs to look at other countries like the UK who simply cannot produce waste because they have no where to keep it. By reusing recycling we can cut our dependency on landfills and keep our land clean for the next generation!
Steve Clegg
1.) Science proves that the world is warming slowly. Look at power plants and you can physically see all of the emissions being let out, primarily CO2.
I think a practical and logical approach to solving this problems would be to look at the country Germany. Germany ( Primarily Conservative leaders ) is investing in their citizens and businesses by giving incentives to going green. Giving companies tax breaks and individuals refunds for buying products that produce electricity. Literally, in Germany citizens have window screens that create electricity, thus providing a house enough power to curve their electric bill. Notice how I did not say eliminate. The electric companies are still providing power to citizens just not as much, and emissions are down. Something like this should be done in all developed countries. This would also give jobs to the companies who manufacture these products.
2.) War has become an industry to generate money.
The U.S.A has been involved in many wars, but in the past 20 years the situations have changed. The U.S.A is going to war with small countries for prolonged periods of time with no intention of winning. World War II was a 6 year war, but we have been involved in much smaller conflicts for over a decade? The politicians are getting paid by defense companies to send our troops over seas to be involved in wars using the products of the companies that provide money to the politicians. It is a vicious circle that can be broken by voting for the right people. If individuals voted for politicians who did not take huge corporate sponsorships most of these issues would simply disappear. A win win scenario!
3.) Obesity in developed countries is a huge concern.
The U.S.A is leading the developed world with an obese society, but other developed countries are not far behind. This leads to increased health care costs, more expensive products for everyone, and hurts a nations workforce. The biggest contribution to this issue is the over consumption of sugar. THe proof is out there and the state of California has the right approach. By properly labeling foods that contain mass amounts of added sugar this trend can be stopped. Sugar is literally proven to reduce life span, decay teeth, cause diabetes, and a multitude of other life threatening diseases. Another way to stop this issue would be for the Federal Government to stop subsidies to the sugar industry.
4.) China is polluting at a level never seen before killing their own people.
In China the government does not take proper precautions protecting their people from the harm of pollution. People throw trash in the street and the corporations pollute the water. The government needs to install fines and penalties on companies and people to clean up their country. The government needs to sacrifice their relaxing environmental rules to ensure there is an environment tomorrow.
5.) Terrorism throughout the world is growing.
Media and politicians are talking about terrorism everyday. From the Paris shootings a few months ago to the San Bernardino massacre a few weeks ago. We can definitely see the trend growing and there is a solution. The best way to make something go away is to support the exact opposite. Mother Teresa would never go to an anti war rally, but she would always go to a pro piece rally. Gandhi won a war without fighting. The solution to the problem of terrorism is to start spreading piece and love, not more violence and death.
6.) Most places in Africa, Asia, and South America do not have access to clean drinking water.
This problem is causing people to die at young ages, and increases the cost of living on others. If people do not have access to this basic necessity of life how will they contribute anything meaningful to the world. A way to fix this would be for global leaders like the E-20 to step in an assign countries to each other to help. If you help your neighbors out one day they will help you.
7.) Lots of countries, even well developed countries do not know how to feed their own people.
Countries like Haiti, Venezuela, and many other smaller countries do not have the knowledge or capacity to grow enough food to feed their own people. Innocent people are dying because farmers in other countries do not have the knowledge or capacity to provide enough food for everyone. A solution to this problem would be for countries like the USA who have already solved this to start selling their overstock to these countries for pennies on the dollar. This would bring money to small farmers in the USA and provide food for people who do not have it in the under developed countries!
8. ) Corporations are cutting corners in food safety and it is hurting people. Lots of food companies not just Chipotle do not know enough about their own food safety protocol and outbreaks are occurring throughout the world. Companies need to be checked and verified by regulation agencies on a regular unknown basis to ensure proper precautions are met. I have worked at many placed that would only clean there restaurant when they knew an inspection was coming.
9.) The homeless population is on the rise in developed countries like the USA.
Well this is an issue because being homeless decreases your life expectancy and causes many sociological and economical issues within a country. A way to fix this would be for states and communities to coordinate together and develop a way to get these people jobs in low skill sectors. If these homeless people had jobs cleaning bathrooms on the interstate, picking up trash on the beach, or cutting grass on government properties the whole population would benefit!
10.) Developed countries like the USA are producing to much waste to be considered sustainable. We produce so much trash that landfills are being filled and new developments are being built on natural land reserves to accommodate our waste problems.
The USA needs to look at other countries like the UK who simply cannot produce waste because they have no where to keep it. By reusing recycling we can cut our dependency on landfills and keep our land clean for the next generation!
Steve Clegg
Week 2 Reading Reflection
After reading in my entrepreneurship text book this week there were definitely some interesting things to dissect and evaluate.
1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
The biggest surprise I read about was the 10 biggest myths about entrepreneurship. What stood out tome was how many businesses success in the USA. I have always heard that half of new businesses fail within the first year and 85% within the first five years. The statistics in the book explained why this thought was wrong and supported there claim with data and evidence. I wonder why this old way of thinking is stil going around when it is clearly wrong. Reading this was intriguing, and I also like knowing that most entrepreneurs do not take as much risk as most people think. I thought to myself hey if these entrepreneurs are calculating risk management and making the best of their investment. I just thought to myself how television does a poor job explaining these facts to people. This is probably due to the fact that statistics and facts can be boring to the average individual.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
One part of this text that I really did not understand was why the textbook took the time to explain which schools have the best entrepreneurship programs. Entrepreneurship is not about attending the best schools in the nation or receiving the best of the best in education. Entrepreneurship is about taking as little as possible and transforming it into something great. Most of the worlds best innovators and entrepreneurs came from nothing and made the best out of little.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
First question.) Why were the first few pages of this text so boring Mr Kuratko?I had a very tough time staying awake during the beginning of the text because the content was not presented in a fun way.
Second question .) Will the next few chapters be more closely related to the second half of this chapter? I enjoyed reading the statistics and facts about out topics. It was interesting reading how you analyzed each topic.
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?Nothing really jumped out at me that the author got wrong. Mr. Kuratko took both sides of the opinionated topics he discussed and I cant argue with anything he wrote about. Perhaps in future reading there will be something I disagree with.
1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
The biggest surprise I read about was the 10 biggest myths about entrepreneurship. What stood out tome was how many businesses success in the USA. I have always heard that half of new businesses fail within the first year and 85% within the first five years. The statistics in the book explained why this thought was wrong and supported there claim with data and evidence. I wonder why this old way of thinking is stil going around when it is clearly wrong. Reading this was intriguing, and I also like knowing that most entrepreneurs do not take as much risk as most people think. I thought to myself hey if these entrepreneurs are calculating risk management and making the best of their investment. I just thought to myself how television does a poor job explaining these facts to people. This is probably due to the fact that statistics and facts can be boring to the average individual.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
One part of this text that I really did not understand was why the textbook took the time to explain which schools have the best entrepreneurship programs. Entrepreneurship is not about attending the best schools in the nation or receiving the best of the best in education. Entrepreneurship is about taking as little as possible and transforming it into something great. Most of the worlds best innovators and entrepreneurs came from nothing and made the best out of little.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
First question.) Why were the first few pages of this text so boring Mr Kuratko?I had a very tough time staying awake during the beginning of the text because the content was not presented in a fun way.
Second question .) Will the next few chapters be more closely related to the second half of this chapter? I enjoyed reading the statistics and facts about out topics. It was interesting reading how you analyzed each topic.
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?Nothing really jumped out at me that the author got wrong. Mr. Kuratko took both sides of the opinionated topics he discussed and I cant argue with anything he wrote about. Perhaps in future reading there will be something I disagree with.
Steve Clegg
Friday, January 15, 2016
Bug List
I have a number of things that bother me, or " bug me " let me tell you about them.
1.) The left turn lights in my town do not blink in yellow after turning red, while the straight lane is still green. This holds up traffic forever, especially if you want to make that left turn and no one is around.
Why does this bug exist? Probably to keep old people from dying.
2.) Traffic in little cities like mine is annoying and red lights waste so much gas, but you need to keep your car on to keep the good ac running.
Why does this bug exist? This exist because car manufacturers have not figured out how to keep a battery from dying without moving the car.
3.) People who walk slow in stores and cause me to walk slow.
Why does this bug exist? This bug exists because most stores were built in the 80s and 90s and at the time the average American was not obese.
4.) My girlfriends mom just talks for the longest time about the dumbest things, like getting her haircut in five weeks.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because I am not patient and cannot stand dumb conversation.
5.) People who text and drive bug me.
Why does this bug exist? Most states do not have good texting while driving laws, or phone companies cant shut off phones if you are traveling past "x" miles an hour. Mainly, though, it exists because people are inconsiderate jerks who put unimportant conversation before the lives of others.
6.) Microsoft charges me on a month to month basis for using their products.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly, because Bill Gates is a greedy guy who wants my 9.99 a month for years instead of charging me $100 one time.
7.) People who drink alcohol and drive.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly because individuals do not want to blow on a meter to start their car. Maybe the manufacturers should just require there cars to have these in them.
8.) People who work in the food industry sick.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because employees do not make much money and literally cannot afford to miss a day of work, so they come to work and get everyone they serve sick.
9.) Expensive protein powders and supplements.
Why does this bug exist. Protein is not expensive to make, but people do not buy enough and sellers need to make lots of money on as little product as possible to stay alive.
10.) People who bash Crossfit, or think the program is insufficient.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because dumb people go on Youtube who have no idea what they are doing and try to demo crossfit, or individuals open there own gym who literally have 8 minutes of experience. Then these people are who non-crossfiters see representing crossfit, when they are actually not what crossfit stands for at all.
11.) People like Hilary Clinton who think have 7 houses instead of 10 houses is being poor.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because reality television has brainwashed people into thinking having the latest and greatest is a must have. Pretty sure the average American owns 10 years of a 30 year mortgage on house number one and is probably up to their eyeballs in debt.
12.) Schools that charge too much for their tuition.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because school like to build huge buildings that contribute absolutely nothing to their academic profile, and they are forced to pass on there costs to the students. Ask yourself how much money it costs to send a college kitting team across the country to a meet. The answer is thousands of dollars and we re all paying for it.
13. ) Community colleges that do not post their graduate employment rating for vocational training.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because community college do not want to embarrass themselves by telling the community that they do not prepare there students well and no one gets hired after graduation, but hey everyone paid for it.
14. ) People who talk to large crowds who do not know a lot about anything, similar to Donald Trump.
Why does this bug exist? This bug exists because elementary school teachers did not teach there student how to answer a question. When kids get away with giving bad answers by making the class laugh it is a disservice to the rest of society because these kids grow up into people like Donald.
15.) School lunches that have little nutrition.
Why does this bug exist? Schools do not have enough money to grow any of their own food and are so dependent on big companies to sell them cheap food that kids will like. Think of your high school lunch, breakfast, or even the food choices U.F offers. Everything comes from some giant corporation and all of the nutrition that we need to live great lives is taken out and it makes me sick.
16.) The earphone speakers broke that I just bought today to watch the lecture video for week two in my entrepreneurship class.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly because these buds like everything else at target were made in china out of material that is of bad quality.
17. ) When people on the news think low gas prices are going to rip the world apart by making other countries poor.
Why does this bug exist? Other countries rely on high oil prices to pay for everything they purchase or supply to their citizens. These countries have not diversified their own portfolios and want to blame others for their issues. So the news stations feel sorry for them and want something to report about, but when oil is too expensive these reporters just complain. Some of the most annoying reporting I have ever listened to.
18.) Why the best economics professor from Santa Fe Mr. Hartman not work at U.F?
Why does this bug exist? Well personally I thought this guy was the best teacher I have ever had, he literally did everything he could to make economics the most interesting subject to students and he did it so well. He might not have the qualifications to work at U.F or maybe he has never applied to teach here. Seriously though, I hope he teacher economics here on day.I would rather learn from him than some stiff who has a P.H.D in chart reading.
19.) When my girlfriend wants me to write about her in this blog.
Why does this bug exist? Well for multiple reasons: first I chose to do this specific assignment at her house, I literally have five assignments to accomplish and I chose to do this one, and secondly because she likes to see what I am working on and realized that I have two more things to write about and I am running out of things to write about.
20.) When people make rude comments about my forearm muscles specifically the lack there of.
Why does this bug exist? Well for some unknown reason I cannot get my forearm muscles to grow. Like seriously here I am squatting 400 pounds and benching nearly 250 but my forearms look like they belong on a 14 year old boy. I might consider buying those gloves Sponge Bob Square Pants used to impress his friends by having blown up arms.
Reflections.
Well this was actually a challenging assignment because I started to run out of things to write about. I found it difficult, but luckily I had the news on in the background and some things just came to my attention while watching the news and I wrote about those. I also did not know how much to write, so some of my bugs are short while others area little lengthy. I also found myself going off on tangents at times, so my apologies to whomever has to read this and comment on it.
Steve Clegg
1.) The left turn lights in my town do not blink in yellow after turning red, while the straight lane is still green. This holds up traffic forever, especially if you want to make that left turn and no one is around.
Why does this bug exist? Probably to keep old people from dying.
2.) Traffic in little cities like mine is annoying and red lights waste so much gas, but you need to keep your car on to keep the good ac running.
Why does this bug exist? This exist because car manufacturers have not figured out how to keep a battery from dying without moving the car.
3.) People who walk slow in stores and cause me to walk slow.
Why does this bug exist? This bug exists because most stores were built in the 80s and 90s and at the time the average American was not obese.
4.) My girlfriends mom just talks for the longest time about the dumbest things, like getting her haircut in five weeks.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because I am not patient and cannot stand dumb conversation.
5.) People who text and drive bug me.
Why does this bug exist? Most states do not have good texting while driving laws, or phone companies cant shut off phones if you are traveling past "x" miles an hour. Mainly, though, it exists because people are inconsiderate jerks who put unimportant conversation before the lives of others.
6.) Microsoft charges me on a month to month basis for using their products.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly, because Bill Gates is a greedy guy who wants my 9.99 a month for years instead of charging me $100 one time.
7.) People who drink alcohol and drive.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly because individuals do not want to blow on a meter to start their car. Maybe the manufacturers should just require there cars to have these in them.
8.) People who work in the food industry sick.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because employees do not make much money and literally cannot afford to miss a day of work, so they come to work and get everyone they serve sick.
9.) Expensive protein powders and supplements.
Why does this bug exist. Protein is not expensive to make, but people do not buy enough and sellers need to make lots of money on as little product as possible to stay alive.
10.) People who bash Crossfit, or think the program is insufficient.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because dumb people go on Youtube who have no idea what they are doing and try to demo crossfit, or individuals open there own gym who literally have 8 minutes of experience. Then these people are who non-crossfiters see representing crossfit, when they are actually not what crossfit stands for at all.
11.) People like Hilary Clinton who think have 7 houses instead of 10 houses is being poor.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because reality television has brainwashed people into thinking having the latest and greatest is a must have. Pretty sure the average American owns 10 years of a 30 year mortgage on house number one and is probably up to their eyeballs in debt.
12.) Schools that charge too much for their tuition.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because school like to build huge buildings that contribute absolutely nothing to their academic profile, and they are forced to pass on there costs to the students. Ask yourself how much money it costs to send a college kitting team across the country to a meet. The answer is thousands of dollars and we re all paying for it.
13. ) Community colleges that do not post their graduate employment rating for vocational training.
Why does this bug exist? This exists because community college do not want to embarrass themselves by telling the community that they do not prepare there students well and no one gets hired after graduation, but hey everyone paid for it.
14. ) People who talk to large crowds who do not know a lot about anything, similar to Donald Trump.
Why does this bug exist? This bug exists because elementary school teachers did not teach there student how to answer a question. When kids get away with giving bad answers by making the class laugh it is a disservice to the rest of society because these kids grow up into people like Donald.
15.) School lunches that have little nutrition.
Why does this bug exist? Schools do not have enough money to grow any of their own food and are so dependent on big companies to sell them cheap food that kids will like. Think of your high school lunch, breakfast, or even the food choices U.F offers. Everything comes from some giant corporation and all of the nutrition that we need to live great lives is taken out and it makes me sick.
16.) The earphone speakers broke that I just bought today to watch the lecture video for week two in my entrepreneurship class.
Why does this bug exist? Mostly because these buds like everything else at target were made in china out of material that is of bad quality.
17. ) When people on the news think low gas prices are going to rip the world apart by making other countries poor.
Why does this bug exist? Other countries rely on high oil prices to pay for everything they purchase or supply to their citizens. These countries have not diversified their own portfolios and want to blame others for their issues. So the news stations feel sorry for them and want something to report about, but when oil is too expensive these reporters just complain. Some of the most annoying reporting I have ever listened to.
18.) Why the best economics professor from Santa Fe Mr. Hartman not work at U.F?
Why does this bug exist? Well personally I thought this guy was the best teacher I have ever had, he literally did everything he could to make economics the most interesting subject to students and he did it so well. He might not have the qualifications to work at U.F or maybe he has never applied to teach here. Seriously though, I hope he teacher economics here on day.I would rather learn from him than some stiff who has a P.H.D in chart reading.
19.) When my girlfriend wants me to write about her in this blog.
Why does this bug exist? Well for multiple reasons: first I chose to do this specific assignment at her house, I literally have five assignments to accomplish and I chose to do this one, and secondly because she likes to see what I am working on and realized that I have two more things to write about and I am running out of things to write about.
20.) When people make rude comments about my forearm muscles specifically the lack there of.
Why does this bug exist? Well for some unknown reason I cannot get my forearm muscles to grow. Like seriously here I am squatting 400 pounds and benching nearly 250 but my forearms look like they belong on a 14 year old boy. I might consider buying those gloves Sponge Bob Square Pants used to impress his friends by having blown up arms.
Reflections.
Well this was actually a challenging assignment because I started to run out of things to write about. I found it difficult, but luckily I had the news on in the background and some things just came to my attention while watching the news and I wrote about those. I also did not know how much to write, so some of my bugs are short while others area little lengthy. I also found myself going off on tangents at times, so my apologies to whomever has to read this and comment on it.
Steve Clegg
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Introduction
Hello world this is Steve Clegg writing in from Melbourne
Florida. Before we dive into this course let me introduce myself to you, so you
can understand me as a person better. I am originally from the great state of Massachusetts
go Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox, and Revolution. I moved to Florida when I was
two years old in 1995 and have been living here for the past 20 years. I currently live in a house with my
grandmother, grandfather, mother, and one of my 3 brothers. I am the youngest
of my siblings, and the only child in the family to attend the University of Florida.
One of my brothers did graduate from The University of Miami, but I prefer to
not talk about such tragedies. Moving
forward, I have attended two other colleges before deciding on The University
of Florida. I went to a local community
college in Brevard County called Eastern Florida State College, and then I transferred
to Santa Fe in the beginning of 2015.
After spending eight months in Gainesville I quickly learned that the
dense city life was not for me and I preferred to live in a smaller town. So, I moved back home to save money, and now I
work for one of my uncles selling aircraft parts. I gained acceptance into UF’s online degree program last semester and have been taking classes towards my bachelors
in Business Administration since! I am really working towards this degree to
gain knowledge in the field of general business so I can apply what I learn now
to some real work situations, and more importantly in future endeavours.
My real passion is Crossfit training. I train every single
day, and sometimes that means getting to the gym at 5:30am and going back at
5:30pm. Some days I only train once for
a few hours, but most days I train twice for a total of four hours. I love training and this is something I want
to seriously pursue beyond a hobby in the next few years, because I see myself
being in the spotlight soon! If you have
never heard of Crossfit take 15 seconds and google search Rich Fronning. That
is the type of training I look forward to every single day, and I could not be
happier doing it. Now, you are probably
asking why I love training like this so much.
Well, when I was a kid I was obese and a candidate for early onset
diabetes. I used to eat Snickers for breakfast pizza for lunch, and junk for
dinner every single night. One day in high school I decided to join cross
country to lose weight, and be more social. After several years of cross country
running I lost over 50lbs and gained confidence in myself and made tons of
friends. Going into college I learned about this new style of training called Crossfit.
I was hooked after my first week of training and I have not looked back since!
I have so much fun training with the friends I have made over the past two
years. There is always something to
improve and always new skills to learn or teach other people. In a sense
Crossfit is very similar to entrepreneurship because people are always looking
for ways to improve anything and everything to some degree. Crossfit actually started just 16 years ago in
someone garage training B list movie starts, and now there are over 10,000 Crossfit
gyms around the world. If that isn’t the best example of revolutionary entrepreneurship
I don’t know what is!
As a person this is really what drives me and keeps me
interested in everyday activity. Training is something I fell in love with a
few years ago and I just try my best to be the best version of myself.
Sometimes that entails doing a 400lb squat, but can also include activities
like reading 100 pages of a book a day, or learning something new about myself.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
My Entrepreneurship Story
My entire life I have been exposed
to entrepreneur ship, and I think everyone who understands the definition of an
entrepreneur can relate to this in some way or another. Weather someone is learning
a new skill, or discovering a new way to accomplish some task. In the past six months I have been exposed
to a great deal of entrepreneurship. I
recently started an internship at a company founded and governed by my uncle
Jerome Pepin. Jerome decided that I needed some guidance in my life and my
father was incapable of providing me with the experiences that my uncle
can.
My uncle owns and started a company that
specializes in procurement service for mostly aerospace and defense companies. The company has several divisions, some that
have lasted since the inception, and some that started 60 days before I was
brought on the team. I was assigned to
work in the new division of the company that deviates drastically from what the
company does. I have had to sit next to my uncle in many meetings, and take
pages of notes every week trying my best to learn on the job. Seeing him work
50 hours a week and never being angry is extremely motivating and
inspirational. I have the opportunity to
work in a segment of the company that could be viewed as a start-up.
The company
as a whole specializes in procurement service for aerospace and defense companies,
and usually that entails working with large corporations and finding products
that meet there needs. Usually a representative of the industry we serve will
tell us what products they need specifically. I work in the general aviation division which
at the moment is unorganized and can be thought of as a “garage sale” type of business. On a day to day basis I work with very small
companies and individuals finding information on parts needed in the future! I specifically sell hardware to these buyers
who own planes only capable of flying for a brief moment, and can only seat a
handful of people.
Everything I have learned at this
job I have had to either learn by watching my uncle, or by spending mass amounts
of time making mistakes to learn the right process. It has been very rewarding and I can see
other areas of my life have been enhanced by the knowledge I acquired working
for my uncle.
I enrolled in ENT3003 mostly
because it is a requirement to graduate through UF’s online Business
Administration program. I can already
say that I am very interested in the class, and I like where we are going. In
just one week I have started blogging and making Youtube videos. I personally
would not have accomplished these two tasks in 100 years, but for a school
assignment I was all in. In just a few
days I have already learned some cool tricks that I can show my friends, and it
was a learning experience. By the end of
this semester I want to be able to understand entrepreneurship and myself as an
entrepreneur to a higher level. Hopefully the semester stays this interesting
and educational!
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