1. What are the connections between the disciplines addressing entrepreneurship at ODU?

My initial major, cybersecurity, seemed to have little to do with business. However, I learned in this class that regardless of your major, you must take an entrepreneurship class to plan what you will do with the skills you currently have and to budget your money. In theory, everything is a craft; we all live our lives making something physical, digital, or other. You either create it for others above you to sell, or you make it and sell it straight to the client, depending on the caliber. Everyone is an entrepreneur these days, but they are either dependent or independent.

2.  Is entrepreneurship an art or science?

Peter Drucker said, “Entrepreneurship is neither art nor science. It is a practice.” Yet I agree with this statement and what he meant behind it. I like to think about entrepreneurship as an art. Here is the definition of art “Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.” talking facts entrepreneurship is about the same purpose. It results in the product or a service that serves technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual idea. 

3. How is failure good?

You either win, or you learn. It took me a while to understand it, but I think I mastered it long ago. I used to play professional tennis, one of the biggest lessons that professional sport taught me. Failure is a chance to learn. It’s an opportunity to rethink things and return stronger with greater thinking. Failure is not the end of the world. Know that failure simply means you get another chance to attempt it all again, no matter how difficult it may be.

4. What have I learned from failing?

There are very few times when a failure is the end of the world. Usually, you will always have an opportunity to try again, but next time you will already know what to do and what not to. A failure is a very heartbreaking moment, especially when you put your time, effort, and your heart into something. But at the end of the day, it is just a sign that you are not ready yet. 

5. What ethical issues might arise related to what I am working on?

One thing that I am struggling with is the conflict of interest in the workplace. For me, it is a struggle sometime to accept that people that hold the same position as me might pursue different from my goal. Sometimes I take it very radically, which is absolutely unnecessary and not worth my nerves.