1. Am I an entrepreneur? Yes, what makes someone an entrepreneur?
I had a landscape business years ago, which I ran for almost three years. This helped me be more conscious of what I spent because I also have to value the equipment and do maintenance work or buy accessories that I might need when the ones I have now are done with.
I considered myself an entrepreneur in my other past times, and I helped people with language barriers and I interpreted while they had important documents or office visits.
2. What is success? success is feeling confident about something like, for example, my situation feeling optimistic that I will pass this class and be successful in this project that’s due in June, and my other half feels scared about the projects that are due in June. So to me, if you feel confident that you will succeed and you believe in it, then it will happen, but if you start feeling the opposite of success, you will not achieve what you know you can achieve.
3. Am I a self-starter? How well do I follow through on my ideas? It does not necessarily have to be a business to be a self-starter. It can be achieving something personal like personal goals, taking the initiative at work, being motivated, confident, ambitious, and resilient. I believe I am a self-starter. I set myself higher expectations and embraced challenges like being a single parent and going back to school to accomplish my family’s goals of having a better future. Believing that I can do it and following my dreams have always been in my mind. Like the saying says, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
4. How does ODU view entrepreneurship?
Old Dominion University considers entrepreneurship an essential pillar of their students’ society and academic experience. ODU sees entrepreneurship as an angle that can be utilized for students who want a more innovative way to enter the industry. The institution serves as a liaison to bridge the gap between the community and the students. ODU feels so strongly about its perspective of positivity in entrepreneurship that they have created the Institution for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE), a resource that students, community members, and alumni can utilize for their projects.
5. What is my role in this ecosystem? I am building a wall in the ecosystem, which is the start of excelling at the obstacles that may stand in the way of reaching my goals. As a current student, my position in this ecosystem is to comprehend how entrepreneurship applies in my field of study after graduation. This will help me gain the required tools to be an innovator to help create projects for my cybersecurity role and be someone who will make a difference in today’s society.