Reflection 3 This reflection will cover the rest of the class after our first group meeting. After the first meeting, I began to work on my academic paper in earnest. I had only completed the introduction to the paper by the time of our meeting. After said meeting, I worked in reverse. Due to a…

Reflection 2 This reflection focuses mostly on the immediate events following my grade on the proposal and the way it affected my group. My group unfortunately didn’t do too well on the proposals. Two of us including me had 33s one had a 30 and a 41. So while not terrible these were not the…

The following will be three reflection essays I have made reflecting on my time throughout the entire CYSE 494 class. Reflection part 1 This first reflection will cover the beginning of the class, ending at the proposal grading. At the beginning of class, things seemed easy. Our first couple of assignments were journal entries. Many…

Cybersecurity sees many nonprofits and businesses come and go. The Fido Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to authentication standards to try and reduce the reliance on passwords. The Center for Internet Security is a nonprofit formed in 2000 that tries to help people, businesses, and governments on security issues. Businesswise we have giants like Microsoft…

1.     What are the connections between the disciplines addressing entrepreneurship at ODU? Most of the disciplines that share an entrepreneurship requirement or equivalent have a couple of connections. One of the most apparent is the human factor involved in them. Cybersecurity, Human services, sociology, Leaders, and even world languages have entrepreneurship as a…

Entrepreneurs can get in trouble with the law for a variety of reasons. This can be simple like having the wrong form of company to get benefits, or violations of intellectual property laws. Both of these can incur millions in fines and possibly jail time. These wrongly formed businesses can also act as fronts for…

1 Why do ethics matter in entrepreneurship? Ethics matters, because it affects how both entrepreneurs and users are expected to act. An entrepreneurship with no ethics will quickly run into legal and financial trouble. An entrepreneurship with good ethics is more likely to make sound decisions and retain customers. Ethics also matter on a personal…

1.     Am I an entrepreneur? As of right now I would not consider myself an entrepreneur. I’m much more comfortable in a role where I’m not designing something to be sold. Trying to design and market something from scratch isn’t something I’ve had to do. I also do not have much experience working…

1.     What is design thinking? Design thinking is a methodology that is used to solve problems for users as a priority. This means that the product needs to be applicable to a large enough group to be viable, as well as easy enough to make sure that it isn’t a detriment. This is…

The following will be all of the journals I have completed in my time in the CYSE 494 class. These include a number of my own opinions and other things about entrepreneurship and events inside the field.