Finalizing the Pitch

6/24/2019 Today, I finalized my portion of the pitch. I created a script last week for what I was going to say in my part of the pitch, but it felt too short. I looked back on the module about creating a pitch and realized that I skipped over the most important part — focus…

Building for the Future

I consider myself as an innovator or entrepreneur. True If you answered the same as you did in the previous self-assessment survey earlier in the course, please explain why. I believed I was an entrepreneur at the beginning of the class because ODU made me believe that anyone can be an entrepreneur. Whether you realize it…

End of Semester Evaulation​​

What is your overall perspective on the entrepreneurship experience? My overall perspective for this experience was great. Not only did I learn how to be an innovator, but I also felt like I learned how to be more confident when speaking on important topics.   What are the benefits of the entrepreneurship placement from your perspective?  Please…

Dealing with Failure

God Complex In this Ted Talk, Tim Hardford describes what it means to be terrible at failure. To be terrible at failure means to have the mindset that you can never fail. Thinking you are an expert at everything is defined as having a God complex. Business leaders, politicians, anyone who faced under pressure can…

Case Study: Bringing it All Together

Write a fifty word pitch that proposes what problem/need your research/company will solve/address in a word document. No more than fifty. Any pitch longer than fifty will not be accepted. No exceptions. Children and teens are targeted on video sharing sites, chat rooms, and social media because of their lack of knowledge and experience on…

Making a Pitch (Module)

I pitch, therefore I am. Guy Kawasaki From this module, I’ve learned that the pitch is the most important part of being an entrepreneur. If you can’t sell your idea to possible investors, then there’s no future for it. In one of the videos from this module, the point of identifying the pain and need…

Process of Creating a Pitch Pt. 2

June 13, 2019 Today Elijah, Jhelen, and I met again to discuss our progress on the pitch. Jhelen created his powerpoint slides via Microsoft Powerpoint. This raised concern because he had a unique, personal format in which Elijah and I could not re-create. To fix this problem, we all decided to create a Google Slide…

Process of Creating a Pitch Pt.1

June 11, 2019 The Meeting Today Elijah, Jhelen, and I met via Discord to discuss our pitch. Discord is an APP that lets users talk to each other through a joined group. Going into the meeting, I was a bit nervous because I have never met my group members and I wasn’t sure what to…

Marketing

Keys to a Marketing Mix 4 P’s Product Price Place Promotion Product (Idea) Core Something that is essential (example: what are you buying? An iPhone) Augmented What supports the core (ex: iTunes that you can out on iPhone) Value Perception a consumer has on your idea (what value does your innovation has that supports the…