Randall Marley Blog

1) I remember having a hard time in this class early on I was uncomfortable blogging, I had never done it before, and I did not know exactly what I wanted to do for my venture concept. Once I figured it out, I found a lot of the assignment were fun to participate in and I felt a sense of accomplishment once I had finished the assignment. 2) Going out and doing interviews was the experience I was most proud of accomplishing, I have never done it before and it forced me out of my comfort zone, but I definitely will remember doing them 2 years down the line. 3) I still don't see myself as an entrepreneur, but I think I have definitely moved closer to having an entrepreneurial mindset. This class has thought me a lot about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and all of the stuff you have deal with along the way.  4) For future students taking this class I would recommend not being afraid to go out of your comfort zone. This class is going to require you to participate in things yo...

1) Opportunity:  Roughly 70-80% of business fail within a year, for any number of reasons. One of the reasons businesses fail is because owners have lack business experience. This creates an opportunity for business coaching. In other words, people with successful experience can help people that are new to the field. I believe the opportunity exists because small business with very few employees will likely come across areas in which they have no expertise in and instead of hiring a full-time employee to handle it, they can hire a coach to help them for a short period of time. This market is not limited by geographically or demographically because there are businesses be created all over the country. I also believe that creates the window of opportunity to be very wide. Innovation: The service I am offering is business coaching, this will help struggling businesses or first time business owners with little to no experience connect with more knowledgeable and experienced p...

1) What was the general theme or argument of the book? The general theme in  How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is that you can embrace failure and learn to use it to your advantage. 2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? This book enhanced my learning, because a lot of the things the author says I can apply to my ENT3003 assignments. For example, he talked about adults constantly enduring criticism and going up to weeks without honest praise. According to the author not praising people when they have impressed you was like a disservice to society. This made me look back at all the times I have done peer reviews in this class and me think how can I do better. 3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve? One of the things the author talks about is that you shouldn't hesitate to change your mind. The exercise I would mak...