While the image posted above may make it seem like I had a horrible time in this class, in reality I find it hard to say that I enjoyed another class at UF more than this one!
One of my most memorable experiences was definitely the assignment in which I had to try go "sell a dollar" to a stranger around campus. While I had spoken with strangers for some of the previous "Interviewing customers" assignment, I always felt like those interactions went by very smoothly. I knew what I had to say and why I wanted to say it. By contrast, selling a dollar (getting someone else to take a dollar, no strings attached) is much harder and requires some more imagination.
I would rank the series of elevator pitches that had to be completed for this class as some of the most useful experiences overall. It's hard to summarize a business idea in a minute and it's even harder to make a convincing presentation to obtain funding.
I don't currently see myself as an entrepreneur simply because I haven't created an actual business yet. I would say that I've acquired an entrepreneurial mindset however and that I have a much better idea of how to take advantage of an opportunity for a business in the future.
The one recommendation that I would make for future students would be to put some practice behind the theory of this class. It's all good and well to create practice business concepts and proposals, but they will never replace the experience that actually starting a business provides. While I haven't done this myself (yet) I do know that it's a necessary step if I'm ever going to consider myself to be an entrepreneur.
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