One of the most significant exposures i've had to Entrepreneurship was my enrollment into the innovation academy. where we are taught free thinking and what creativity and challenging social norms can mean to the business world. i put this to ;practice this just past summer where i competed in the UF summer catalyst showcase. where dozens of groups take a societal problem and come up with a product brand and company to help solve it. My company was called wheel watch. witch was a defense mechanism for your bike against thieves. and in the event that your bike was stolen. it came equipped with a gps tracker to help you and police officials locate the bike. we developed an app to help register the bike and the gps tracking program. along with the bike lock, that contained a trip wire so if the lock was cut an alarm would sound and you would receive a phone notification. the lock also utilized key fob technology for entry so it eliminated picking the lock or desifering the code. My team and i ended up winning the 1st place peoples choice award.
I enrolled in the course to see what other skills and knowledge i can attain from challenging thinkers that will help me be innovative in any work i may set forth to accomplish. this course also brings me 4 credits closer to graduating and fulfilling my dreams.
Great post, keep up the good work!!
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That is awesome to hear that you won first place and I know so many people that would love something like that for their bikes. My experience with entrepreneurship was not a first-hand experience like yours and I think that it would be a lot more interesting to be the one passionate about the kind of product. It's great to be a part of something like Innovation Academy and be able to see the benefits of it.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post and I'm glad I was able to learn about your experience! I hope this class helps to inspire and motivate you!
That would be a very helpful product, honestly. I am an inaugural IA student and I remember presenting at the first summer showcase event. I don’t think it was called Catalyst at that time, but that’s beside the point. That event gave students a semi-structured pathway to innovation compared to real life innovation (in my opinion) but I think it is a great start for students trying to learn more about the innovative process and what it takes to identify a problem and try to fix it.
ReplyDeleteInnovation Academy sounds like it has been a wonderful decision for you! It sounds like a truly worthwhile experience and hopefully one that can benefit the world, as well. Earning first prize in an event of that magnitude must certainly come with well-deserved acclaim, especially considering how useful the product is. Hopefully you are able to gain as much from this class as I think a lot of people with less similar backgrounds might.
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