Very Short Interview, Part 2

Looking back at my first interview with the entrepreneur, I think the information he gave me was sensible and really applied to entrepreneurship. This course has provided most of what he thought I should have obtained from it. This interview I decided to choose questions that were more personal to the entrepreneur. I was only able to get a phone interview with the entrepreneur and could not record it. These are the questions and answers of the interview.

1) How difficult was it to get your business started?

It was not difficult. I started off working for someone and got many recommendations from side jobs. I finally hired a professional and paid him a fee to register my own business. I then approved the name of the business and searched for real estate trying to get the best bang for my buck. I opened the bank accounts, stocked up the business, and added items to the business one by one. You see the need for a computer, then a scanning machine, and so on.

2) Did you receive any investments from venture capitalists? If not, how did you fund your business?

I funded my business through hard work. It’s something we call job–in where the profits from doing the jobs pour back into the business. I thank God for providing me with profits to not have the need for an investment.

3) What is some advice you can give about being an entrepreneur?

I would say go for it but don’t expect an overnight success. Follow your dreams. Your business has to grow before you can start driving fancy cars and owning a big house.

I felt comfortable talking to the entrepreneur the first interview, and I think he sensed that. The second interview I felt comfortable talking to him as well. Because of this, he did not mention anything about my progress in the class or the second interview.

Week 14 Reading Reflection

1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 
I learned many things when reading these two chapters. The topic of the chapters that surprised me and sparked my interest the most was Sustainable Entrepreneurship. I enjoyed learning how entrepreneurs can contribute to sustaining the environment. The book surprised me when it mentioned small efforts would not get the results we want when it comes to saving the environment.

2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
There wasn’t any part of the chapters that was confusing to me.

3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
I would ask the author “how much does forming a free trade agreement improve a country’s economy” and “what are the risks involved with entering a formal international agreement”. I would ask these questions because answering these questions would help me get a better grasp on the chapters.

4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
No, I don’t disagree with anything the author stated in these chapters.

Google Gold

I understand the importance of SEO for an entrepreneur’s new company, but I did not have much luck with this exercise. I tried putting in keywords like “tailored” and “all sizes included” when discussing my company in my posts. I selected these keywords based on the name of my business. I figured my business name was going to be the most mentioned in my blog posts. My keywords changed over the semester because I changed my company’s name from ‘All Sizes Included’ to ‘Tailored’ when I did my second idea napkin. 

I didn’t use social media to attract attention to my page, but I did put links of my blog on other student’s pages hoping it will attract traffic to my page. My most viral post is my Idea Napkin No. 2. I think it got the most traffic because it was a well written and detailed post. The idea was innovative and it appealed to many people. I didn’t make it to the first page on Google when I searched “all sizes included” or “tailored”. I really don’t know what page I am on. I tried looking for it on many pages but couldn’t find it on the pages I searched. Most likely it’s on a page really far from the first page.