Entrepreneurship
Key
- Bronze Experience (1 credit hour)
- Silver Experience (3 credit hours)
- Gold Experience (6 credit hours)
Experiences
- participated in UMBC's 2016 Idea Competition
- was awarded the Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change in Fall 2018 to work with the bio-technology start-up InstantLabs
Reflection
I believe that this grand challenge experience contributed strongly to the program-wide learning objectives of perspectivism, realistic vision, persistence, and flexibility. This challenge related to the learning objective of perspectivism because it shines light onto the world of entrepreneurship and provides perspectives onto why it is often extremely difficult to start and run a successful company. Furthermore, a realistic vision is gained since the ability to be and think like an entrepreneur is extremely valuable in life and provides a more realistic view on how to be successful. Another key trait that is gained from this experience is persistence which arises from the challenges involved in being an entrepreneur and trying to communicate your vision to a mass audience. The final characteristic that is gained from this experience would be flexibility due to the flexibility that is required to be an entrepreneur and continuously adapt to a changing world. All of these traits can help a prospective researcher in the field of reverse engineering the brain to become more successful and dynamic.
The general and overarching themes discussed in the previous paragraph have been applied specifically to my experiences for this topic. My experience helping contribute to the 2016 UMBC Idea Competition, for example, allowed me to become immersed in the struggles and exhilaration involved in pitching an idea to prospective investors and clients. On the other side of the entrepreneurial spectrum, I was able to work directly with the Biotech start-up InstantLabs to discover the "behind the scenes" action involved with running and growing a small company.
The general and overarching themes discussed in the previous paragraph have been applied specifically to my experiences for this topic. My experience helping contribute to the 2016 UMBC Idea Competition, for example, allowed me to become immersed in the struggles and exhilaration involved in pitching an idea to prospective investors and clients. On the other side of the entrepreneurial spectrum, I was able to work directly with the Biotech start-up InstantLabs to discover the "behind the scenes" action involved with running and growing a small company.