Very Short Interview, Part 2

For this assignment, I interviewed Laurie again. After working with DECA Inc. for many years, Laurie decided to use her knowledge and begin being an entrepreneur and decided to start helping the brand and students involved within the organization. In order to help students, Laurie decided to start publishing work for DECA including guides, workbooks, and other supplements to help students have a better understanding and guide when competing. Looking back on our initial interview now, I trust her opinion very much. Her ideals and concept of entrepreneurship have very similarly aligned with this course and the models that we learn about. For this second follow-up interview, I asked her the following questions:

1. How has being an entrepreneur affected your life?

Being an entreprenuer has affected me in several different ways. Being an entreprenuer has made me a seeker of opportunity. In addition, being an enterpreneur has made me very detailed oreiented and has allowed me to grow in all aspects of management.

2. Has being an entrepreneur caused you to be more or less risk adverse?

Being a an enterpreneur has caused me to be less risk adverse. Part of being an entrepreneur is failing. In order to fail, you also have to take risk; however, as long as you are taking the right measurements before hand and doing the proper research, the risk should pay off. 

3. What are three skills that help contribute to being a good entreprenuer?

To be a good entrepreneur you have to approachable and a good leader. An entrepreneur deals with a lot of different people and has to work closely with them. In addition, an entrepreneur needs to be able to manage many things at once and be patient with his or her own ideas. 

After learning so much about how to interact with people, I feel as though I have really grown a lot through this course. Because of this course, I know have the confidence to go up and talk to strangers, unlike before. Because me and my entrepreneur have remained close, she has been able to seen my grow as a result of this class, and she is really proud of how confident I have become when interacting with new people for the first time.