OK - not really. We've got one more semester to do this spring... then we'll officially have our MBAs... but today... we earned our stripes today!New Venture Creation has been one of my favorite classes in the program. In this course we've taken just about everything we've been learning for the last year and a half... Marketing, Finance, Branding, Accounting, Law... seriously, ALL of it, and in a mere 6 weeks have applied it by creating a business from scratch... then today we pitched that plan to a panel of judges and potential investors for feedback.
Holy $#$%^. We've done A LOT of presentations and public speaking throughout this program, but this assignment was like fighting for your life. These panelists didn't hold back in their critiques so we had to come prepared to NAIL it. Throughout the course of this class we've had other professionals and entrepreneurs provide us with feedback as we've developed our pitches. From this it seems that 1/2 the lesson has been to stay open and flexible to this professional feedback and make adjustments as needed; the business plan my team and I pitched today was very different from that first pitch we did in the beginning - you know... back when we simply had a "good idea". In the interim, my hardworking teammates, Britni McCotter and Gabe Maldonado and I reshaped this mere good idea into a viable business plan with high earning potential.
Congrats to my dMBA cohort - it was a blast celebrating w/ you this evening on a job well done!
Where is the party at? I was just thinking it would be cool if there was a DMBA Christmas party that I could go to hang out with yall!
ReplyDeleteHey Shua - yeah, we're a fun bunch! Not sure about a Christmas party as many of us will be scattered to the winds during our break. Are you in the program? If you want to organize a get together, I recommend doing so on the programs FaceBook page. Happy Holidays!
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