Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

• For the presentation, I felt I did alright. However, hearing feedback from everyone in the room they all told me I had a lot of examples to explain why so many businesses failed. With all those real world examples of companies like Blockbuster and Kodak, I was able to help the audience relate to what I was teaching.
• I got feedback saying I looked very comfortable up there speaking, like I could talk for forever. Definitely something I felt proud of considering how nervous I felt up there.
• Research was also abundant to support my lecture, and the class felt like they learned a lot from what I was saying.
• The thing that made me the happiest was my activity of replicating shark tank. Everyone was having a good time participating and it was just fun all around. 

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

AE       P*          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

AE*       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

• I'd say researching. There was endless amounts of sources and examples to research into and use for all components regarding my senior project. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?

• I talked too fast in my presentation. This was something I could have easily avoided had i not gotten ahead of myself and just taken a deep breath while presenting.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

• I feel like the project itself helped me understand in hindsight things I could of done better. i feel like it improved my writing with the i search papers that would reflect later on in college. It gave me more public speaking opportunities that allowed me for once, to teach a lesson in front of a large group of people. It has definitely been helpful, and it was good practice for any future projects that involve long dedications of time. 

Blog 23 Exit Interview

1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

• What is the primary reason so many businesses fail? Among the many answers I've come across the prime 3 are as follows. 
• Failure to adapt to changing times.
• Competition.
• Not understanding consumer base. 
• Of the three my best answer is the first. 

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• My interviews with my Mentor Justin Khoury helped provide insight on a real world business that failed because they didn't adapt. On top of that Forbes magazine and many other business websites authored by entrepreneurs explained how renowned businesses failed due to their lack of evolution, such as Blockbuster.  

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

• My only problem was trying to narrow down all my answers since I had so many of them. I fixed this issue by looking at real world examples of each of my answers and assessing which ones occurred the most. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericwagner/2013/09/12/five-reasons-8-out-of-10-businesses-fail/#1ea0ac8b5e3c
• https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/83764
• These sources were the most significant because they offered the most versatile information. They didn't just give me one answer, they gave me 20. It was a lot of information to work with and gave me options.