Learning's from Make Up Class ...

            Last August 9 before we started proposing our ideas, we first had our makeup class so our instructor discussed the continuation of our lessons. The first topic discussed was all about the internal analysis. So by the way, what is the story or the things behind with the word internal analysis? As what our instructor said, it is all about knowing or mastering “oneself” by asking questions to ourselves like what are the things we love, what are the things we are best at, and what is our irritants. Our instructor also emphasized that knowing the things we love, best at and our irritants; we can derive business ideas and opportunities. I just figured out also that it is really necessary to know much more ourselves because by doing this we can be aware on the things that can be discovered in ourselves to enhance more. So pertaining with the things we love, whenever we heard it, with no doubt, the things that circulating in our minds are all about the love we have in our family, friends or even in our special someone. But it is not ended there! Actually in line in creating ideas, we need to know the things that we love to be able to come up with the things that we really want. If we are aware on the things that we love, we can think of an idea that could not only benefit us but also the people around us.  If we really love the things that we do, we can produce better ideas that we could share to other people, if it is pursued. Another factor that could help us in thinking ideas is to know the things that we are best at. Knowing our best or our strengths and weaknesses could help us to realize the things that we must practice and change. For me, knowing the things that we are best at is a big part in creating new ideas because there is a combination of love. We could not say that we are best in those things if we did not mix it with love and perseverance. If we are aware with our strengths, then we can formulate ideas that are based on the things that we are best at. On the other hand, our irritants also play a very important role in constructing an idea. One of the reasons why we think of an idea is that we want to have a solution on the things that we don’t want or the things that we are irritated at. If we encountered unnecessary things in our daily lives, we cannot hide the fact that there are “what if” questions (what if it could be like this, like that) in our minds.  Knowing our irritants is the best way to think of ideas that could give an answer to our own problems. We could not develop an idea if we could not realize the things that we love, the things that we are best at and the things that irritated us the most. To put it briefly, the words love, best and irritants that I have stated above are very much important not only in the lives of every individual but also in thinking unique ideas. At first, there were questions running on my mind why these three words are very much significant in generating ideas, but as the discussion went by, I just fully understand why we really need this as our starting point in producing great business ideas.

            Another topic shared by our instructor that I also liked is about the Marketing Convergence and its trends and opportunities. As we live in the high technology era, we cannot hide the fact that we live in a more simple way of living than before. In addition, companies and businesses nowadays are gradually changing the way they create, endorse and promote their own products. Because of the new high technologies that we use and experience nowadays, they can promote their products now without exerting too much effort and it’s also hassle free unlike the way they promote their products before. By the help of technologies also, a lot of consumers will notice their products because of its fresh and captivating way of endorsing their creations through different interactive applications of multimedia we have right now and a lot of innovation also were introduced. With no doubt, there is a big contribution how our technologies nowadays change the way we live especially in the world of business. Many opportunities will come along the way because of the latest trends that were established and we had experienced. Indeed, marketing convergence contributes a lot to the development of the country’s economic status and even in the inhabitants of one’s country.

            Our instructor also shared about the elevator pitch thingy. He asked the class that what if we will be joining Bill Gates inside the elevator and at the same time we will propose our business ideas to him in just a minute, so how we will be do it. For me, my outlook regarding with this is that we must know first what are our business ideas or products because if we don’t know thoroughly what our proposals are all about then it is useless to talk to Bill Gates or anyone since we could not give justification concerning with our business ideas. Also, we should have courage and confidence in proposing our ideas because if we don’t have courage and confidence we could not deliver effectively the things that we want to say. We should also talk direct to the point and be specific on the things that we want to convey because if we are not precise with our explanation, there are possibilities that they will be bored and will not be interested at all. We must show to them that we are expert and we know what we are saying or talking about because with that, we can persuade them to accept our proposals.

            To sum up all, we should know first ourselves before anything else because through this we could generate great ideas based on our strengths and weaknesses and our likes and dislikes. We should also be aware on the latest trends in our society because there were lots of opportunities to grab like revolutionizing their works or making something new based on their creation since not all of the latest trends nowadays bring advantages or satisfaction to everyone. We should also practice in ourselves to be more observant because through observing our environments a lot of chances await. We should be determined and not easily give up if we are rejected many times because it gives us more courage to dream, believe in our dreams, to fight for our goals, to win and to get what we really want. I guess all the lessons we will get in this technopreneurship subject should be possessed in the near future in order for us to become a successful and effective technopreneur someday.