My Entrepreneurship Story

As an Innovation Academy student, I have to take certain courses to receive the Innovation minor. Last Summer, I was taking a creativity course in order to fulfill my minor. The class was very informal and laid back. The basic concept was to form a group of four people and come up with a new invention. It could be anything you want. And the entire semester was spent on researching and building your invention with your group. It was pretty cool. My group researched certain seeds (I forgot what they were called) that have compounds in them that can purify dirty water. So basically, we made a water bottle with different compartments with the crushed seeds and filters that in turn ended with pure drinking water. The seeds were very cheap and can be grown almost anywhere. Our target audience was third world countries where they don't have clean drinking water. Anyways, what I'm getting at is we got to take charge and make anything we wanted. We had little guidance. We had to research everything, contact people, go through trial and error with building everything- much like an entrepreneur. Many people actually got approached by business men looking to invest in their products. It was a huge learning experience and really showed me what it takes to be an entrepreneur and expand on my creativity.
As I stated above, I am taking Principles of Entrepreneurship because I need it for my minor. The Innovation Academy requires you to minor in Innovation, which includes creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship courses. I hope to expand on my creativity in this course and become an entrepreneur in all aspects of life. Here's to a great semester!