B -283 Entreprenurial Journal 1
April 24-30, 2016
This week was the
second week of class. We studied and
discussed many concepts that have to do with Entrepreneurial resources, such as researching the best entrepreneurial blogs
from this list:
4. Fast Company
6. Work Happy
11. Steve Blank
13. Wise Bread
14. AllBusiness.com
17. A VC
19. Blog Maverick
22. Copyblogger
27. Venture Hacks
We created a “Points of Pain” list where
we identified areas that could be a need to be fulfilled with a business and we
created a list of 20 ideas for our $100 dollar project and 20 ideas for our Big
Idea list. We were also given some additional
resources to help us with our BIG Ideas:
Find BYU-Idaho Alumni at www.byuiconnect.com
1. BYU-Idaho
Mentor Resource Groups (on LinkedIn) www.byuiconnect.com
2. Another
great resource is www.greenleaf.org
3. Senior
Core of Retired Executives www.score.org
4. Small
Business Administration www.sba.gov
5. Contact
your local University School of Business for student teams
6. Chamber
of Commerce in your area
7. Small
Business Development Center www.idahosbdc.org
8. Innovation
Center in your community
I really liked this assignment to create these lists. It was helpful to make the points of pain
lists because It helped me see with greater clarity businesses that could do
really well and meet needs that currently are not being met.
We also
watched a video and read about Action Hero, Corey
Bell. He encourages entrepreneurs to “eliminate
the word can’t from your vocabulary.” and to “Live without regrets and fear that bring the dreaded ‘What ifs”. He encourages everyone to be of the mindset
that we are all a part of something bigger than ourselves and to contribute in
a positive manner that “Makes and impact.”
We continued
to read and finish our entrepreneurial books this week in preparation for a
book report next week. I am reading Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and
Influence People.” For my future
reading, here is the list of other books recommended:
1. Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time
Flat by Michael Masterson
2. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
3. Street Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for
Entrepreneurs by Norm Brodsky
4. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9 - 5, Live Anywhere, and
Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
5. StartupNation: America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the
Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business by Jeff and Rich
Sloan
6. The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run
Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants by Tom Gegax
7. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened
Guid for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
8. The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The tell-it-like-it-is
guide to cleaning up in business, even if you are the end of your roll by
Mike Michalowicz
9. Go it Alone!: The Secret to Building a Successful
Business on Your Own by Bruce Judson
10.Flying
Solo: How to Go it Alone in Businessby Robert Gerrish and Sam Leader
11. Purple
Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
12. The Innovators Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That
Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen
13. The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in
Yourself, and Transform your Career by Reid Hoffman
14. The Lean Start-up: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use
Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by
Eric Ries
15. Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck-Why
Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins
16. Usually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required
for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm
17. Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
18. Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from
Small Discoveries by Peter Sims
19. Everything is Obvious*: *Once You Know the Answer by
Duncan J. Watts
20. The Innovators DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of
Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M.
Christensen
21. Poke the Box by Seth Godin
22. Anything You Want Derek Sivers
23. The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business
24. The Element: Why Finding Your Passion Changes
Everything by Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica
25. Steve Jobs by Isaacson
26. Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept
to Creation in 54 Hours by Marc Nager and Franck Nouyrigat
27. The Ultralight Startup: Launching a Business Without
Clout or Capital by Jason Baptiste
28. The 100 Best Business Books of All Time: What They
Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You by Jack Covert
29. Good to Great by Jim Collins
30. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Sharon L. Lechter and
Robert T. Kiyosaki
31. How to Win Friends and Influence People by
Dale Carnegie
32. Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate
Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Destiny by
Anthony Robbins
33. The Magic of Thinking and Big by David J.
Schwartz
34. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
35. The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
36. Crush It!: Why NOW is the Time to Cash in on Your
Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
37. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested
Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Ki and Renee
Mauborgne
This blog
was created as a place to gather all the lessons learned throughout the
semester that may be of value to me now or throughout life. Instead of creating an additional blog, I am
using the blog I created for a class in a former semester to keep it all in one
uniform and central place that will be the most useful to me.
