Robin Chase History

‘Herewith appear to be the most pressing matters; one, infective and inexperienced entrepreneurial leadership. Two, the dialectic nature between front of house and back of house, and three, a lack of general training motivation and direction in original concept.’

Walking into Warren Hall, I would feel that unflinching intensity and passion run through my body like an electric current. From exploring the entrepreneurial process and meeting innovative entrepreneurs from the Ithaca ReUse Center in Professor Perez’s Foundations of Entrepreneurship course to analyzing and developing practical financial and governance strategies in Professor Schmit’s Cooperative Business Management class, I was captivated by Dyson’s world-class education and accelerated approach toward fostering progressive leaders in the business world. Not only did these courses teach me important business tools and values, they also encouraged me to critique contemporary economic and social issues and advocate for a better world. Dyson’s applied curriculum, grounded in critical thinking and innovative learning, will provide me with the tools to strike the right equilibrium between responsible entrepreneurship and economic profit. To ignite change in a world where everything is interconnected, I need Dyson’s 21st century

Liz the CEO of CanGo company has been selected the Business Leader of the Year. However, she is not prepared to discuss how her company accomplished all this success because she doesn’t have a strategic plan in place. She is somewhat nervous about how she will prepare a speech about a plan that she doesn’t have in place.

In the article, “Think Like an Owner!” by Sally Alexander West dissects the best piece of career advice she has received. At the time of being promoted to a supervisor position in the finance department West was nervous about her new leadership role. To help boost her confidence her boss said, “Just act like you own the place.” The meaning behind the recommendation was not only behavioral but a way of thinking. In the article, West presents five aspects of thinking like an owner: customer focused, persistence, the long view, responsibility, and sharing the vision. These ideas are found in successful business owners and prove to be the foundation of great leaders.

After interviewing Chris Bouwens and listening to Joe Smith talk about his business. I have learned that they both have owner multiple companies. It is very interesting to see the business that they started with and what business they are running or looking to run today. Another similarity to both of their business stories was that they both have a hard time hiring people. It is interesting to me because they both seem like very intuitive people. I am so glad that I took the time to sit down with Chris to really understand what he does. I am also glad that I had the opportunity to meet Joe Smith. He is a kid wise beyond his

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers students all the resources and opportunities to succeed and thrive. Becoming a successful entrepreneur is my dream. I intend to study in The Lally School of Management. As the best undergraduate business school, RPI not only provides fundamental courses to prepare me well in leadership skills and computer skills, but also promotes my skills on interpreting data and problem-solving. I want to join the entrepreurship concentration which I have involving since my junior year. Thinking creatively outside the box, I endeavor to make my business project to become the best plan in the marketplace.Because the proudest moments of my life have been when I’ve been able to use my skills and resources to create products

Dr. Stephenson’s toughest challenge as an entrepreneur is personnel management. He doesn’t feel he received enough training in how to manage a staff full of unique personalities prior to starting his own business. For example, he struggles with what do with an employee who is great at his or her job, but doesn’t get along well with others. As a hard working professional, he finds it difficult to ensure all of his staff put in their best effort.

Hamel's "The Future of Management" was a fascinating avenue to exploring business. I learned that the key to the survival and prosperity of firms in the modern age will be managerial agility and innovation, key themes that I would like to learn more about at university. To experience a business environment first hand, I worked with the Marketing team at the University of Law for two weeks. I was assigned a multitude of business-critical tasks, including the production of an extended report regarding increasing the University’s competitiveness within the law degree market which I presented to the head of

When looking at the production of future leaders at Paul College, the output will be successful leaders in the business world after graduation. A few of the necessary inputs into this production function would be the courses future leaders take, their ability to understand and interpret what they learn in class, and the individual’s entrepreneurial ability. These inputs should complement each other fairly well. For example, if an individual is driven and puts a lot of work into a course, they are more likely to be able to apply the knowledge they learned in the classroom in the real world.

During the great depression, most people were not doing well, but there were some who saw opportunities that no one else saw. This course is all about “finding your own opportunities”. She teaches “Intrapreneurship” to corporations and their employees, where they learn how to create their own opportunities and promote the same within the existing corporation”.

Renee Albertelli and Richard Rodriguez had certain things about their personality characteristics that helped them navigate the struggles of starting any kind of business. One of these characteristics they demonstrated is something every owner needs in order to run any type of business, which is having passion, enthusiasm, and determination, with these characteristics are needed to launch their new business. The excessive interest and energy they had to start this business never failed them; it was the most essential fuel for their vision on how they want to fully build their business. Albertelli’s characteristics portrayed how unselfish she is because of her current job, it allowed her

secretary of education states that “high-quality education" that encourages "creativity, imagination, and ingenuity’”. It is true that thirty percentage of startup business failure reasons of “unbalanced Experience or Lack of Managerial Experience”, followed by “lack of Experiences in line of goods or services” is about eleven percentage. Interestingly, company competence occupied the highest rate of failure of 46% (Statistic Verification, Entrepreneur Weekly, Small Business Development Center, Bradley University, university of Tennessee Research). In addition, successful entrepreneur usually possess “highly motivated and willingness to take initiative to execute duties” and have appropriately responsible to their activities, decision, and company’s outcomes.

The economy is composed of enterprises and businesses. Our economy has survived because the industry leaders had been able to adapt to the changing times and supplied mostly the communities’ needs. Entrepreneurship produces financial gain and keeps the economy afloat, which gives rise to the importance of innovation in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are innovators of the economy. The importance of innovation in entrepreneurship is another key value for the longevity of a business. And, being innovative has helped us become successful in all our endeavors.This leads me to choose my higher education in “Master of Business Administration

This paper will examine the personal growth I have achieved during this class. It will examine the strength and weakness and how they related to innovation and leadership. Risk taking as well as creativity and flexibility will be examined. Defining a problem and or process in my personal life will be looked at as well. Assess risk and creativity could be considered parts of being an innovator. We all take risk each day but to do it in a way that helps create new ideas is what set the innovators apart from the rest of the field.

Prior to attending the Business Internship course, my knowledge and understanding on successful business leaders was very limited. Although I had heard of countless success stories in business, I had never actually understood what it took to achieve such measures of success. However, it wasn’t until we had the privilege of hearing from four different business magnates in weeks 6 -9. Each of the business leaders gave an hour’s seminar and which was aimed at providing insights into their personal lives, working experiences and the core essence of 21st century business leadership.