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22A – Elevator Pitch No. 3 1)  The pitch.  2)  A reflection on the feedback you received from your last pitch.  I did not receive much feedback so I adjusted using the pitches that I watched. 3)  What did you change, based on the feedback? I added information about the future expansion of the area that I am pitching my coffee shop in.  The coffee shop information itself is pretty self explanatory.

21A – Reading Reflection No. 2 ENT3003 Chris Ward Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. 1) What was the general theme or argument of the book? ·       This book is about the two mindsets people tend to have.   The fixed mindset, where you believe things are the way they are and unable to develop or change with work.   The other is the growth mindset, a much more desirable trait, which is when you believe that talents and intelligence can be developed with the right amount of work. 2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? ·       The theme of this book is all about development and taking failure as a lesson rather than defeat.   Having owned and failed in my own business, I understand the mindset it takes to learn from that experience. This book helped show me that, for the most part, I have a growth mindset and why that is so import...

20A – Growing Your Social Capital ENT3003 Chris Ward Mark Darwish 1) Who they are and what their background is. ·       Manager at Universal Orlando and investor in Seattle Coffee in Seattle, Washington. 2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot. ·       Domain expert- Investor and owner of a Seattle Coffee location 3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. ·       He is my manager at Universal 4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation?  ·       He is willing to be a consultant if I move forward with my business idea. 5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity? ·     ...