13A reading reflection

To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown- Berry Gordy

1) What surprised me the most? What surprised me the most is that Berry gave up a few million dollars not selling his company because he could not give up his company. His company was not even succeeding and he was promised more money than the company has ever made.

What did I admire the most? Berry Gordy starts the book by thanking every single member that shaped the book that he has created and I admire his real feelings that he produces in the beginning of the text because it shows that he is not just a writer that wants to push an agenda on us, he is a human like me and he specifically states that he is a human being like us with just a story to share.

Least Admire? The author only had talent to provide and did not understand how to manage his company like a business man. Berry had talent but he could not compete with the million dollar companies that were established with wealth and popularity and they were capable of doing 20 times more the amount Berry could and he did not realize that until he regained CEO of his company so it just shows me the compulsive decisions the author did throughout his journey.

The entrepreneur did fail and felt wakened when he realized what he had done and essentially he decided to adopt upcoming artists that he believed in and If i was Berry writing about my accomplishments, I would have spoke in a egoistic manner but the way Berry writes about himself allowing other artist to grow was such a beautiful transition from his failure and essentially he won more gaining fame and introducing underground artists through his platform is why he succeeded so well because he create a pathway to upcoming artists, and did not center himself. 

2) The entrepreneur was able to expand his platform to focus on other artists. He understood how other companies were using their social media abilities to push their music on to listeners and so Berry had to create the same idea using his own inventions and machines to allow music lovers to listen to his music worldwide. 

3) One confusing part was when Berry started ripping off his artists. I mean I do understand that the reasons to his finessing of artists but the fame and money were not going to suffice the hostility that he created between Motown and his signed artists. I was also confused on how smart Berry was because since young, he has always been on a different wave than everyone else around him, he questions his parents and his friends, he understood at a young age what creating means and that confuses me because when I was younger, I did not have the ability or desire to work on myself like Berry did and so it makes me reflect on my own life as to how I can better myself and work harder for the goals that i am trying to achieve.

4) 1- Would you have sold your company the first time? 

     2- Do you think Motown could have been done without the aid received from the supporters?

I know that in the text, Berry was devastated at one point and could not imagine to why he rejected the deal that would have changed his life but he decided to work harder because he trusted his long term vision which is pretty scary to me. In today's world, I try to take anything that is guaranteed to me because it is safe and it does not screw me over at the end of the day but the book shows exact examples of risk taking and to what that can lead you to. 

5) Hard work was beating the odds of creating something from nothing and if you care enough about anything, then nothing is going to stop you from completing that task. I believe in my own thoughts that nothing amazing in life is going to come easily, but luck does exist in this world and if you are in the correct places and the correct times with enough credibility and effort, then you will be destined to do great things in this world. 

 

14A Halfway reflection

1) I have set up a timer for every Tuesday and Thursday night to remember that I need to do my homework for this class. Every Monday and Wednesday we have or lectures and therefore I make sure I finish my assignments after I watch the lectures and I have an alarm to keep me on track in case I do not get to it by a adequate time.

2) I have missed an assignment before and it made me create my alarms because I forgot to complete the assignment before the time even though I had it in mind, I just needed to create it. I created the alarm so I could never procrastinate because it is very easy to forget to declare an assignment or to forget to review someone's post and it can get your points down. There has not been a moment to where I have wanted to give up, but creating the video was unsuccessful for me and that was frustrating.   I have always had this anxiety creeping up on me if I do not complete an assignment and this class intensifies my anxiety to make sure everything is completed on time.

3) I would recommend for any student who is taking this class to always check your canvas and email two to three times a day, make sure you use the calendar or your phone alarm to stay on top of your assignments, and always engage and create new experiences to expand your knowledge on entrepreneurship and be open minded to ideas because one day it will come to you.

12A Byers behavior

1) My segment is straw users worldwide, from restaurateurs to wholesale companies.

2) Simone Devane, Whitney Landsfor, Kim Gebhardt

3) Simone experiences this issue when she goes out to eat, the paper straws gets soggy but she does understand why it is being replaced from plastic straws. She says she need to deal with it but hates the soggy texture. Simone just deals with the issue and considering buying medal straw and keeping it in purse.

* Kim went to McDonald the other day to get a milkshake and Kim was upset and could not enjoy the milkshake because of the paper straw. Paper straws break apart in mouth and she would rather drink straight out of the cup. Kim was forced to use the straw even after complaining about it the whole milkshake, and she feels like the paper straw gets stuck to her lips. She would rather not use any straw rather than the paper straw and it made her McDonald experience, worse. Kim was upset that her cup was plastic, her top is plastic, but the paper straw is not the big fish. The paper straw does not serve the point, because the liquid is dissolving inside of the cup.

* Whitney states that she eats out twice a week and she almost never uses the paper straw. In fact, Whitney says she has a plastic straw inside of her purse just in case she needed to use it because she says the paper straw is gross and soggy. She experiences the issue twice a week and if she does not have her plastic straw handy, she throws away the straw given to her and the plastic lid provided with the cup just so she does not taste the paper straw.

4) All of my interviewers never use the straw, some claim to throw it away and waste the product itself. They either grab a straw of their own, or remove the lid and drink out of the cup straight.

5) What I learned in my interviews is that not only do the consumers hate the straw, but they are actually throwing away the straw wasting energy from the time it was made till it was thrown out. When our community wanted to end the plastic straws, they did not care about consumers opinion on the paper straws and now we are losing money rather than saving it.

6) Not only do I need to professionally design my invention, I need to start creating it soon to end the waste of straws that are never used. Clearly, there is not an improvement from the plastic straws and more plastic is being produced so not only do we need to recreate the straw, but also recreate the material plastic to make it less harmful to out environment and if that means putting an end to plastic forever, then I am for it. 

11A Idea Napkin

The elements do fit together. I have a product that many users can benefit from worldwide, and it could potentially help us remove plastic straws from our marine lives. If we invest in my straws and make it a law to only use paper straws, then we would not have any plastic straws being produced and my paper straw idea will flourish because it will be favored more than the regular paper straw.

9A- Testing the Hypothesis Part2

Who: Illegal immigrants fall out most of the times.

What: If it is a life or death situation in your country and it is mandatory to evacuate.

Why? In Mexico, citizens are forced to evacuate to not be a part of the drug lords, or live in poverty and they come to the United states to live. 

Interview #1: Sophia on her parents coming to the United States

What? Her parents legally came to the United States and overstayed her visa.

Why? Her parents felt the need to stay here rather than go back to their own country to stay with family members. 

Interview #2: Abdallah on coming to the United States

What? He moved to America 30 years ago. Abdallah is 59 so he moved to the United states when he  was roughly 20 years old. His parents applied 20 years in advance to come to the United States. Abdallah and his family paid for sponsors in the United States to process their application quicker.

Why? Abdallah and his family felt the rush to leave Syria because they did not feel safe at the time when Israel was attacking Lebanon. He made sure to pay enough money to come to the States legally to survive.

Interview #3: Antoinette on being an immigrant

What? Antoinette came to America to have a better life, and she did not know how to speak English. Antoinette could not land a job and started using welfare from the government because the government offers that to you. 

Why? Antoinette could not speak English, and she could not find an employer to hire her. Antoinette heard about the welfare options the government offered and she applied and got them. 

Interview #4: Jose on coming to America.

What? Jose works at a Mexican restaurant and he told me he wanted to come to America to be able to work. In his country, they could not find a job and he was in poverty and decided to cross the border illegally to survive.

Why? His country is failing him and America shares a border with Mexico and therefore why not cross the border? Jose just wants to work, make money, live with his family and survive. In mexico, he could not find that security and that is why he illegally came to America and now is self employed through his family's business restaurant. 

Interview #5: Amanda on being an American in Miami

What? Amanda falls out because she is an American that lives in America but lives in a Spanish community. Miami is in America but in her school and community, everyone speaks Spanish. She now attends the University of Florida and she still speaks Spanish and English, but she finds it hard to constantly speak English because the community is not Spanish anymore.

Why? Amanda is used to being in her Spanish culture, but now when she is using her native language which is America because she is American, she is struggling. That is not necessarily a fall out, but the cult is what I am bringing up and it basically removes you from reality which is speaking English. 

Inside the boundary	Outside the boundary
Who is In: Citizens	Who is Not: the rest of the world
What the Need Is: coming to america	What the Need Is Not: not coming to america
Why the Need Exists: America is number one country in the world Summarize: Just like my hypothesis in the beginning of this assignment, there will always be many reason to why immigrants choose America over any other country but the reasons do not matter, because based off of statistics, America brings in over half a million of immigrants a year and that number is growing. I completely understand the limitation of familial-based immigration to be lowered or merit-based immigration to be higher. Point is, America is the number one country in the world and when you are surrounded by Mexico, there is always going to be conflict because of evil and good.	Alternative Explanations: Immigrants want to move to America to live a sustainable life.

Solving the Problem

* Paper straws is an alternative of plastic straws in order to maintain a healthy environment to protect our marine life.

Problem: Paper straws get soggy after a few minutes of sipping on any drink, and they have a weird after taste to them and therefore people miss the plastic straws. Especially when everything else is
made out of plastic, what is wrong with paper plates? paper napkins? paper cups? paper lids?

Solution:

Create a straw out of bees wax and or paraffin wax. Remove any paper/plastic within the straw and the straw would be completely biodegradable. Therefore, if the straw or wax basically every gets in the water, it melts down.

Testing the Hypothesis

Immigrants are motivated to migrate to the United States of America to improve living conditions, receive better wages and to create a future for their families.

The who: Immigrants

The what: migration to the United states

The why: improve living conditions, receive better wages and to create a future for their families.

Testing hypothesis: Any person in the world who wants to live in America has this need

The what: All migration to America has boundaries, many people come here legally and overstay their visas, many come here illegally and stay unknown. Many want better lifestyles, stay with families who are already here, want better education, want better wages, many other reasons

The why: Donald trump gets blamed, the government gets blamed, the illegal immigrants get blamed, the American citizens get blamed, anyone who is in and outside of the United states can get blamed based off of the perspective you are coming in with. Over 4 million Mexicans will blame Mexico for the migration. Many American citizens blame the security of America, and or blame the political parties for the migration.

Interview number 1

Who: Whitney about immigrants?

What: Immigrants are not the problem. The problem is that the citizens in America are a melting pot and every immigrant in the world would love to come to America and live here.

Why: government assistance. America is the number one country for some of these people and they hear how well off they could live just by being in here,

Interview number 2

Who: Edgar about immigrants?

What: Edgar had a mom that came to the united states illegally to seek for medical help. She came over in a boat to seek medical attention here in America for free and now lives in America without any papers.

Why: To get the help needed. In Mexico, she could not afford her procedure and here in America they cannot deny you even if you were a criminal and therefore she received the procedure for free because there was no one to bill with no address.  

Interview number 3

Who? Ghada about Immigrants?

What? Ghada moved from Lebanon to America to secure her kids future. Ghada expressed her feelings about peace and how America can provide you with that and that is the reason why she moved here, and she feels like it is the safest here in America.

Why? Lebanon was probably not as safe of course; they could not have health insurance and if so it was probably expensive. They went to war in 06 and currently the living conditions in Lebanon are terrifying and therefore her reason is for safety.

Interview number 4

Who? Alex on immigrants

What? Alex moved from Venezuela to America to get involved in the school system and be involved in politics in order to have a degree in foreign policies and he wants to represent the United States in relations with other developed nations.

Why? Alex feels like in America you can have the opportunity to do whatever you want in life and harder work rewards you in this country and he feels like Venezuela was not the case and he would not get any further than high school education over there.

Interview 5

Who? George on immigrants

What? George came to America to practice his religion in peace. George came to America to go to Hollywood and live the American dream. George stated that he can secure his beliefs in the system here without second doubting the abuse of power. By that he means the government is not a total chaos like in other countries and he wants to live how an American life.

Why? Americans are number one in the sense of freedom, being able to survive and put in hard work, there is jobs and benefits here. America has public schools, it has California and Florida, America is an English country with values behind it. Our laws make up our country and the whole world would love to come into America any way possible.

My conclusion on this hypothesis is that there are too many reasons to why the rest of the world wants to come to America and it is the simple fact that America provides major aspects of lifestyles that other countries can’t guarantee and in America, you are allowed to be whoever you desire. From security, to better lifestyle, to education, America is a valuable country with many resources and the way America portraits itself to the rest of the world is superior and maybe the curiosity of what America really is get to foreigners but living in America is undeniably a very safe environment and families from all over the world  would pay money if possible to guarantee it. In all honesty, I did not know that foreigners throughout the world know about the benefits that Americans offer to their citizens and if you come to America just to live a lazy life and not work to receive support from the government, then you should be kicked out of this country for not contributing to society. 

Practicing Opportunity Identification, Cont.

1) * Amazon stock went up by 7%

    * Tesla Stock is soaring

    * Age limit for tobacco product in the US

    * Paper Straws 

2) A) Amazon stock going up is found on any source but I found mine on stocks from my phone.

    B) An opportunity exists because anyone who has an amazon stock just got richer and the brand its self is going to gain more popularity because more news sources are covering this topic. 

   C) Investors and the inventor are both profiting off of this. CEO Jeff Bezos gained a few billion dollars because he owns 51% of the shares and anyone who has a stock in Amazon such as employees, regular stock holders, will benefit from this. 

   D) The opportunity is getting harder because now it costs more money to buy the same stock that was worth 1700, which goes for 2000 now. But it is easier for the people who already have the stock. 

 A) Tesla is only growing from today, and since the last few months, they've seen a 300% growth to their company.

B) An opportunity exists because money is involved. Tesla is only gaining more success and achieving higher numbers every year and that is growth for the people whom are interested in Tesla, and or the creators of Tesla. 

C) The customer of this opportunity is anyone who drives a car, anyone who has a Tesla stock, the inventors of Tesla, the brand, the companies around Tesla etc. 

D) The opportunity is getting easier because Tesla wants everyone in on it, they are producing vehicles that are cheaper than their budget to have the brand Tesla more visible to the world. If you are smart, and you know what you are doing then it is easy but if you are just wanting to go in without any money or information, then the opportunity is hard to exploit. 

A) Age limit for tobacco has been regulated throughout all of the US and you now have to be over the age of 21 to purchase any tobacco products. 

B) An opportunity exists because we have smokers more than every now, and anyone who is in between the age of 18-21 that smokes now cannot purchase any products which leads to a market. 

C) The customers to be honest are the companies producing these vapes to sell them to teens, anyone who smokes, and they are the ones who suffer the most. 

D) The opportunity is hard because it is illegal to sell to "minors" since it was a federal law and not a state law. 

A) Paper straws are in every restaurant.

B) An opportunity exists because the customers are unhappy with the alternative and there has to be a different material or a different straw that we can use that is similar to plastic but does not harm the earth. 

C) The customer in this opportunity is the consumer, every person who eats out is being effected by this and therefore it makes the general population the customer. 

D) The opportunity is hard and easy. It is hard because you now have to get the straws to be FDA approved in order to serve them, but it needs to be cheaper than paper and plastic straws. It is easy because entrepreneurs are everywhere in this world and someone will come up with an idea to solve this issue, it has not been solved yet, in Gainesville atleast.

3) A) I am personally into stocks, and if i had one stock with amazon before they spiked up then I would be rich. A lot of people are not into stocks and if so, they do not have the money to put in because they have bills and a life to live, therefore it is hard to invest. 

  B) I know many people who drive Tesla and many people have stocks in Tesla and they see the insane amount of technology that is going on behind their vehicles. I see this opportunity because not everyone can afford the Tesla, and if so they do not understand enough about it to make money off of it. 

C) Many people do see the opportunity here but they do not know how to get around the age restriction because it is a federal law. Smoke shops are already trying to get rid of the vapes that teens would buy because their older customers want something different. I see it because I now cannot buy any products because I am not 21. 

D) Many people see the Paper straw opportunity but they have yet to find a material that can be approved and be put in restaurants. I myself tried to come up with a new idea for straws, and I used wax on paper straw in order for the tip to be glazed and not get soggy. I see the opportunity because it effects me because I am the one that rejects the paper straws.