My Entrepreneurship Story

The time in my life that comes to mind when I think about an encounter with entrepreneurship was last summer in my Creativity in Action class. For the class, we broke up into groups and had to come up with some kind of invention. We were asked to think about society's problems, and possible ways to fix them. These problems could be anything from yoga pants not having pockets to making it easier for handicapped people to get around in some way. We then had to come up with a marketing strategy for our product in order to present it in a showcase at the end of the semester.

The problem that my group tackled was the problem that people with diabetes often have with pricking their fingers multiple times a day to test their blood sugar. A couple of us, me included, had family members with this problem, so this was something that was very important to us personally. We came up with a device that would test your blood sugar through your sweat and send the data to an app on your phone, eliminating the need for one to go through the painful exercise of pricking their finger every few hours. We aptly named the product Don'tSweatIt, as a means to give off the feeling that patients will no longer have to worry about putting themselves through pain every time they need to test their blood sugar. We did research into the disease and the trends associated with it in order to provide an app that helps the user with not only managing their sugar levels, but to help with exercise tips, healthy snacks, and a social media aspect where they can connect with others who have diabetes and create a support group for themselves. We came up with a marketing strategy, a logo, and even pricing to show the judges at the showcase. All of our hard work ended up paying off in the end as we won the Judge's Choice Award for overall presentation, creativity, implementation, and impact.

Through this experience, I learned that entrepreneurship is about figuring out how to solve some of the worlds problems and sharing it with the world. Anyone can enact change, and entrepreneurs effectively take an active part in changing the world.

I took ENT 3003 not only because it is a requirement for my minor, but it will allow me to expand my communications skills in a way that I can change the world. Entrepreneurs are passionate about pushing the human race forward, and I hope to one day fine-tune these skills in order to change the world in some way.