Good News Bad News
I received two very interesting emails today, one was good news and one was bad news. I’ll start with the good news first…
Good News
I may have an internship with Google! I applied last month to their bold program after a recruiter came and spoke to our class. I’m super excited, because Google is one of the few companies I can actually see myself working for, if I need to get a job after I graduate while I’m working on my businesses. I have faith that this internship will work out for this summer. My mum will have a fit if I go another summer without an internship (I decided to skip doing an internship last summer to focus on taking an algebra class and working with my former business partner on an idea)! She really wanted me to try another internship since my first internship experience wasn’t so great, so I look forward to the possibilities of broadening my horizons, Google is a great company and there’s a lot that I can learn being in such a creative environment.
Here’s the email they sent me:
Global Advertising Associate…sounds pretty sweet! 
Google has the most chilled laid back environment that promotes creativity, and is one of the most widely know brands in the world! That’s my type of place !
Bad News
I know my journey to becoming a super successful entrepreneur is not going to be a cake walk, so with that said, I’ve prepared myself for moments like this…
stinks…but it happens, can’t win all the time, but when I do win, I’m going to win big! So this obviously wasn’t “the thing” but it could possibly be “the thing” that’s going to lead me to “the thing”. I learn something from every competition I enter, and I look forward to hearing their feedback. So now it’s time for me to dust my shoulders off and move on to the next one.
Top 20 For a shot at Winning $100,000
I’m really excited that I made the top 20 in a competition sponsored by Intel for a chance to win $100,000. I submitted my idea (My College Hustle), and now I have a chance to pitch my idea to investors. The investors are awarding 2 ideas $50,000, with the potential of one idea taking the entire $100,000.
I’m super excited, and I’ve been trying to rack up votes anyway I can. I need to make it in the top 5 by january 23rd in order to pitch my ideas to the judges.
Currently in 9th place, buuuuuttt I haven’t given up hope!
Email I got notifying me that I made it to the top 20.
Movers and Changers Competition
I just finished shooting season 3 of MTVU’s Movers and Changers it was an AWESOME experience! I’m really not ready to get back into the swing of classes! I wish I could stay for all the event’s during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Movers and Changers kicked off the week with the competition and a panel discussion with very successful entrepreneurs, Charlie Chanaratsopon founder of Charming Charlie, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson Co-Founder of Gilt Groupe, and Mark Cuban owner of the Dallas mavericks. They were also the judges for the competition. Mark Cuban was also our mentor for the competition, he is a billionaire entrepreneur, and I was so appreciative that he took the time to give me advice about entrepreneurship…Wow!
One of the most important pieces of advice he shared with me was to make sure that the business I create is a product as opposed to a feature, because anyone can replicate or add that feature to their company or business…and BOOM! My business would be finished! However, if I make my business a valuable product, it can’t be replicated. I thought that was a great piece of advice, because when you think about it, using an iphone as an example, an iphone is a product, and the apps are only a feature of the iphone…anyone/company can make an app (blackberry, android, ect.) but no one can make an iphone except apple…
In the video above I’m reflecting on my experience participating in the Movers and Changers competition (sorry for the crackling noise).
This was taken when MTVU came on campus to film me for the first episode
Super fun!
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