Week #2

One of the three ideas that stood out to me is the process that entrepreneur’s go through; opportunity recognition, business planning, resource marketing, managing growth, and change. The reason why this stood out to me is because this was an answer to a question I had, “where to begin and what is the process of thought in order to accomplish change?” I try to search or recognize opportunities of social problems. I don’t know how good I am at doing that, but I want to be able to recognize a problem and figure out a solution through planning, resource marketing and managing growth. The other thing that stood out to me is what Rob Tonks said about the Ballard Center’s core: sustainable, scalable, and replicable. It’s simple, effective, and it is easy to follow in any case or situation you’re put in. The last thing I’ll mention is what Tonks also said about the 2 key objectives: issue area and personal contribution. Asking those questions in those two categories will enable you to understand the big question you asked in the beginning; where do I fit in? But this is specifically for social entrepreneurship. 

As a college student, I relate to those BYU students who desire to make a change in the world because I too want to use my own skill set to figure out how I can produce change in people’s lives. As I was listening I wanted to figure out what I can do now and not wait for some great opportunity to make a change in peoples lives. I am currently in the process of working with someone trying to promote a fundraiser for a disabled individual to raise money for his hospital bills, food costs, vehicle expenses, etc. This will be our big project for the semester that will try to get a large number of people involved. I want to develop certain skills through this project in oder to be an asset for bigger projects in the future. 

I am grateful I read Lara Galinsky’s article, “Not everyone should be a social entrepreneur.” By reading that article it opened up my eyes to realize that I can provide social entrepreneurial help, or in other words, be a change maker. For example, The Good Line, is a creative agency that creates video content for social entrepreneurship movement’s and organizations. I would like to do that and hopefully one day I’ll be able to work with The Good Line. In one way or another, I want to be involved in social entrepreneurship and have the same qualities they do; ambition, mission driven, strategic, resourceful, and results oriented.