Week 14 Reading Reflection

The section that was most interesting to me in this section was “innovation inside whirlpool”.  I thought the story was surprising how the employees of whirlpool had the opportunity to start their own ventures and that the CEO, David Whitwam, encouraged all his employees to do so.

The section that was most confusing to me was Ecosystem services.  I found this whole section really hard to read and didn’t quite get the point or how it fit in to the chapter.

A question I would have for the author is if he has met David Whitwam in person.

A Second Question I have is where he gets his information for all the various charts in this section.

I do not disagree with anything the author said.

Google Gold

1. For each blog post I made this semester, I pursued SEO in a few ways. The first way was to make sure that my blog HTML was strongly related to my post, as well as my title.  Creating my title was the next way i pursued SEO, and made sure the title always addressed the topic of my blog, so people that were searching got exactly what they were looking for.

2. The keywords I would use in my blog posts would vary relating to the posts topic.  For each topic, I would use an SEO key word search engine that showed the most popular key words for a certain phrase or subject that I had in my blog.  I would be sure to include these in order to maximize my potential views.

3. I used social media to share my blog with family and friends on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.  People I knew were usually supportive of my blog, and sometimes would even share it with their friends if they thought I had a really good post.

4. My most viral post was my Idea Napkin No. 1. I believe this blog received the most views because  it is the first time i expressed my product idea to the public, and I received very positive feedback on this post.  This post perhaps was shared amongst other viewers friends and could be why it was the most popular.

5. I sadly did not make it to the first page of google. The closest I got was the third page which I still am proud of.

Very short Interview no 2

From the first interview I had with Mr. Zullo, it showed me how hard work and determination can help you to achieve anything. My first interview showed me that it is not really what you know from the start, but how much you learn on the way.  When I went back to interview Mr. Zullo again, I asked him the following questions.

These questions were inspired by assignments we have had in this class and I wanted to know some of the answers to them from someone who has been through an entrepreneurial experience.

         Question 1: In the next five or 10 years where do you see yourself and your business?

          In the next 5-10 years I see myself running American Retrofits and at least one other company. I see myself implementing what I have learned with this business into new ventures while still maintaining this business.

Question 2: If the opportunity arose to where you were given the option to sell your business for enough money to keep you financially stable for the remainder of your life, would you accept the offer?

         Yes I would accept the offer because I would be set for life and I would obviously just start another business

Question 3: The day you started your business would you have expected to be where you are today? Or did you expect to be less or more successful than you currently are

3. The day I started I didn't exactly envision all of this in just one day. The first day I started this business I started learning from every experience. It's like a science experiment a lot of things will happen good and bad and it's all about how you react to them. After I had a couple customers I already knew I loved what I was doing and I knew I could keep doing it because how large the market was and still is. I basically just mapped out steps and did one after the other to make sure that I got to where I am now. So if you asked me if I knew whether or not I would have gotten to this place I would tell you I knew the whole timeMy business would succeed at a great level but I would also say that actions speak louder than words. Just saying that I could sit and talk about where I think I'm gonna be in 5 years. Or I could start working hard everyday and get there.