Entrepreneur Self-Portrait
Overview
For this individual project, students will reflect on the personal characteristics that have led them to pursue entrepreneurship.
Directions
1. Think of a metaphor or symbol that represents entrepreneurship to you and create something artistic to share with the class. You can choose:
· An original drawing(labeled or captioned)
· A poem
· A sculptural item
· A transformed object
· Another artistic idea of your own
2. Write an explanation of your creation and upload it to Canvas by 9:00 am, Session 4.
As part of this self-portrait, students will identify and analyze the characteristics and skills of an admired leader in a relevant feld, compare those characteristics and skills with their own, and evaluate which skills might be developed and integrated into the self-portrait to support their entrepreneurial activities. The project will also include strategies for further development of their entrepreneurial skill set.
Please use the outline below as a guide for your paper:
· Personal Characteristics and Skills:
· Reflect on and identify the personal skills and characteristics that have inspired you to become an entrepreneur.
· Explain how your characteristics/skills as a leader will support the success of an entrepreneurial activity.
· Select a Successful Entrepreneur You Admire and Analyze and Evaluate Valuable Characteristics and Actions:
· Choose a prominent leader in a relevant feld with whom you identify and explain why this figure was chosen.
· Explain the characteristics and skills that make this figure a successful leader.
· Compare your chosen leader's characteristics and skills with your own personal characteristics and skills.
· Identify Personal Goals for Training, Development, and Actions:
· Based on this comparison, reflect on what type of training or development you might pursue to complement or refine your leadership characteristics and skills to be a more successful entrepreneur.
Deliverable
Students will create an artistic representation of their entrepreneurial spirit suitable for display in their future workspace.
The assignment includes a written explanation that addresses each element above. Students must include a References page and follow the standard guidelines forAmerican Psychological Association (APA) formatting for paper organization and references, and use Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, and double-spaced text.
It is a graduate-level expectation that the paper will reflect the APA 7 style, be well-organized, well-articulated, and demonstrate excellent grammar and mechanics. Students whose work does not reflect these expectations must revise and resubmit. Do not use Al to write your paper.I want to hear your authentic voice.
Deadline
Upload your assignment submission paper by 9:00 am on the day of Session 4.Bring your artistic representation to class for sharing with your peers.