After going back and examining my initial interview with Mr. Moor, I realized that my questions seemed very surface level and didn't have any flow. Therefore, this time I tried to delve a little deeper to discover the true inner workings of an entrepreneur. I also only prepared the first question and decided to choose the follow up questions based on what he already discussed.
Question 1: what is your biggest regret/what would you change about your past entrepreneur experiences?
"I would try not to be as independent. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and ask for help or guidance on the way to success. It get tough when you are out there alone and having someone you know has your best interest at heart helps you push through."
Question 2: what's the best entrepreneurship advice you've ever received or given?
"I learned this the hard way and tell anyone I can to learn from my mistakes. Always keep your contacts up to date with your life. It's not hard to pick up the phone every couple months and maintain that relationship. You never know when you might need to call in a favor."
Question 3: how do you go about meeting these new contacts and how do you decide which ones are valuable?
"Well it changes every time. Meet everyone you can. A solid handshake and looking them straight in the eye is a good start. And you just try to maintain every relationship you can, they'll either cut it off on their own if they aren't serious about mutual business benefits or it'll turn into a great thing."
Unfortunately, this interview again didn't seem to go as deep as I hoped. I feel like I don't have as good as a grip on my entrepreneurship skills as I initially thought. However, it also could be that Mr. Moor is not the best at opening up. Nonetheless, I feel that I have progressed quite a bit through this course even if it is not as much as I previously thought or hoped.
Hi Kate,
ReplyDeleteDon't be so hard on yourself! I think you did a great job with this interview and think the insight that you discovered can help a lot of people. I could relate to Mr.Moor in that it is hard not to be independent especially in the competitive world of business. I think you did a good job and inspired to be a more cooperative entrepreneur. Thank you! if you have time check out my blog:
http://oliverbranchus.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-short-interview-part-2.html
Hey Kate,
ReplyDeleteAssuming that you barely knew the man, don't feel so bad that you couldn't get into deeper questions. All that matters is he gifted some of his knowledge and wisdom to you. You did a fine job and hopefully you will learn from what Mr. Moor had to say. Check out my blog at
http://blazingllamas.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-very-short-interview-with.html
Hi Kate,
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job on this interview despite not getting too deep. It is hard for some to get deep when they do not know someone so there was nothing you could do per say to change that. I relate to what Mr. Moore said about being independent in the world of business. I also really enjoyed his comment about maintaining business relationships because this is not necessarily something I would think to do.
I unfortunately did not get to do this blog but you can check out my other posts at http://ent3003gracewithers.blogspot.com