Alcinder's Blog

  When I was in the seat that you were currently in, I came to this class with a company. Relative to my peers, I had been experiencing the real world for two years already. I conducted business, worked with people and made projects with ridiculous deadlines. Now I am expanding my company to become a fully functioning organization. I felt like I would not be able to relate with a class ment for graduating seniors, as I was already within the world they look forward too. However, as the class continued, I was still able to find engagement with the course and take appreciation in the effort that Dr. Wilkes takes to get students ready for what challenges the real world has to offer. There were three major aspects of his classroom that I think were very important to know. Firstly, patents are powerful tools used by companies to protect themselves and attack others. These documents are symbols of power among those who can take advantage of them. Learn them and you will be all the more d...

For a long time in my life I have not known what an entrepreneur was. If you asked me as a kid how businesses were created or who even runs a business, I would not be able to answer any further than a boss. I truly believe that one of the greatest failures of my education was not learning about finance and the economic world. Personally as a computer science student, I felt as though I was taught how to be a worker rather than an innovator. I learned how to do xyz but not how to change the world with xyz. That was until I visited the center for entrepreneurship. There I learned that there was more to life than just getting a 9 to 5 job. With guidance, I saw entrepreneurs who are innovating and making a difference where it matters. That eventually led to me becoming one and creating a company centered around my goals. Growing that company into what it is today has been very difficult and there are many more lessons for me to learn. But as I grow with my business, there have been several...