Reading Reflection No. 1

1) You read about an entrepreneur: The Wright Brothers

• What surprised you the most?
• The thing that surprised me the most was that the idea for an aviation vehicle did not sell very well in the US at the beginning so they had to start off in Europe and build their credibility.

• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?
• The thing I admired most about the Wright brothers was that no matter how many feats they achieved or how much money they made they never stopped improving. Even after having huge celebrations and meeting two kings and the president they continued to strive forward with their dream.
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?
• The thing I admired the least about the brothers was that they never advanced their idea passed just selling and building air crafts. They could have commercialized flight if they had just though more about the business and less about the science.
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?
• They did encounter adversity and failure. Oriville crashed in a demonstration for the US army and killed his passenger in the process while also seriously injuring himself. However while his brother recovered Wilbur continued to work and made many new advancements to the planes in preparation for Oriville's return.

2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? 

• The competency that stuck out to me the most was that they never wavered or gave up. Even when people refused the rumors, even when they crashed and burned and even when their mother died. These two brothers never strayed from their plan or their ideals and to me that is the most impressive thing about them.

3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

• One part that confused me was when they got into a patent war. Even though their design was patented and spoken for there was still debate over who the design and idea actually belonged to.

4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why?

• The first question I would ask would be where the idea for the plane originally came about and what was the driving force behind it? I would ask this because I would like to know what problem they were trying to solve when they identified this opportunity.
• The second question I would ask would be which one of them is the better pilot? I would ask this because I thin it would be funny to watch two brother go back and forth with each other.

5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion?

• I think hard work was everything to them because they never stopped working no matter how much success they had they never stopped improving. I do share their opinion because if you work as hard as you can no matter the outcome it still means you gave it your all.