Last Goodbye

We laughed, we stressed about elevator pitches, and we ate pie, it is that time of the semester when I have to say goodbye to another amazing Journalism class.*sniff sniff* So, of course, we have to go back and reminisce about all the amazing things I learned this semester. I learned about entrepreneurial journalism. To learn…

What is My Magic Power?

For a class assignment we had to think about our magic power; what makes us unique and stand out, which for me it is really hard to think about because I do not really think about what makes me stand out (who am I kidding, I only think about myself) (LOL) (jk). Anyways, this is…

Freelancing; Is it right for me or nah?

For this week’s journalism class I had to read “Freelancing as Entrepreneurship and Consulting as Business Models” from “Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship.” This chapter talks about freelancing and a little bit of everything that one has to do in order to be a freelancer. In this blog post, I will talk about If I would like…

Elevator Pitches; They are Only Fun When You Watch Them on TV

Hello, everyone, my name is Virginia, and today I am going to talk to you about my experience with elevator pitches (lol). So, I had to make an elevator pitch for my capstone class, and boy was it fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not really). In the next blog, I am going to talk about my experience in developing, delivering…

How To Use Kickstarter Successfully​

Let’s talk about raising money. Over the years a lot of new ways to make or raise money have been created, one of them being Kickstarter. For those of you who do not know what Kickstarter is, it is a website that helps creators to raise money for a new project or a good cause….

Creating a Succesful Business in College

For this week’s blog, I looked into an interesting post on Business Insider called “16 Great Startups College Students Are Working On Right Now,” this is an article about 16 students that have started working on a business in school. In this blog, I will discuss why two of the 16 seem like good ideas…

Does the Lean Start-Up Really Change Everything?

Starting a new business always has 50/50 chance to succeed; it either does or it does not. For this blog post, I read “Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything” by Steve Blank from the Harvard Business Review. In this post, I will comment on what resonated with me after reading it and how does the…

How to be a Succesful Entrepreneurial Journalist

I AM BACK WOOHOO!! For this week’s blog, we had to read a short piece by Carlo de Marchis, Chief Product & Marketing Officer at deltatre and media strategist, about the changes in the media landscape that affect all of us today. It talks about how media has changed over the past few years and how it is…