The chance to listen to Peter Cortle’s talk about entrepreneurship was an extremely thought-provoking experience, and I was very grateful to be able to listen to his wisdom in this exciting field. I walked into this talk with very little intentions of delving into entrepreneurship in my life and was set on my path to go to medical school. Medical school would be a fixed path for me, and I would have little need to diverge from this path and be left on my own. Entrepreneurship is the complete opposite; many fresh entrepreneurs are left to fend for themselves and go on an unknown journey of fulfilling an inner passion. I am a very structured person because I would preferably be directed towards a path rather than figure it out myself. With such personality, entrepreneurship had never crossed my mind because I would never expect that I could design and launch a business from scratch. However, Mr. Cortle’s talk had convinced me otherwise. The fact that he started his own business while in the same position as I am right now (a sophomore at Cornell University) convinced me to believe that entrepreneurship is not as scary as it may seem. Cortle’s extensive use of resources that helped further his ventures was the foundation for his success, and I believe that it is because he thought that he was not alone. I learned that being an entrepreneur is not just having a life-changing idea that would transform society, but rather a drive to go beyond society’s standards and improve some aspect of someone’s life for the better. While I do still intend to go to medical school, there may be a chance in the future that I could use my mathematics degree to delve into the field of entrepreneurship. Thus, I left this talk with a sense of optimism and courage to improve the world around me.