Lessons in entrepreneurship (or not really)

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I was really disappointed by the entrepreneurship conference. Because of classes and tech week for a show I was in, I could only go to one session. I decided to go to one about the entrepreneurial mindset, but it ended up being really only about the academic entrepreneurship programs at Cornell. I learned a lot about the BEST program for graduate students and the Kessler Fellows Program for engineering undergrads, but really very little about the entrepreneurial mindset. I was hoping to hear more about how I could incorporate that mindset into my life and academics, but it was really just a few people talking about their experiences in the programs. I think it would have been more interesting if I even could have participated in some of these programs, but I can’t. It did expose me to some new startups around my hometown which was pretty interesting. I want to look into more community oriented companies in my community. But I wish there had been more that I could have gleamed from the session or applied to my life.