The Entrepreneurial Adventures of Gabe Meyer

BMC

• Reflecting on the BMC workshop, evaluate your journey. Sample evocative questions are below;
• what surprised you? How has it changed after the workshop? Where would you like to grow? How did the process go for you?

The process of the BMC workshop went well for me. Discovering the correct order of the BMC was a bit of a surprise but I think that was mostly from not understanding clear definitions for each piece of the BMC. After the BMC workshop was finished I feel I had a slightly better understanding of the definitions of each term as well as why they are placed where they are. It was definitely a surprise at first to see “customer segments” placed first but after further explanation, it made much more sense. Our group had the VPC placed first which made sense to us because we thought that was the base of understanding your customer. However, now after understanding that customer segments are finding out who your market will be and who you are creating value for it makes much more sense. You can’t create a value proposition canvas if you don’t know who you are aiming your product for.

Arathi

• What was your biggest takeaway?
• What is coaching to you?
• How has coaching worked for you in the program? Has it worked for you? If it hasn’t what would you love to see? What could it look like?

My biggest takeaway from Arathi was that good self-care equals good quality work. Arathi really emphasized the importance of taking care of your mental health to produce the best quality work you can. I think a key question she asked us was, “what kind of work do you do when you are in a good mood? Now compare that to the work you do while in a bad mood.” When Arathi said this it really stuck with me and had me thinking. I think this is a very important aspect to take into consideration that often gets overlooked when trying to be the most productive and the most successful. Coaching to me is providing consistent support, being there to guide when necessary, and leading by example. Whenever I’d have coaches for sports it always stood out to me when the coach would actually get on the field or the court and run the drills with us even just for a little bit. Not commanding your team to do anything you wouldn’t do is a crucial aspect of being a good coach for me. When coaches exhibit this behavior it appears to me as the sign of a true leader. This action alone builds trust, builds rapport, and builds a bond between the coach and the whole team. Coaching in this program has seemed a bit scattered. One thing I’ve been beginning to notice more recently is that the coaches within this program are here but you first must seek them out to receive any sort of guidance. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it promotes the practice of self-advocating however, more structure implemented with the coaches in this program would be a pleasant change to see.