My project during the first semester was to grow a business I started selling compass pendant necklaces in order to encourage others to travel.

Learnings/achievments:

• Grossed $36,500 in revenue

• Self-taught 3D modeling (inventor)

• Worked/negotiated/communicated with overseas manufacturers to get multiple samples for bulk order

• Learned paid advertising on several different platforms including Facebook/instagram, snapchat, and Tiktok

• Wrote business plan

• Learned basic code for website design

• Designed website

• Organized/executed fulfillment processes for mass orders

• Learned paid advertising on several different platforms including Facebook/instagram, snapchat, and Tiktok

• Organized company structure

• Learned basic photography

• Learned basic bookkeeping

• Learned basic videography

• Learned the importance of outsourcing

My second-semester project was to generate as many leads as possible for the MYX program by applying what i learned on social media advertising from my first-semester project.

Project statistics and achievements:

• 3000 Leads

• Reduced CPL by 95% (~$200 CPL to $10 CPL)

• Contributed to info sessions and campus tours

• Gain lots of experience with working within a team

• Learned HubSpot software basics

  • Workflows

  • Marketing

  • Reporting

  • Data analysis

• Was offered a job working full time for the MYX program after the semester.

I've realized that all I want in life is to be wise when I'm older and the best way to get there is to "do more". "Do more" has become my north star and is the basis of many of my core values and philosophies:

• Travel - I've found that the fastest way to self-growth is novel experience and traveling acts as one of the best catalysts for that.

• Effort - I learned from a young age that the best experiences in life come when your mind & body are stretched to their limits in order to achieve something.

• Homeostasis - If you want to be happier, or get more done in life, then stay out of your comfort zone. This will raise your bar of rigor. "If you want something done, give it to someone busy", is a quote my mom used to always say.

• Ebb and Flow - "If you want to get more done, slow down" is something I heard from a very accomplished man while in Costa Rica. You'll never get ahead if you're burnt out from trying to stay in flow, and everyone burns out.