Farah’s discussion strongly impacted our entrepreneurship exercise, and I learned a lot from what she said. The most important thing that I took away from Farah was to keep ideas in your back pocket. It may not be the right time to launch an entrepreneurship idea, but that does not mean there will not be a time for it. Farah’s journey reflects how she did not know what she wanted to do. She was teaching at a French university, and colleagues thought she was crazy for resigning. Farah wanted to do something that made her happy and feel like she was making a difference. As a result, the CCL was formed. The CCL has faced many challenges throughout its lifetime. When challenges arrived during Covid, the CCL had to adapt. Farah emphasized how you have to be able to deal with challenges and overcome them. Lastly, I thought the background behind the CCL was important to know.
In our exercise, we spent a lot of time brainstorming. We thought about all the problems we had living in the Medina. I discussed how there were no trash cans, and we just kept bouncing topics off each other. We discussed the tap water and stray cats. We wrote down all these ideas. We made sure to keep every idea in our back pocket. Our biggest challenge was picking a topic. The one CCL student kept wanting more, and he did not like the ethics of the cat business. I thought the best part of our group was our ability to keep building off ideas. We came up with the idea of a kennel and vet spot for cats. We wanted to focus on ethics. Once everyone agreed to create our entrepreneurship, “Catsbah”, we got to work deciding who does what. I loved our team dynamics and how everyone was involved. For only having an hour, we were able to work as a unit, and everyone participated in the presentation. My favorite part was presenting and being in sync as a group. Lastly, we were successful in how we prepared, and everyone did their role.