Entrepreneurs.

I really hate my entrepreneurship group. Here's hoping they never read my blog.

(Yes, this is for my strategy blog, TA grading the strategy blogs.)

We have a huge semester project that we are supposed to have been working on for the whole semester. Well, we have worked on it for a grand total of an hour and a half over the whole semester. And we even have changed the direction of our project once.

And one of our group members just up and left because he felt like it. And wanted to work on the project that he presented for a business model competition AND WON. I think that is just wrong and cheap. He doesn't have to do any work, because he already did it for the competition!

I really like my entrepreneurship teacher and the class though. I just think our group is a joke.

Here are our 7-S misalignment:

Staff/Style (culture). Entrepreneurs think they are so cool that they don't have to work for a big company, they can make more money selling their stupid ideas. So they aren't very good at taking criticism or actually researching a problem. Or proactively meeting to get things done for our project. Basically, entrepreneurs are arrogant and believe they are geniuses, when really they are kidding themselves into thinking someone will actually purchase a square toilet (that was actually a real idea. Sad, right?)

Structure: I do all the actual work, like researching and making the powerpoint. They come up with the stupid ideas that I am forced to support because I have no choice in the matter, and then add pictures to the powerpoint. I don't approve of this structure.

Strategy/Shared Values: My strategy is to put in a good amount of work to get the project done well and receive an A. Their strategy is to get the project over with in as little amount of time as possible. Which drives Chantel insane. I want a good grade, and they want to have "a life". Yeah right.

Skills: My skills aren't coming up with brand new ideas. My team members can come up with brand new ideas, but there is a reason no one thought of them before. It's because they are too dumb to be called ideas. Granted, I took this class to be more creative in my future job as a brand manager and helping with product innovation, but that will at least give me something to start with. Coming up with a great idea off the top of my head for a product isn't my strong suit.

As you can see, almost all of our S's are misaligned. The only S that is aligned is our systems, because ultimately we will all get the same grade. Which makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry.