{"id":1900,"date":"2019-08-20T14:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2019-11-05T19:53:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T19:53:05","slug":"perkins-22-gains-valuable-experience-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2019\/08\/20\/perkins-22-gains-valuable-experience-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Perkins ’22 Gains Valuable Experience In Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reagan Perkins ’22 — <\/em>I want to thank the\u00a0CIBE\u00a0for funding my experience in the Business Innovation Program. I would also like to thank the CIBE Business Innovation Program for the opportunity to participate in such a great program. Approaching my last week, I can reflect upon the experiences I have been so fortunate to have. I learned a lot during the first week while working in Microsoft Excel with alumnus Zach Karl \u201818 during his financial bootcamp. I learned many tricks and valuable skills, such as how to create a balance statement, income sheet, and cash flow statement.\u00a0At the moment, I want to go into finance or business so that these skills will be beneficial to me throughout my life.
\nI also enjoyed going over valuable case studies such as Disney, Proctor and Gamble, Chase Sapphire, and Kate Spade. These were valuable as I learned how to make decisions when running a business. Reviewal of these cases allowed me to begin thinking like an entrepreneur and taught me how to make decisions in the business world. I will be able to use this in the future, not just when working at or running a business, but as I make decisions in other areas of my life such as buying a house or starting a family.
\nAnother significant aspect of this program is the number of valuable alumni encounters. I much appreciated meeting Rob Shook \u201983. Meeting with him was fantastic because he changed the way I viewed networking and altered my approach to building essential relationships. I enjoyed visiting\u00a0David Waldman, as he taught me about how committed one must be to start their own business and continue operating it. Jacob Stone \u201917 was able to show me what it means to build your brand and how to popularize that brand. Tony Unfried \u201903 and Jim\u00a0Engledow\u00a0\u201978 demonstrated the importance of market research and what it means to \u201cask the right questions.\u201d Shane\u00a0Fimbel\u00a0\u201902 and Jim Abercrombie \u201902 convinced me of how important it was to adapt to and learn new technologies, while Pat Jones \u201915 reminded me that\u00a0helping the community and others around you should always be the top priority when running a business.\u00a0Kas\u00a0Koehring\u00a0\u201918\u00a0taught me the basics of emotional intelligence and how I can utilize it in the workplace. Mike Simmons \u201988 taught me the basics of marketing, how to apply it, and how to be good at it.
\nThe lessons and skills I have acquired during the Business Innovation Program will be of great value to me during my future career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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