美国留学 MBA 文书点评 Failed Internet Startup [Prompt: We all experience defining moments, significant events that can have a major impact on our lives. Briefly describe such an event and how it affected you.] The president of our company announced the final vote: five to three in favor of ending the business. Instantly, the tumultuous adventure of Versaworks abruptly ended. This webbased company we had founded aimed to promote an online reservation system for restaurants. Planning to run the company parttime while we sought initial business contracts to generate some base revenue, we had hoped to attract enough investors to provide funding for the team to work fulltime. In the end, however, our inability to solidify relationships with restaurants led to the vote on closing the business, and the votes outcome was what everyone had expected. However, closing this chapter in my life allowed me to open a new one, as it caused me to reevaluate my career goals. I asked myself, why was I so motivated to start a business in the first place Why did I find its possibilities more rewarding than my successful engineering career I came to realize that while engineering allowed me to apply my technical skills to developing advanced technology, I believed I had the opportunity and privilege to enhance peoples lives more effectively by guiding a collaborative effort, a whole company directed towards providing for the needs of its customers. In a word, today I understand that my longterm career goal is to maximize my contribution to society. Through my Versaworks experience, I gained a new perspective on what it takes to start a business. The closing of that project compelled me to refocus on my goals...
