BootCamp Arc Reflections – Academy Saga

-Solmario II (Estoo) N. Ansay Real Composition Music & Literary Arts April 9^th, 2026

Musical Literary Entrepreneur

To Build my Musical Literary Arts Entrepreneurial Empire, I went under my first training of my Academy Saga: The BootCamp Arc. Before I started training, I saw myself as a broken heart hiding my potential. I feared that what we were all told as children was true, that a music career really is but an impractical dream that we should let go of. However, being taught that Entrepreneurship Starts with Passion, I’ve learned that Real Composition had a purpose in the world more than being a successful artist. That purpose became my vision: to lead the expression of resilience, turning emotion into strength moving forward in each of our stories. As well as my performance was in my first academic semester, instead of bragging about my success, this is a testimony of how I did it.

The Definition of Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship used to look like a more established or prestigious title for a business owner. My understanding for me to be an entrepreneur was to be a super successful businessman, needing to reach a level of success to consider myself one. However, Introduction to Entrepreneurship states that an entrepreneur is someone who solves real problems with entrepreneurial thinking and mindset. It’s not a type of status to be called an entrepreneur, but instead someone who has an entrepreneurial mind.

To put it frankly, the traits it takes to become an entrepreneur are any beneficial human traits, for example, resilience, empathy, independence, leadership, and my most favourite: Authenticity. What comes with authenticity is every other entrepreneurial trait that follows. If one is authentic, one is honourable, another entrepreneurial trait. Furthermore, the realism of authenticity gives one a reason to be resilient with a purpose. Real Composition creating real compositions states the authenticity of my art in the business name alone. For the lack of considering myself “born to be,” my business and personal authenticity gives me a sense of permission to become an entrepreneur.

Indirect Academic Preparation

Education during my BootCamp Arc went surprisingly well. My growth came unresisted coming in prepared for my first semester at university. For my first class ever, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, I spent the year prior reading many stoic philosophy, business and marketing books. It’s obvious that business and marketing books directly teach entrepreneurship. However, I never would have guessed that my stoic philosophy reading contributed to being ahead of my studies. As an entrepreneurial mindset is obtained by having entrepreneurial traits, the lifestyle taught by stoics relates to a lifestyle of an entrepreneurial thinker. My year of reading business and philosophy prior to educational training gave me the edge in studying entrepreneurship with successful performance.

As a Musical and Literary Entrepreneur, not only am I studying entrepreneurship for the next four years, but I am also a Musical Scholar taking the Music Minor Program. The goal of graduating with a BBA in Entrepreneurial Leadership pairs well with a Music Minor, preparing me for a professional musical service. While studying the business and inner mastery my major teaches me, the minor develops my skills of musical professionalism. Coming into my first Music Minor class as a producer set me up for a breeze through the Music Technology 1 course. My first assignment felt like I was cheating, but instead it sparked my professor’s claim that I am overqualified for this course. I was told countless times that I shouldn’t be in this class but rather should have been skipped into Music Technology 2. However, despite my “overqualification,” I still learned a lot about the holes in my musical production skills. There were things that I either haven't thought of or thought was unnecessary, but those small things make a big difference in a song's musical journey. In a short amount of time, my experienced music production has improved even further within my BootCamp Arc. The Academy Saga started strong indeed.

The Competent Still See Growth

I’ve always claimed that there was never an old me and that I’m always the same person I once was. However, while I can say it’s true, I have still grown spiritually and intellectually. Being praised for my academic performance time and time again brought me to neglecting false humility, and I’ve been given the experience of learning to accept compliments. From my classmates accepting my business venture ideas to advise me during In-Class Business Therapy to my Music Tech Professor adopting me into the Music Minor was a real boost of confidence that I’m on the right path.

Supportive Academic Community

There was so much support given to me, whether it’s from helping me out or cheering me on for my vision. Many of the university staff members love my idea of Musical Entrepreneurship. I’ve had the business librarian overextending his research advice in appreciation for my ventures as a musician himself. Not only the staff, but my classmates saw my potential unfold right in front of their eyes. My vocalist in my Music Tech Group Project can’t stop complimenting me for making her first song ever sound so good. Our recording session was smooth with my beat she loved, creating the space for her voice to shine brightly on the mic. However, the credit for our song can’t all be mine, as being unable to find the autotune in GarageBand led me to realize that her amazing vocals doesn't need it. Her voice made sound engineering our project enjoyable, but each time I did something to the mix made her sound better, according to my vocalist. I can say I’m nothing all I want, but my A+ performance in both Music and Entrepreneurship say otherwise. Letting go of false humility only showed its importance once I did it. Now I do not have a barrier stopping me by telling me I'm not worthy. All that’s left now is to keep going down the road to my Musical Literary Entrepreneurial Empire.

The Secret to Educational Success

This success in my academic performance is not something to brag about. Instead, my academic success to starting my education has but one secret: the Willingness to Learn about my Passions. Many say education is useless, and that’s for multiple reasons. One is that education doesn’t teach you anything useful to what you want to learn. I highly disagree, as one does not attain knowledge without learning it. Even learning seemingly unrelated things like advanced math serves the purpose of exercising your brain. Brains are muscles, and they get stronger, too. Another reason is that their educational performance was a rough battle, claiming that they didn’t even want to study the field. While I agree that studying something you don’t want to learn is a waste of time, a type of approach to education solves that issue. All a student needs to do is to become a scholar to learn about their passions. When you have a passion that you want to learn about, you’ll retain the information better. It becomes developing a skill rather than memorizing exam answers. Studying with the intention to learn is my biggest secret to academic success at the start of my education.

The Distant End to the Road

Studying my passion is what made it easy to have a learning desire. Staying true to my authenticity took me on the road toward my Entrepreneurial Empire, and the road isn’t over yet! There’s more to learn, more people to meet, and more people to serve. Becoming a Musical Entrepreneur isn’t a graduate dream but instead has already started. The motto of my BootCamp Arc of the Academy Saga has become, “Passion over profit, Service over Command.” I am not here to rule my Entrepreneurial Empire, but instead I am called to serve the people within it. To make a better world, I vow to lead the Expression of Resilience, Turn Emotion into Strength and Move Forward in Our Stories.