My Entrepreneurship Story

The first time I was exposed to Entrepreneurship, without even really thinking about it, was my dad. My dad is a very well-educated man, an I am not just saying that because he's my dad.  He knows anything and everything that is going on in the world of politics, business, health, and society both past and present.  He graduated from the top university in Colombia with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance.  When he moved to the United States with my mom, finding work became difficult because his degree wasn't from the U.S. and the language barrier was difficult.  After a few years, he joined a company in Miami that sold language sets for people who wanted to learn English.  He was doing well but was not satisfied.  At around the time that I was 8 or 9, my dad decided to start his own business.  His start-up business was selling multi-vitamin products via phone; he decided on vitamins because there was a slow, but growing trend towards healthier living and the vitamins he sold could not be found in stores.  He started as a one-man show, but he worked hard.  I would watch him from the minute we woke up, to the time we would go to sleep, the work was never-ending.  Business did well for a few years until the economic crisis hit.  Unfortunately he couldn't recover but he remembers those times as one of his happiest.

I joined ENT3003 not to run my own business, but to think more like an entrepreneur.  I feel like I want to surround myself with students and professors who think creatively.  I am keeping an open mind throughout the class, with no expectations other than to get more from the class than I thought I could.



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