3A- My Entrepreneurship Story

This picture was taken after my group, and I placed in the top 7 with our DECA business case analysis in the state competition in 2017. 

A time in my life when I have been exposed to entrepreneurship was my sophomore year of high school. I was in a marketing pathway. For one of the classes, we had a local entrepreneur come in and talk to us about how he became successful. This particular entrepreneur broke every stereotype that I thought made an entrepreneur successful. As a sophomore, I always thought it took a specific type of person to be an entrepreneur. To be an entrepreneur could only be outgoing, dominant, outspoken,  and confident. The entrepreneur that came to my class was more soft-spoken, humble, unsatisfied, and had quiet confidence in him. The entrepreneurs, for a long time, was dissatisfied with where he was with his business. While he was successful because he saw an unmet need and an opportunity, he had continued success because he always strived for improvement due that unsatisfied feelings. While this continued improvement caused him to hit dead-ends and caused him to fail sometimes, he never quit. He found he was most successful with his progressions when he listened to his customers and make changes for their needs and their wants. Sometimes entrepreneurs get so attached to their product as it is, they have a hard time taking criticism. But if you don’t have customers, you don’t have a business. This experience taught me that entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. No one trait makes an entrepreneur different from others.

 I decided that I wanted to enroll in ENT3003 because what makes an entrepreneur successful always interested me. There are so many theories, ideas, and definitions about entrepreneurship, that what it takes to become successful and innovative becomes lost. After ENT3003, I hope to start looking at the world with a renewed entrepreneurial spirit.