I have been exposed to entrepreneurship nearly my entire life. My father has owned, invested, and created several companies and businesses since I was born. Throughout my life, I had been taught to always be hard working and not take things for granted because it's just business. Several morals that I thought had been true didn't work in the private sector. A small company has to make a lot of growth and make a "name" for itself in order to stay competitive against a "dog eat dog" market . Even if a company is doing everything correct in terms of meeting quotas or fulfilling people's satisfaction, anything can happen. Products are only successful because of the people buying the products. If public appeal or brand recognition gets negative reviews, the company can only hope to survive. I remember from either sweeping floors in a warehouse or driving around job sites that mistakes are always bound to happen and not every engine runs perfectly.
I enrolled in ENT3003 because I wanted to gain the knowledge and expertise of an entrepreneur if I end of developing a product that can be marketed and sold to the public. I always found it interesting in how to capture people's attention towards certain characteristics and I hope to gain more skills in order to innovate while making an impact in people's lives.
I liked reading your post because I too have been exposed to entrepreneurship by my father as well. You made a good point in that not every engine runs smoothly, that is something that I have seen more recently as I worked for my dad's company last year. Even if it looks like it runs perfectly from the outside, there is so much going on internally that either makes or breaks the business.
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ReplyDeleteHi Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI think your experience with entrepreneurship has been rewarding for you because you have already learned so much about running small businesses. No one in my immediate family is an entrepreneur, so you are lucky to have been able to learn from your dad. I think its great that you are considering a career involving entrepreneurship because you will be able to think creatively.
Being able to experience entrepreneurship first-hand is very neat. I know it’s not always rainbows and butterflies but when your dad closes shop at the end of the day he can look back and see what he accomplished. I think that making a name for yourself is very hard no matter what you are doing in life. That saying can be used in almost every job done, but I think it might count more when you look at an entrepreneur.
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