My Entrepreneurship Story

 Morning, fellow entrepreneurs! 

I would imagine all of us have have had direct or indirect experience with entrepreneurs at some point. My father was a manager of a car shop for many years here in south Florida. After that, he went out on his own and started his own shop. This meant getting his hands dirty again, but building something for his family was worth it. My dad stayed in business for a couple years before he decided to close shop. Statistically, only 66% of small business' survive their first two years. That means about 1/3 will fail in just the first two years. 

I personally believe a majority of this failure was his location and demographic. The people he was servicing nickle and dimed him for everything including an oil change. It's imperative that your expertise and pricing match the area you are servicing. 

I'm sure my dad is still grateful for the opportunity he had as he learned what to, and not to do, in his future endeavors. 

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas A. Edison

To add another perspective, my husband is an amazingly talented jeweler. What can I say? I'm his biggest fan. He currently works for his uncle as a jeweler in his fine jewelry store. It's truly a gorgeous store and has built a well known reputation in our area. Since I'm going to school to obtain my business degree and he loves creating custom job, we've considered opening our own fine jewelry store. 

If you saw some of the custom work he's created, you would be fascinated. 

Just a little backstory to this. A friend of ours had someone she cared for being deployed to Kuwait. She had an idea to create a charm that would connect Florida to Kuwait and be split into two parts. They would take each other's part to signify their commitment long distance. The final picture is the two charms before the were split. You can see the split of it there. My husband helped someone's idea come to life. This process never ceases to amaze. 

We're still unsure if this will be our future endeavor but it's absolutely a contender. 

Truly, I've enrolled in ENT3003 because it's a requirement of my degree. However, this class has been incredibly interesting and it's only been a week. I'm very much looking forward to how this course will improve my perspective and knowledge around being an entrepreneur.