Week 14

So you want to be an entrepreneur? You think you have what it takes? Sure you may be a hard worker with great ideas, but are you willing to hang it all out on the line to take it too the next level? Being an entrepreneur is not an easy road. Each step you take in the beginning must be carefully calculated and yet taken on faith. It is your best guess and the guess of those you surround yourself with that will help you either succeed mightily or fail horribly. Don't worry about the failures, they will help you the next time you start out again. Failure isn't a bad thing, unless it breaks you, failure is a part of life and helps to build us into better, smarter entrepreneurs. Some of the best entrepreneurs started out as huge failures and went on to great things. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Phil Knight, these men had set backs before their successes. Remember that the path to success and success itself may be just over the next hill. You might not see it while you are walking in the valley, but if you persevere and push through those tough times, you may achieve you goal.
Being an entrepreneur will provide you with the freedom you have longed for. That's one of the reasons you wanted to be an entrepreneur, right? You were stuck in job that you felt was going nowhere and stifling your growth in life. So you had this epiphany, this stroke of genius, this wonderful idea that burned within your heart and needed an outlet. You did your research and gathered some cash and a few good mentors around you and took the leap. Now comes the hard part, seeing that idea through to the end. What is that end you ask? Make sure you write this out or you will never be able to exit. The end may be selling your business and starting another, the end may be franchising your business, whatever that end is, put it on paper, visualize this make every end, make every goal you set and decision that's made follow the path to this end. That will help you run an effective business. Have a plan in place for contingencies. Make sure you are flexible and above all else, make sure that you bring your family along with you. If you don't have a family, work it into your plans or one day you will look up and it will all be over. So you want to be an entrepreneur? Get ready for the greatest roller-coaster ride yet to be developed and this one is entirely catered towards you. Good Luck and enjoy!

Week 13

Yeah! Only one more week of school. Then a short break and back at it. Have you ever ruptured your eardrum with a Q-Tip? Don't try it, it will hurt really bad... Then your hearing will be janky for about 2 weeks. I can't recommend that at all.

This week is Conference week. I think the work load is a bit lighter so that we can attend our meetings guilt free (i.e.; not stressing about too much work due on Saturday night...)

The $100 Challenge this week consisted of compiling our totals into a power point and presenting to our class. My $100 Challenge went OK. I wish I could have done more, but I need sleep and don't have it in me to stay up all night working anymore. I will still keep making vanilla on the side for friends and family, but not much.

We wrote our report on "So you want to be an Entrepreneur" by Jon Gillespie-Brown. A good book about the path to becoming an entrepreneur. The book follows the path of Jane as she search within and without to discover if she has what it takes to become an entrepreneur.

I am thankful for these classes I have been taking. They have really been beneficial for me and increased my learning. I am anxious to begin the new term.