I have been exposed to entrepreneurship and
encouraged to start my own business since I can remember. I remember three
specific moments in my life that made me interested in entrepreneurship. It was
selling lemonade as a kid, selling homemade notebooks in high school and
creating my own gift wrapping service during Thanksgiving and winter time.
I was the kid that sold lemonade during
summers. I sold lemonade at my parents’ garage sales and during those hot Texas
summer days. During the garage sales my parents would have, I would be antsy
waiting for people to buy some of my old toys. My mom and dad suggested that I
sell lemonade. People would always buy a glass for 25 cents when they passed.
Little did they know each person had an impact. That was the start of my love
for my starting/running my own business.
In middle school, I hated the ugly
composition notebooks we had to use. However, our teachers wanted us to use
them. Most of my friends would color in the white spaces on the black and white
pattern cover. I had the idea to decorate the notebooks and make it more
appealing for my friends and me. I bought a pack of notebooks, ribbon and scrapbook
paper to make appealing new covers. I sold the “fancy” notebooks and made a
small profit.
My last, and best in my opinion,
major involvement with entrepreneurship was when I created my own small
business in my neighborhood. I was one of the oldest children in my
neighborhood. Most kids still believed in Santa Clause and their parents hid
their gifts. The parents had time consuming jobs and/or had little time to wrap
plus hide the gifts. I offered my services to wrap their “gifts from Santa” in
different kinds of wrapping paper with “From Santa” gift tags as well as wrap
their gifts from the parents themselves. I created large bows from “Santa’s
workshop” and wrapped all types of oddly shaped gifts. I made a huge profit for
something so simple during those the holidays.
I enrolled in ENT 3003 because I am
working towards a business concentration for public relations. I did
specifically choose this class out of all the others because I am very
interested in entrepreneurship. It is a dream of mine to run my own business
with my father. I want to understand entrepreneurship more and learn ways to
think outside of the box. My dream is to be my own boss and run my own company,
and not just any company. I want to run a company that betters and helps
simplify the lives of people.
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This is a
picture of one of the gifts I wrapped.
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Picture of my niece holding her own notebook she made. This was idea I had when
I was young.
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Hello Shelby,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, your gift wraps look AWESOME. The bow is beautiful! It’s great to see that we share an entrepreneurship story on selling lemonade as children except I was selling cups at a much higher price. I was definitely one of those kids in middle and high school coloring the composition books in with blue, green, and orange. That was a genius idea and plenty of kids in my school would have bought your design, including me. You seem very creative and I’m curious to know what business it is you’re trying run.
Hi Shelby,
ReplyDeleteI really loved reading your entrepreneurship story. I especially found your notebook decorating business relatable because as a kid I had a business making homemade decorative pillows and blankets for family and friends. Your Santa Claus services were such a clever idea and really show your creative, entrepreneurial spirit. I also enrolled in this class to learn about entrepreneurship and try to determine if being an entrepreneur is a good career choice for me.
Hi Shelby,
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that you realized your entrepreneurial mind so young because that's exactly what I did and I feel like many entrepreneurs are this way. Once entrepreneurs get started, you just can't stop them. I loved your entrepreneurship story and how it evolved from something you did as a kid to a real business during the holidays in high school. What a great way to make money. My dream is also to be my own boss and that is my reason for taking this class, so I can't wait to read more of your posts!