My entrepreneurship story comes from dad's cousin who started his own company years ago and it is now the company that my dad is a lawyer for. This is also a company that I have worked at before during summers. The company is now a multi million dollar company and it is a big electronics distributor and it is currently the main Dish Network distributor for the entire Southeastern part of the United States. Knowing the guy who started the company, hearing stories about work from my dad, and even working there myself have taught me a lot about entrepreneurship and how a big company like that is run. It takes a lot of time and hard work. For example, my dad's cousin is always there on almost every weekend. So sometimes coming up with a great idea like his takes up almost all of your life. He makes a lot of money, but it is a huge time investment. The picture at the bottom is the company's logo.
The honest main reason why I took this class is because it counts as an upper division elective for my major and I've heard that it is not very hard. I didn't really know anything about this class until I started taking it, but I can see now that this class teaches very valuable life lessons and it will be nice having knowledge gained from this class for my future life. Some of the assignments so far have been tedious but they have been a good experience. I look forward to what else this class has to offer.
Thanks for sharing Nick. What an excellent story, and creative endeavor your dad’s cousin decided to venture into. Forward thinking is an area of entrepreneurship that Professor Pryor touched on in our recent lecture. To be able to see a trend and figure out how to get involved – even if perhaps indirectly could factor into huge income gains. I like you am taking this course as an elective, but thus far have been increased by the changes in mindset I see occurring. I’ll be sure to follow your family’s company and good luck!
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