My entrepreneurship story

Entrepreneurship experiences in my life so far have been primarily influenced by my parents. My family moved here from Colombia when I was twelve years old. As a result, my parents had to make a significant career change to adapt. They went from working office jobs in a bank and an accounting firm to working construction and general maintenance. As a teenager, I was very involved with my dad’s entrepreneurial ventures in construction, specifically residential and commercial painting. I would help with marketing the business through networking and creating promotional materials such as brochures and coupons. Although we were ultimately not successful with the company, I learned many important lessons about entrepreneurship. I found that failure was a really important part of the process because it helps you develop and improve over time. The key is that you have to be persistent and passionate about your goals.

I enrolled in ENT 3003 for a few different reasons. First of all, I would like to learn how to brainstorm and pursuit entrepreneurial ideas. I think it’s always been something that interests me, but I have never given it enough thought to gain any traction. I also think that the entrepreneurship process can be applied to almost any situation in life. I hope that this class will help me challenge myself to think more about how the entrepreneurial process can benefit my business ideas, work, and life in general.