My Entrepreneurship Story

      I've been exposed to entrepreneurship in a variety of ways which influenced me in taking this course. First, both of my parents are entrepreneurs in fields such as clothing sales and accounting. I've watched them over the last 20 years start and succeed in their respective fields and companies so I've seen it first hand. What I like about entrepreneurship and seen from them is the flexible hours and ability to create and control your own work. They've both had to take plenty of risks in a variety of ways and that is why I think entrepreneurship is such a fascinating field. Another way I've been exposed to entrepreneurship is that I started the entrepreneurship club at my high school with my friends. We brought in fabulous entrepreneurs to come in and talk to our club to give us insight on the process and attitude of being an entrepreneur. All of these factors motivated me to enroll in ENT 3003 because I'd love to be an entrepreneur one day, and I believe this is one of my first couple steps. In this class, I hope I can gain knowledge on the mindset of an entrepreneur as one can go through many ups and downs as well as starting to figure out how to build my own personal network. The picture below is of my high school entrepreneurship club with one of our speakers, Matt Miller, who is a life science entrepreneur who's founded three companies and has licensed technology from some of the top universities in the country.