Not your mama's garage sale
One of the first times I was ever exposed to entrepreneurship was when my parents and my aunt and uncle decided to hold a garage sale. This garage sale was a means to get rid of all of the old stuff that had accumulated around our houses and in our storage departments. My aunt and uncle own an event planning company, so they had tents and tables for us to use for this garage sale. This event took a significant amount of planning and organizing which began months before the event was to be held. Although the event was stressful and time-consuming, it served many purposes. Not only did it allow our families' to rid of unwanted junk, but it also provided a few days worth of time to spend with our family, along with a small economic gain. This garage sale usually lasted a few days and would become an annual tradition for our family. While this was only a minor entrepreneurial venture, it showed me that through nifty problem solving, you can achieve many things at once.
My reason for signing up for this class was because I was interested in the problem-solving aspect of entrepreneurship. I hope one day to have a career in which I feel is making the world a better place. Because of this, a class in entrepreneurship seemed like a useful and practical choice for my schedule. From this class, I hope to see an improvement in my ability to see situations from other people's perspective so that I can better understand the problems that we have in our world today.
Hey Cooper! Thanks for the great blog post. I can totally relate to a garage sale as an early entrepreneurship experience. My mom has had an annual garage sale for as long as I can remember! I agree, it is a great time to connect and spend time with family. It was always something that I looked forward to. I am also excited to see all that we learn on how to solve and understand some of the problems that we have in our world.
ReplyDeleteHey cooper! Thanks for the wonderful story. I really enjoyed reading your entrepreneurship story. I'm an exchange student from Japan and I've never seen garage sales so the story is really interesting for me. Also, I hope you will improve the problem-solving ability. I want to improve that skill too. Let's make an better world!
ReplyDeleteHey Cooper, really good blog post! I really enjoyed reading about your annual garage sales and I think that it is a great example of an early entrepreneurship experience. I've never been a part of a garage sale, but I have bought many things from them before. I also found it interesting to read your reasoning as to why you took this class. I think that a lot of people are also looking forward to mastering the skills that you mentioned. Good post!
ReplyDeleteHey Cooper, great blog post! I completely agree with you and I also think that problem solving is one of the most interesting parts about the class. On top of this, I think it's more intriguing that you can come across any array of issues and each one relies on a different solution. Coming up with creative solutions is so satisfying and I also hope that we will get to do this as much as possible in this course
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