Entrepreneurship Story

I have grown up listening to stories about my Dad and Grandfather involving all of their business experiences. My Dad and Grandfather have been in the business world their entire adult life. Both of them have worked in the corporate world for parts of their life. Both of them have invested in large and small companies. My Grandfather never started a business, but has invested and co-owns many businesses, large and small. My Dad followed the same path as my Grandfather, but he is the true entrepreneur. My Dad was addicted to smoking cigarettes since he was 17, but when he was around 40 he discovered e-cigarettes and actually quite smoking cigarettes entirely because of them. Since he was able to quite he believed anyone could do it. He decided to open up and e-cigarette shop because he wanted to help other people quite smoking because he knew how bad it was for them. My Dad was retired for about 7 years at that point, so another big reason he decided to open up the shop was because he was bored and needed something to do. I remember watching my Dad pick out the first building and watching him turn an idea into a legitimate business. He went from selling out of one tiny shop into four shops all around Jacksonville, Florida. He later sold the business off because it was getting to be too big and he did not want to deal with the hassle of such a big company. He was mainly in it because it gave him something to do. Because of my Dad I was able to grow up seeing a true entrepreneur go to work with an idea.

I decided to take this class because my major is in business management with a minor in accounting, so I could one day actually decide to start my own business. The more I learn about the business world the more successful I can be. One day I could get bored with the corporate work life and decide to quite my job because I want to start my own business.