What’s My Why?

In the second module of the Build Your Dream Company course, I was presented with a question. What’s my why? Why do I want to go into business? What’s my purpose? I’ve spent the last week or so trying to pinpoint exactly why I want to start a business, especially when I don’t consider myself an entrepreneur, and it’s been difficult to express.Read More

Let me begin by saying, anyone that tells you that entrepreneurship is easy has either never been a business owner, or is just straight up in denial. Even with all of the ups and downs I would still rather work 80 hours a week for myself than 40 for someone else. The key I have found is to listen to the experts who blazed the trail before me and to find a balance between the good and the bad, the tedious work and the creative work.Read More

The Reluctant Entrepreneur

I was not born with an entrepreneurial spirit. Creative and occasionally adventurous, sure, but not entrepreneurial. Money was always tight growing up so the thought of owning my own business and the potential loss of capital if it went under terrified me. I thought I would be content to work for someone else and follow my creative pursuits as purely hobbies.Read More