Tap Into Your Inner Entrepreneur
The threat of job loss has a lot of people considering their options. One alternative is to start your own business, but are you cut out to be can entrepreneur?
Audra George has entrepreneur skills. She took her passion for cooking rum cakes and turned it into a business.
“I decided to give it (rum cakes) to some friends and co-workers, and then all of a sudden, everyone started to ask me to make it for them. And it just kind of grew from there,” George said.
About a year and a half ago, George took a rum cake to A Southern Season, a landmark gourmet market at 201 S. Estes Drive in Chapel Hill. They wanted to start selling her cakes and other creations as soon as possible.
“I was in shock, but I was amazed and surprised and elated all at the same time,” George said.
However, then she had to figure out labeling, packaging and how to get all those cakes made. George said she knew she needed guidance and asked Fred Gebarowski, director of entrepreneurship at Wake Technical Community College, for help.
Also, many successful small business owners say they have never worked as hard as they did to get their businesses going. So don’t start a business thinking it will be easier, Gebarowski said.
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Brandon R Allen on May 7th, 2009 9:05 am
What I like about this story is the fact that when you have skill and you apply, there is no reason that you can’t run your own business. The other part that I liked was the fact that she recognized she needed help to make it a reality and went out and got it. Entrepreneurs tend to want to do everything on their own especially in the beginning.
Daniel on May 27th, 2009 10:34 am
In fact, if you’re like me and like statistics and hard numbers to crunch on when thinking about starting a business, munch on this:
57% of entrepreneurs say they work “always” or “most of the time” on official holidays. Just 31% of total adults answered the same way… Slightly more than 60% of small-business owners say they toil six or seven days per week, while only 22% of the general population say they work that much.
Entrepreneurship has to be the hardest way to earn a living, but it can be very rewarding if you do it well.
In case you want to check my source, I got those numbers from a recent video at newsy.com about entrepreneurship. It’s a quote from the USA Today, so think of it what you will.
Franchise Information on May 28th, 2009 8:49 pm
Find out what your passion is and follow that direction. Most successful entrepreneurs did what they have truly enjoyed. What’s amazing about the mind is that you can easily adapt yourself to have a passion in any field. All Entrepreneurs have always had help of some kind, they did not do it themselves. Whether you are self employed or not, Information always comes from someone.
We are all connected.
ABDULLAHI HARUNA MUAZU on May 30th, 2009 4:11 am
I LOVE TO START A BIG BUSINESS BUT MY CAPITAL IS SMALL
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