Assignment 3A Entrepreneurship Story

My first encounter with entrepreneurship is with my Aunt Karon. My Aunt Karon used to work as a Drug Sales Rep at a doctors office in Tupelo, MS. Although this was her job and and the career she was currently pursued, she always talked about how passionate she was when it came to refurbishing and restaining furniture. She had always had such a gift at going to thrift stores, yard sales and just driving around the town and passing old beat up furniture and items other people would see as trash, but, to her she saw that they could be something beautiful and used to their full potential! A couple years ago she decided to quit her job and pursue a career in refurbishing furniture and opening her own store called Furniture Rehab. I have been able to see first hand how much hard work and countless hours were spent working on these pieces of furniture. Although there was a lot of time and effort that went into doing what she did there was no doubt that when the finished piece of furniture was complete it was not only beautiful but she was always so proud. That is when I saw just how rewarding it could be to follow your passion and dreams to become an entrepreneur, which is a reason why I chose to take this course. I am a general business major and I am not sure what career path I would like to take so after seeing that I had an interest in entrepreneurship after watching my Aunt Karon follow her dreams I thought that I should take ENT3003 to see the basics and general ideas behind entrepreneurship. From this course, I am hoping to gain more of an understanding of what kind of determination that it takes to be an entrepreneur and your own boss.