Young Entrepreneur Essay
Ever since I was two or three years old, I was very inquisitive about business because my father was and is an entrepreneur. My father had several small businesses and he finally settled on air-conditioning. So during the time that I was younger I was always at my father’s side with every business that he embarked upon. The spirit of entrepreneurship was growing in me over time. I never knew that at a certain point I would be on the same path. At the age of five I began cooking pies with my father, to sell in his catering business. So by the age of thirteen my skills had become good enough for me to sell my own pies. One day I asked my father for a pair of pink Michael Jordan shoes. He asked how much do they cost? I told him $200, which I did not think was too much for my father. At this point my father told me I needed to start my own business so that when I made my $200 I could buy my own Michael Jordan’s. With my father’s help I began my own pie business. I’ve made $200 several times, but I still haven’t bought those Jordan’s yet because I did not want to spend my own money. I’ve learned how to be responsible with my own money. With that responsibility of money, has begun the management and organization of my life. So I begin to live my life on purpose and the fact that I’ve been volunteering through teen court and library work, to hopefully achieve scholarships so that I may go to college to become a lawyer and a business woman is progressive. This past summer, I did a voluntary internship with Shirley Daniels Pellarchy law Firm. I’ve taken the initiative in my pre-adult life with persistence and a clear vision to do what it takes to become