Very short interview number 1

      For my interview, I chose to interview my grandfather who has been an entrepreneur for over 40 years of his life. When he hit the age of 25, he started up his own business with his brother. They both took a huge risk of starting a business after having nothing. The business they started is a masonry company that now has offices stationed in Tampa and Atlanta Georgia. Now, this is a multi-million dollar company that is very successful on a yearly basis. I chose to interview him because after 40 years, he could give be the best insight on what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur.

      I started off my interview by describing to him what I thought it took to become a successful entrepreneur. I first asked him What should I focus on to become a successful entrepreneur? he answered " When starting your own company there are always high risk but not always a high reward. Anyone who starts their own business is taking a huge risk of losing a lot of money. If you actually have a business plan in take and at a reasonable cost, then go for it. The main thing you need to focus on is the planning aspect of starting a business. Planning doesn't take a day or a week, it takes months or even years worth of planning. You need to take your plan to a professional as well and get input from them. Planning out your business is one of the key points to focus on to becoming a successful entrepreneur. I then asked him, if anything from this course, what is one thing I need to learn to become a successful entrepreneur? His response was " Don't focus on one specific thing while taking your course. Keep an open mind and learn everything you possibly can because everything you learn will help you become successful. Becoming an entrepreneur takes time and learning everything you can will make you become way more successful." My final question was what is one thing that you wish you would have learned or been told before starting up your own business? He responded " when you have aspirations of starting up your own business, taking different information from different entrepreneurs is crucial to becoming an entrepreneur. The one thing I wished I learned was the aspect of listening to other people. When I started my business, I always thought it was my way and I didn't take advice from other people."

      I learned that to become a successful entrepreneur, it takes time and a lot of help from different people. Becoming an entrepreneur is something that needs to be thoroughly planned out and thought about before actually putting it into action. I also learned that an entrepreneur needs to keep an open mind and listen to other peoples advice. There are a lot of other people that have been successful in the past and it is crucial to take advice from people that have done it before.