My Entreprenuer's Journal

  This week I did a case study about a woman named Magdalena Yesil.   She was an Armenian woman who decided to come to the US to study engineering at IIT.   After her first year of school, she decided to find a school in a warmer place and transferred to Stanford in California.   She earned her bachelors and master’s degrees and then took a job working for AMD.   She was also offered a job with Apple which could have also launched her career.   She became a very successful marketer and entrepreneur and much of that time, worked from home.   She was always learning and coming up with ideas.   She started her own company and sold it before it was even a proven success. She is a great success story that with hard work and dedication you can create your dream career.

  I believe Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams because he is a very motivated, intelligent, creative, passionate, and productive.   He didn’t need anyone making him get out of bed, he didn’t spend his days playing video games when he had things to do, like so many youngsters today.   And I believe he had supportive parents who encouraged him to follow his dreams and were there to help him along his path.   I loved his story about his bedroom where his parents allowed him to draw on his walls and be creative.   He must have had wonderful parents.   Yes, I believe dreaming is important.   One of my favorite hero’s is Walt Disney.   He was a dreamer.   He had such great ambition and talent, but his greatest asset was his sheer unwillingness to give up.   There were so many times that he was penniless and was subjected to great loss and disappointment, but with perseverance and dreams he forged ahead and now we all get to benefit from his dreams.   So yes, I

This week was the beginning of my Entrepreneurship class.  I am wondering what I will learn from this class as it seems to be a repeat of my other Business classes.  I understand that this class is about creating a life plan, but I am 57 years old and wonder what my life plan will look like.  I am getting my education because it is a personal goal for me.  I have been a realtor for 10 years https://colleen-manley.iprorealtynetwork.com/ ,  I have run an online website for selling puppies  andreasyorkies.weebly.com and I currently own a travel agency MySuiteTravelhttp://mysuitetravel.com .   I have owned my own brick and mortar store called The Bear Mill. The Bear Mill Grand Opening 2006 So, what will a life plan look like for me?  Since my husband and I are just a few years away from retirement, I would like to use this opportunity to create a retirement plan if that is OK.  That would be my life plan I want to see myself in the next 10 years. I have always loved business and had