Week 1 Intro to Entrprenuership

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 an entrepreneurial spirit.  It started from my father and then my brothers and sisters have all been successful businesspeople.  While my husband was in college, we started our own in-home care center.  It was such a great idea, but we didn’t have enough capital to keep advertising and I had a 1-year-old so that was
challenging.  The mere fact that we even attempted this business while so young and poor was incredible.  We decided to close down our newly started business for lack of funds and decided that after we got our education, and had more capital to work with, we could again be entrepreneurs.  

I believe that we were all born entrepreneurs.  I loved this quote from our reading, "All humans were born entrepreneurs. In the caves, we were all self-employed, finding food, feeding ourselves; that's how human history began and that's the entrepreneurial spirit we must rediscover. We have it within ourselves to take control of our career and build the future we want."  www.startupofyou.com

I am looking forward to learning about my other class members and learning from them in their journey of life and what their life plans will look like.  I am also looking forward to seeing what my life plan turns out to entail.

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