Jackson Entrepreneur

   5/11/24 Entrepreneur Journal -Week Three-      Lessons Learned  This week I enjoyed the videos given for studying and pondering. One that I found particularly interesting was one where the speaker spoke of the early days of his first business and how he adapted his family life to it. He described having his family visit him at work so that he could spend time with his wife and kids but also be productive and teach his children the value of hard and consistent work. Overall, I enjoyed the deep dive into ethics that we took this week and I found it very informational.    Lessons not yet learned  A few things that I am looking forward to experiencing or learning in this class are about the early days in a new business. I feel like we hear so many stories of others and the early days of their businesses. One example is Elon Musk talking about long 18-hour work days during the beginning phase of Tesla. He talked about frequently sleeping on the factory floor only to rise again the next m

  5 /4/24 Entrepreneur Journal -Week two-      Lessons Learned  This week I was inspired to think about the "stars and stepping stones'' along my path in entrepreneurship. This helped give me a better perspective on my journey as an entrepreneur and the necessary steps required to move forward. I realize now that the next few steps for me are much smaller than I initially thought. For example, last week I thought about a possible business idea and naturally thought that the next step would be to work on the business itself. Now, I realize that there is a lot more that needs to happen first before I can do anything like that. This week I visited the country dancing club again and was determined to ask more questions to the employees. I learned that the owner of the club was in fact, not a college student but a grown adult living in Rexburg. I also learned that the club I visited has two main competitors, a rival club on the other side of town, and the college itself which h

4/25/24 Entrepreneur Journal -Week one-        Lessons Learned   This week I was inspired by the course material to look a little deeper into my surroundings and ask myself the "why" and "how" of certain business models. I focused on seeing the"hero's journey" in my own life and trying to recognize ways in which others were making money. A key development happened when I went to visit a local country dancing club here in Rexburg. I was surprised to see that the "club" was really a cheap-looking barn in a very regular-looking neighborhood. I was amazed when I saw that the people running the place were college-aged kids. They had a folding table set up by the entrance where they sat and had everyone electronically transfer 5 dollars to them for entry into the club. The place was packed and I was amazed at how three or four college-aged adults could earn this much money with that little effort. I immediately began thinking about how I could open