My Entrepreneurship Story

Growing up, I was exposed to many different aspects of entrepreneurship without even knowing it. My mom started her own photography business when I was about to enter high school, and she continued with the business until I graduated. Once both my older sister and I came to the University of Florida, my mom decided to move to Gainesville because it was closer to us and it was also where my stepdad had his business. After she moved here, she quickly began investigating jobs and things that she wanted to spend her time doing. My mom always cooked dinner every night throughout my childhood, and she was fantastic at it! Some nights she ended up feeding half the neighborhood- having four siblings, there were always friends or guests over at my house. So, after coming to Gainesville, she decided she wanted to open a snack shack, but the idea quickly turned into opening a whole restaurant. She is the currently the owner of One Love Cafe here in Gainesville and I got to experience her business journey with her every step of the way since it opened last September. Working with her at the restaurant, we have both learned a lot about business and I can't wait to see what the future holds for my mom and her restaurant.

I enrolled in ENT 3003 because it seemed like an interesting elective to take that would be beneficial and helpful to me in my future career. I have always seen myself as a creative person, and entrepreneurship has always been something that I could see myself being involved in throughout my life. I am very excited about this class because it is all experiential, and I think that this is a much better way to learn and retain as opposed to reading passages out of a textbook and taking tests. I hope to learn about different entrepreneurs and how they got to where they are today, and I also hope to learn things about myself throughout this course.