The assignment is an evaluation of a entrepreneurial Venture, for which I have chosen King Of Shaves, the further into I get the more im reminded of the fact that im not that much of an academic, but also that business, depsite being one of the biggest course areas isnt all that academic either, with many of my modules being much more about theory from the last century im reminded of how far the business environment has changed, which is further reflected by my position:
A entrepreneur biding my time at uni so that I can leave with a bit of paper to show I havent totally wasted the last 3 years of struggling writing assignments.
For the last year I have seen myself change how I see myself and also question my reasoning for being at university, I always saw that bit of paper as my safety blanket, if things go wrong I can always get a day job, but my heart has never been in it, reflected by my grades, my knowledge, passion and abilities are there but im a practical person, Ive learnt business by doing it, making mistakes, triumphs and failures, like most other entrepenuers, but for the first time im actually seeing myself as a entrepenuer, rather than 'a kid having a go'.
Im ready to get serious and raring to go, working crazy numbers of hours around uni and my job to get Blinky off the ground and up and running and cant wait till May, not only my 21st Birthday but also when I finish university, hand in that final assignment, answer that final exam question and step into the future, an exciting prospect.
Tonight via twitter (@Mr_Blinky) i asked my followers what they felt the barriers to young entrepenuers were, to mixed answers the general feeling was that business just isnt all that welcoming of young people, but get past the intial difficulties and show your serious and the opportunities are there, something I have learnt from my own experience. In the past I have been taken advantage by booking agents for bands when negotiating, being the novice I was I make mistakes, now Blinky thanks to alot of work by Graham and Myself has got some very lucrative agreements in place and have a business purely based on having negotiated a better deal than everyone else, meaning we can sell to them and make a profit, its not a massive margin, but then we dont have any risk either!
I guess what im trying to sum up is, yes being a young entrepenuer has its challenges, but everyone faces these challenges or other barriers, its not always a disadvantage to be young, means I have a massive head start on many other business directors and an impressive CV to boot if things do go wrong, oh yea and sometime after may a piece of paper that says im good at writing about history!
A closing comment I want to make is Business has evolved and constantly continues to do so, you can either watch it happen or make it happen!
Rant over!
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