My father worked for Schering-Plough, a pharmaceutical company, after he graduated from college and continued to work for them after I was born. Back in 2009, Merck acquired Sherling-Plough for $41.1 billion in stock and cash, causing major layoffs to occur, thus putting my dad out of work. This is where my father’s entrepreneurial spirit came in and he created his own company, Wilkinson Insurance, LLC. I have a deep respect for anyone who has started his or her own company because it is nonstop work, stress, and a lot of pressure to provide for a large family. With all of the hard work there does come a reward of being able to keep most of the money made and personal satisfaction.
This leads me to why I am enrolled in ENT 3003. I strive to think and act like an entrepreneur in order to some day potentially start my own company. I hope to obtain knowledge about thinking entrepreneurially that will jumpstart my creative thinking to someday start my own business. I hope to get out of this class valuable information that I otherwise would never had known about, such as how to think exactly like an entrepreneur.
First off, cute family picture! I'm sorry to hear about your dads layoff as I can personally relate. I myself went through a layoff in 2009 with the construction/real estate crash. I think that was a tough time for a lot of people. However, it looks like your dad got right back out there and did good for himself and that is definitely something to be proud of him for.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with a self-employed father who had to support three kids myself so I understand.
I wish you luck in hopefully starting your own business one day and hope you gain a lot of tips from this class to help you in your journey.
I'm sharing my post below if you'd like to read it.
http://ctaylornewsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-entrepreneurship-story.html
Hey Max, good piece. My father was also recently laid off from Wells Fargo after being there for 10 years, and it is really tough. I wish he would start his own company as your dad did. Its funny that you're taking a class called entrepreneurship when your own father is one and he never took a class on it. I wonder what that says about our generation as opposed to his. Anyway, keep up the good work and if you'd like to read some of the things on my blog, here you go:
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