This is my interview with Danny, a man who began making furniture during college from cheap lumber and sold it through different e-commerce sites.
How did this get started?
I realized I could make money off of something that I thought was really fun. I know I enjoyed woodworking, and after awhile I realized that I could sell it and turn a profit off of it. Plus, I had too much spare time on my hands.
What should I hope to get out of an entrepreneurship class?
Practical skills to go it on your own, if you so choose. Lots of people are able to cast a vague dream of something they would like to do, but they know is impractical. Entrepreneurs aren't dreamers. They are very down to earth.
What do you wish you had known before you started selling your woodworking?
Your business won't take care of itself. You have to push it forward, you have to promote it, you have to get your product out there. It's not something that just happens, it takes tons of hard work. I thought my product would do the work for me, but that's not the case.
I was surprised, again, at how entrepreneurs aren't quite as abstract as I once thought. I always picture them as big dreamers. I continue to realize being an entrepreneur is a science, and it takes a business mindset to look for companies that will work and ones that won't. Danny reminded me to start by doing something you love, because no one wants to get into a business only to watch it flop because you weren't interested. It's important to realize that once you have gotten into something that isn't interesting to you, you have already lost, even if the business succeeds.
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