Three amazing entrepreneurs came to our class and talked to us about starting their own business. Of course we discussed the difficulties on starting a brand new business, getting their initial start-up fund and getting the first customer. But what was most memorable for me was how they used their business education on a job/ mission they were truly passionate about. Whether going after long-time passion for music (Tom Dobrzanski, Vertical Studios); a school-project-turned-innovative-product that also raises energy awareness (Janice Cheam, Energy Aware); or even after working years in the business industry, achieving the dream of seeing earth live, from space (Wade Larson, UrtheCast). There just doesn’t seem to be a limit on what you can achieve.
Our professor uses the analogy of “tool box” and it is handed to us at the start of our journey in Sauder UBC. The skills (or tools) are introduced to us in COMM 101, and I can’t wait that after years of perfecting the skills would I be fully “equipped” to chase after my own dreams. (That is if I can figure it out first.)
