That Entrepreneural Spirit

In light of everything that has happened in the past few weeks, when I look back and reflect I can see how all of the events of my life have prepared me for this very moment. Thinking back, I should have KNOWN that I would become an entrepreneur, all of my life I have been starting things on my own. Check the timeline.

5th grade- I ran into school one day after reading The Sweet Valley Twins and ran right into my principals office and asked for a meeting with him. I remember him smiling at me and closing the door as I explained that I wanted to promote the democratic process by having an election among all of the 5th grade classes to determine which girl’s “club” was the most popular. LOL! He let me set it up and we even had voting booths set up in the cafeteria. My club WON!

6th grade- They had try outs for the school cheerleading squad. Well, I didn’t make it. So I convinced my principal that I should have an alternative cheerleading squad for the girls who didn’t make the first squad. He let me. I was the co-captain.

6th grade- I convinced the school to let us have a school newspaper and I became the co-editor.

8th grade- I decided to switch from the Drama magnet program to Creative Writing magnet program and I was a bit bored once I did. So…I started a literary magazine called The Sun and Shadow and organized my entire class to produce it. I wish I still had a copy.

10th grade- I felt that the kids in my neighborhood weren’t getting enough exposure to literature so I asked their parents for permission to take them on a field trip to the library on a Saturday. I asked a couple of my friends to help and we all took the bus to the library and I used my lunch money to buy all of the kids lunch.

Junior Year of college- While trying to keep myself busy during a very rough 2nd pregnancy I created a pamaphlet filled with resource information aimed to encourage expectant mothers to keep their children. I made a thousand copies and distributed them myself on street corners and at community centers. It was called, Surprise It’s Miracle. The idea caught on and an organization called me to ask my permission to make 45,000 copies of my pamphlet and mail it to every student at my university. They did it too! I got one in the mail. I was blowed.

Junior Year- I was still struggling emotionally after the birth of my 2nd son so in order to make myself feel better I contacted a group home for unwed teen mothers and I visited them often, making dinner, bringing icecream and talking to them about having hope for their futures.

Senior Year- When I got “saved” and fell in love with the internet, I wanted to create a place online where people could go to encourage each other through the rough times. It started as a project for an independent study and it became www.justsaved.com. The web designer had to quit because she was working for free, but I got a few good months out of it and I was so proud of myself.

I’m sure there were other times where my entrepreneural spirit took over and I spearheaded projects, events or whatever but these are the ones I remember most. All of that experience as leader has lead me to believe that I was born to jumpstart, manage and grow my own business that is based on helping others…and that is exactly what I plan to do.

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Details coming soon…