3A- Your Entrepreneurship Story

One time where I have been exposed to entrepreneurship is when one of my friends had begun a sticker and clothing company.  I had never thought of creating my own brand until he shared the idea with me.  He started a social media page on instagram called flatwater_fishing.  The company is based out of Jacksonville, Florida.  He began uploading pictures of other people's catches of fish.  He had started several trends which led to him getting more followers.  Once he had reached a high number of followers, he decided to open up a shop online where you can buy gear with the customized logo and phrases on them.  Since the day he had done this, I have always considered starting my own brand but never took the time to see what I would want to do.  While he was sharing his experience with me, he also stated how his friend started up a company previously.  Since his friend never copyrighted his company, the company he was ordering his merchandise from wound up taking his idea and putting it on amazon and making money off of it.  This experience that he had shared with me made me realize how much detail must go into creating your own brand.  One of the main reasons I took this course was to learn more about entrepreneurship and see all the aspects of it before investing myself and making sure I do it the right way.  In my opinion, it would be a big mistake investing time and money into something just to get it started up at a faster pace.  Taking this course will walk me through at a slow pace how to go about it.  I am very excited to continue to learn to benefit myself for the future!