One of the hardest lessons I learned at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management through the Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Family Program is that it’s always going to be tough to discern when to quit and when to continue. I remember we had multiple entrepreneurs come in and speak about how much adversity…
Fear is one of the hardest things I have had to get used to in entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, I constantly have to face my fears. In business school at Syracuse University I learned that people fear anything that upsets the status quo and there’s always pushback. As a business owner, I’ve learned I have…
In business school at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University through the Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Family program, I learned I’d have to get comfortable failing. They told us how most businesses wouldn’t make it five years. Someone will craft an idea and before it’s out of its infancy it’ll die.…
At business school through the Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Program at the Whitman School of Management through Syracuse University, one of our professors, Mike Haynie, taught us that as business leaders we’d have to make tough choices. He used the example of Fat Tire beer and how the company had to decide if…
I’ve decided to embrace my inner bitch. Here’s why: A few weeks ago I was sitting down for a negotiation and the company asked me to throw out a ballpark figure of how much it was going to cost them for me to perform a service. In business school at Syracuse University I learned that…
The other day I was speaking with my friend, Justin, a guy I met after I graduated from business school through the Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities program. He’s an attorney out in Colorado. Each year we meet up and hang out at the conference. Some years we meet up in Florida, other times…
Although I know a Six Sigma certification would increase my earning potential, and offer me a competitive advantage in the workplace I’m not undertaking this education for the projected $38,000 salary increase over my counterparts. Instead I’m interested in the knowledge. As such I’m watching videos along with my fiancé through Villanova University to learn…
Back in business school at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, we had a young entrepreneur come in saying how he wanted to create a film company. He said he labored day in and day out for more than a year before he had any break in his business. He sacrificed time with his family,…
When I was taking classes at the Whitman School of Management, I remember hearing that you needed to surround yourself with people who would support you. Oftentimes you hear these words in all sorts of situations—like when you break-up with a lover, or when your dog dies—but it wasn’t until I entered into entrepreneurship that…
Experience taught me that I never wanted to be an entrepreneur; education taught me that I did. This is a strange place to be. Growing up my parents and grandparents had their own businesses. From the time I was tiny I would sweep out my grandparents’ trucks for a few bucks or sit around the…