My impression from the first interview I had with Wendy was that she was right about almost everything she told me. And now I understand the answers that she gave me and why she gave me those answers. She focused mostly on the risk factor on being an entrepreneur. So you can say that she mentally prepared me for taking risks which happened a lot in this class.
So the entrepreneur I interviewed last time and this time is my Guatemalan best friend's mom and her name is Wendy Cifuentes. These are the questions and answers from the second interview:
1. Q: What was the hardest part of being an entrepreneur?
A: The beginning is always the hardest part. When you start a business, it usually takes a while before you start to get back what you put in. So in the first few months, or maybe years, you barely make any money. That beginning part might have been the hardest but there were a few times where I needed to change my business and that also took a toll. So I guess the hardest part is when you are not making any money.
2. Q: Did you ever fail and had to start form scratch?
A: I did fail a few times in the past but luckily never had to start from scratch again. I only really started one business, which is the one I have right now, and I have had to change every so often, but stuck to the basic idea. So I guess I have never had to start from scratch all over again.
3. Q: If you could do anything you could, would you still be an entrepreneur?
A: Yes, definitely. Being an entrepreneur gives me the freedom to attend to my kids' events and help them whenever I need. It has also keep my well financially, with a few dips along the way.
(These might not be the exact answers since they were translated from Spanish into English.)
It was easier to talk about entrepreneurship this time around. I was able to ask more personal questions and found it as we were just talking from one entrepreneur to another, instead from it being and interview between a student and an entrepreneur. She did remark about how much more confident I sound and how I could make connections with her better than before.
Hey christian I couldn't agree more with your reflection on this interviewing process, I also felt like my entrepreneur prepared me for this class but more than that she gave me hope for the future of my idea as well as inspiration to continue to work hard in this class. I have to say that this was an interesting semester and that I only have good memories and more knowledge about being an entrepreneur
ReplyDeleteit makes me appreciate even more my dad since he is also an entrepreneur.
feel free to checkout my second interview :
http://vifrasier.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-short-interview-part-2-week-14.html
I actually saw another post that mentioned the same thing that Wendy mentioned here. They said that being an entrepreneur gave them freedom to do what they want both in their business and in their personal lives. They do not have to consult with someone else or a higher up about decisions they want to make. It also makes sense that the beginning is the toughtest part. I am sure, at least in the beginning, she had doubts in her mind about whether or not her business would actually make it. Feel free to check my blog post out here: http://abraham-khalil.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-short-interview-part-2.html
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