I forgot to complete my submission for the first "Very Short Interview" assignment. I went to an Entrepreneurship club meeting earlier in the semester where Joe Cirulli, founder and owner of Gainesville Health and Fitness. Not only focusing on his business and his clients, he speaks around the world sharing best business practices and how he accomplished his dream. However, I couldn't reach him for a follow up interview, and since I didn't do the first assignment, I decided to interview another business! Bearbottom Clothing, a local company that produces casual clothing, was founded by a UF student, Robert Felder. Founded in 2014, the company was started after Robert visited Bangladesh and he was inspired to help the citizens of the country by placing his first factory there and donating a pair of shorts to Bangladesh with every purchase made.
If you want to support the business and Bangladesh, visit his website!
1. How have you learned to overcome failure in entrepreneurship?
I learned to minimize risk as much as possible so that when things don't work out, it isn't a tragic event.
2. What are some of the key resources have been in starting your company?
Despite being a business management and food and resource economics senior, I found that the most valuable resources were my parents and my friends. Their encouragement and experience with business was instrumental in starting this monumental project.
3. What about Bearbottom makes you the most proud?
There are a lot of things I love about having my own company, but one of the major ones is being able to help a community thousands of miles away and knowing that my efforts are making a positive difference in this world.
I definitely think I am more comfortable talking about entrepreneurship and assessing success and failure now than I was a few months ago. After being challenged to go outside of my comfort zone, I was taught the steps it takes to be successful in entrepreneurship. Also because of all the video interviews I feel more confident talking to people and being direct with my questioning.
I'm glad you were able to find someone to interview This entrepreneur sounds very interesting. Nonprofits or for profit charities can be extremely hard to start up because you have to convince people you are really trying to do something good for people. I liked that you asked about minimizing failure. He acknowledged that failure happens, so you just have to prepare yourself as best you can.
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Hey Kevin, I am really happy you were able to find someone to interview despite a busy schedule. I honestly think this sounds really cool and non profit charities are always something special. I really like what you wrote about how did the person over come because I really do believe that it takes a tough person to fail and get back on the horse. Check mine out! http://gerb95.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-short-interview-with-entrepreneur.html
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