Talking about Family Business

We are talking about family business in class today! Hurray!

the PITCH

Entrepreneurship has an interesting team recruitment process. Much like real life, we each had to pitch a business concept in class. The catch?

We had only 1 minute. Seriously, 60 seconds to pitch our business idea and hopefully attract 3 additional people to work on the idea.

I did my best to stand out. I developed a cute logo, printed in colour, practiced my pitch and presented as enthusiastically as I could. The result? I have managed to recruit 1 of 3 necessary teammates. I now have to convince 2 other people to abandon their ideas and join my team. How stressful!

Come on folks!

Eat your frogs first

I heard a funny expression from our entrepreneurship guest speaker, Sarah Prevette from Sprouter.com last week, 'eat your frogs first.'

I realize that this was not the thrust of her lecture, but for me, it was the most poignant moment in the 20 minute talk. The gist of the expression is to do the things you don't want to do first thing in the morning.

Filling out forms, various paperwork, paying bills... all of the items that you dread - complete those tasks first thing in the morning or else you will be haunted by them forever!

What frogs will you eat today?