3A - My Entrepreneurship Story

My Entrepreneurship Story

Growing up, I was exposed to entrepreneurship on a daily basis. As a second job, my dad designs and builds his own furniture and sells it. He calls his little furniture business Gary Neil Hoffmann, LLC. While growing up, my dad would always ask us for help with one of his designs, or with sawing the wood, and even with selling his furniture. As the years went by, social media began to be a huge deal and my two sisters and I set up a website for my dad and a Facebook and Instagram account where he showcases all of his work, the selling price, how to purchase, who to contact, etc. My dad’s furniture is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. He is a funky dude and his furniture show just that. Although his furniture business hasn’t always been easy, he loves doing it and he is really good at it. Below is a picture of one of the many furniture pieces my dad designed, built, and sold. This is one of his desks. If you want to see more you can go to his website garyneilhoffmann.com. 

I decided to take ENT 3003 because I have always wondered what it really means to be an entrepreneur, what their daily life looks like, and how they continue to grow and be successful. I also needed a four-credit elective and while reading the reviews for this class, I realized I would really be able to grow and learn throughout the course.

I hope to get a lot out of this class. I am an extremely hard worker and will put my best effort into every assignment. I hope to first and foremost, better understand what it means to be an entrepreneur and the daily life of one. I also hope to improve my writing skills in this class because posting and writing multiply blogs every week will be extremely challenging for me considering I’m not the best writer.

I am looking forward to an exciting and fun semester! :)