Pick a First Nations woman in business and write about the barriers that she has faced. How has she overcome them? Use the barriers identified in my lecture last night. Pick at least three of the seven.
The Woman I would like to do this blog on my own experiences as a FN Woman Entrepreneur.
I have been an entrepreneur since I could remember. I started my own delivery service at the age of 10. (I saw a need and decided to fill it.) In our community, when I was younger, Giving Christmas Cards to everyone was really a big deal. Money was hard to come by, but you were rich with friends when you had a lot of Christmas cards. So the community was very giving with Christmas Cards. My mom use to hand write 200 Christmas Cards & have to deliver them, then my married sister would, and the family next door, etc. So I saw an opportunity and grabbed at the chance to start my own seasonal business. "Heidi's Christmas Card Delivery Business". I made poster and put signs up. Soon our door was ringing with boxes of Christmas Cards ready to be delivered, I would deliver approx. every 4 days so I would have a stack of Cards (like a mail women) when I went to houses. I got so busy that I had to hire my dad to drive me around. He enjoyed how I earned my money that year. Through out my life I had parents who believed in me and supported me (emotionally and morally). This was where I got my drive to move forward as an Entrepreneur.
Later on in life, as I tested some more small seasonal business ventures I knew I was hooked - I was an Entrepreneur. In 1999, I finally decided to sit down and work out a plan - a real business plan. That was the year I decided to open up :"Simon Computer Consulting"- I had many difficulties, and much enjoyment. The difficulties were similar to the various case studies we read about in, the class text. Mostly mine were finances and budgeting. I learned that when you start a small business - you should be debt free, as there was too much financial stress of wondering how you are going to pay for all your bills. (Not enough income coming in and having too many bills to pay out.) I guess this is why I am back in school, to learn to do it right. I know I will be back in the game again. As for now - I will continue to work towards my FN Business Certificate - learn more time management, budgeting and accounting skills - to use in my next endeavour.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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I think this is a quiz topic.
Hi Tina , I double checked it -
This was Homework under Nov 4 & it was item # 3, as follows; (So I did it this way, was I correct in doing so?)
3. Learning Journal (Blog): Pick a First Nations woman in business and write about the barriers that she has faced. How has she overcome them? Use the barriers identified in my lecture last night. Pick at least three of the seven.
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