Thursday, May 21, 2020

3A - Entrepreneurship Story

3A – Entrepreneurship Story

A time in my life that I had been exposed to entrepreneurship was unexpected and came about while I was a stay at home mom. I wanted to make my daughter’s birthdays memorable for her, so I began making and decorating cakes. Every year I made her a themed cake and would send my husband to work with my practice cakes. When my husband would have a party, I would make a themed cake and they became a staple for the parties. I began receiving cake requests from his co-workers and it was then that I began charging for cakes. The entire experience was new and exciting, but also very stressful because I was still a new baker and would get overwhelmed with delivering (without any mishaps in hot Las Vegas summers) and deciding how much to charge. I eventually stopped making cakes because although I was making money, I did not actually enjoy baking cakes on a large scale, only decorating them.

Honestly, I enrolled in ENT 3003 to satisfy my degree requirements. However, I never go through a class without wanting to learn something new! This semester, I hope to learn to think more creatively and see how things become opportunities. I would also like to learn more about different successful entrepreneurs and their processes to get to where they are today.  

                                 

2 comments:

  1. I needed to take this class as well to satisfy degree requirements. I found your story very interesting and something cool! I wish I could bake or have good enough artistic ability to decorate a cake. I did a little basic decorating for the Publix bakery but never on your amazing level. I think you’ll be rocking whatever you end up doing! So inspired by your story and look forward to the class!

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  2. I also took this class to fulfill my degree requirements but I am very interested in learning about entrepreneurship. My sister loves baking and finding new designs for cakes and cookies, but on a smaller scale like you do. The cake photos that you have added are incredible! I completely understand why you may of taken a break from cake making, because it seems like it would get stressful while being a mom and taking classes, but your cakes look amazing and I look forward to learning more about you during this summer session!

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