The Shortest
Interview Ever, January 2016
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Background: Lauren is sitting in Bella's nail salon in Gainesville, Florida. Bella is Lauren's boss, and she has 15 years of experience in the pampering industry. Bella is suitable for this task because she has opened her own business with the clear goal of changing the consumer mindset: "Nail shops are not just places that people get their nails done; it is an escape from the daily stresses of life...even for just an hour."
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Me: Thanks for letting me see you on such a short notice. In
this short interview, I will be asking you some questions with regards to
entrepreneurship, is that okay?
Bella: Okay. What’s this class for?
Me: It is for my entrepreneurship class. I joined it because
I think I like business, but it’s more than that, it is a way of thinking.
Bella: Okay. Cool.
Me: What should my expectations be in this course?
Bella: I think that with entrepreneurship, it teaches you to
take risks if you want to do anything in life. If you’re really scared, you
will never step outside of the box. You’ll always be there. You have to be
open. That’s why people are their own boss. Think about the line. Inside the
line is always safe.
Me: What does it mean
to be an entrepreneur?
Bella: To be your own boss. To work for yourself.
Me: Is it bad to work
for someone else? Or more freedom?
Bella: It depends. It depends if they see the vision that
you see, and they pay you appropriately.
Me: What do you think I should learn in an entrepreneurship
course?
Bella: To just be open.
Me: What do you wish you had been taught in school before
setting out on your own path as an entrepreneur?
Bella: Finances. High school never taught us how to approach
money or the use of money.
Me: How do you learn it?
Bella: You learn through debts. Trial and error and debts.
And interest payments. When you have to pay for interest without no reason,
it’s called “stupid spending."
Me: Well, thank you for your time. If further questions need
to be solved, could I please see you again?
Bella: Yup.
-Conducted Jan. 2016
Reflection:
For one thing, I already can say I am learning something in just 2 weeks of doing this class. I feel like I knew it before, but, yes, entrepreneurship is not about making money and businesses, it is about the way you think and how you utilize your thoughts and put them into action.
It's like that song by Drake (Youtube link Attached Below):
"Yours truly the boy
I just build and build more
Y'all nig*** build and destroy."
I just build and build more
Y'all nig*** build and destroy."
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