Zach Skyles Owens

One of the differentiating components of the MBA program I’m working on at the Instituto de Empresa is our participation in IE Global Communities.  These Global Communities are broken down by geography, function and sector.  I’m currently a member of the Entrepreneurship, Technology and Environment communities. 

I recently wrote the following post for the entrepreneurship community in our private forums and thought it might be interesting to share with the blogosphere.  Enjoy…

My entrepreneurial story started at the young age of fifteen…

I began working when I was twelve, delivering newspapers to a couple hundred houses in my neighborhood. When other kids would be running around after school I was folding papers and employing the help of few dedicated friends. I would get up early on Saturday and Sunday to make sure my customers could read the paper with the morning cafe. I did this job for a couple of years… I didn’t know at the time that I was establishing an important network of future customers.

As I got older, the ripe old age of fifteen, I decided that I needed to be making more money, so I decided to go into the lawn care business. I employed the help of my dad to make flyers printed on thick colored paper. I took those flyers door-to-door in the neighborhood of my old paper-route introducing myself as the old paperboy. I had already established myself as a hardworking kid, so I had no problem filling up my schedule mowing lawns for $30/hour. That’s not bad for a punk kid with braces and no car!

Although I’ve been in other entrepreneurial ventures that were a lot bigger scale and financially successful, I think this story shows that entrepreneurship is in the blood.

Hope You Enjoyed,
Zach

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