I woke at 6:48 this morning. It was supposed to be 6:40, but my alarm did not go off. Thank god I woke up because I needed to register for classes for the fall 2007 semester. This past weekend I spent some good time finding classes, and even a couple of back-ups, which were not needed, fortunately. While planning my classes, I noticed how class registration is similar to entrepreneurship.
Plan ahead and prioritize
I would like to think that I am an organized person, but some may argue differently. I had my classes and back-up classes all figured out by Sunday night, so I could just type the CRN’s in in the morning and go along with my daily life. It did end up being that simple, but the order I put them in was crucial. I needed to put them in such an order where the classes with less seats were typed in first, and the 8:00 am classes (yes, I am taking an 8:00 am class) would be typed in last. This works just like entrepreneurship. I plan ahead for just about everything, and prioritize, like the word is related to me. Prioritizing with business and college is a tough thing to do though. As much as I would like to commit to running Eddie’s Energy Bars, I can’t, and school work needs to come first, before my May newsletter goes out to all my readers. By the way, if you would like to subscribe to Eddie’s Extra’s–our monthly newsletter, please click here.
Be ready to solve problems
When I arrived at my math class this morning, I found out that I had just registered with probably the worst accounting teacher at Bryant. I needed to scramble to find another teacher or another class to take. After class, I ran to my dorm room, and found another business core class to take, and I was satisfied. Literally minutes ago, this ’solving problems quickly’ thing just happened to me. I had an order placed for my healthy energy bars, but the customer had problems with payment. I e-mailed her to see if she needed any help, and I had determined that I needed to find another way for her to pay. Luckily, everything was solved in a matter of hours (this entrepreneur had to go to English Class).
Learning to let it go, and move on
While I was a lucky kid to get all my first choice classes initially, my neighbor, Jordan, was not so lucky. He ended up getting a couple of classes he wanted, but forgot to get some back-ups. It was alright; though, he sacrificed for a couple of morning classes, and everything ended up fine, despite the fact he has to wake up every day at 7:00 am. I can remember an instance in the EEB Kitchen when I dumped a whole container of yogurt down the drain by accident (note to self: use a spatula to get the yogurt out. Don’t just tip it over). I was full of anger, because I had a pretty big order to fill for the next day, but I managed to just take a deep breath, run to the store, and grab some yogurt–isn’t buying local great?
Alright, I need to run to the gym…but first, I’m grabbing a bar out of the fridge that isn’t even on the market yet–haha–the perks of owning an energy bar company–new flavors all the time!
More on some possible new flavors later.
Michael, Part-time entrepreneur and full-time College student
Eddie’s Energy Bars
