To start...

This journal will be a record of my ideas, my successes, and my failures. I plan to write here so I may one day look back on it as a tool. I hope to be open and honest about my experiences in business and entrepreneurship.  

So far I have been exposed to some great blogs with very inspiring ideas and theories. I find myself getting lost in the idea that to become successful with marketing you need to get people talking about your business, product, or cause. Eventually I would like to work for a non-profit organization and put my time toward making other's lives better. Non-profits that I have seen be successful are those which get plenty of word-of-mouth advertisement. Things I can do to create this in my $100.00 challenge, that I have been brainstorming about, is to explain the point of the project and that the $100.00 profit will be going to charity. I think this can be a powerful tool to help drive business and interest. I also feel that in order to gain an investor this needs to be a main part of the business model/pitch.

What I most look forward to with this course it probably the challenge of finding someone to invest in my idea. I am not one to ask for money so this will really put me out of my comfort zone. Although it is only an investment of $20.00, it will be interesting to see how I can convince someone else to believe in my idea. I also think it will be very rewarding to turn that $20.00 into at least $120.00 or more and be able to give it to someone else and help fund their business. 

In reading my book, Delivering Happiness, I found all three subjects of profits, passion, and purpose to be equally important in attaining success and happiness in business and life.  My favorite part is when he talks about finding the right team members who really enjoy their jobs and make the office atmosphere better. This inspires me to be more positive and happy at my own job, which I believe I called "soul-sucking" recently. 

We will see how this goes. I will write weekly updates and compare it to my own work experiences I am having currently.