“I’m a young entrepreneur, what type of business would I start, and where would I set up?”
When looking at this prompt the first thing I think of is some college dropout who decided to work 24 hours a day on their business and ended up becoming very successful. Of course, this has happened in the real world and now those people have become household names worldwide. There have been movies made such as the one about Steve Jobs and his journey to the top. This is a similar route I would take if I were to turn this prompt into a story.
I imagine a main character that is far different than the average person. This is someone who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks, and this person will do anything and everything to learn about their interests. The main character would come from a poor underprivileged family. This persons life would be filled with all sorts of ups and downs. Perhaps the passing of a family member or a house fire that caused the family to fall apart. In this story they seem like a crazy person to the outside world. But in reality, the main character is the only one with an understanding of how the world works and how to become successful.
The story involves a young boy who wants to get himself and his family out of a serious financial hole. He starts by doing simple things to make money like mowing lawns and that kind of stuff. As time goes on he sees how much he is actually helping his family and wants to continue to work harder. He goes around to all kinds of different businesses and asks the owners about their life and what it took for them to get where they are. He uses this knowledge to get a grasp of the general population in his area and eventually opens his own business. This business turns out to be one of the most profitable business around. The business becomes larger and larger and now over the course of 20 years of hard work he is now the CEO of one of the largest companies in the country. The lesson in this story would be to never lose motivation no matter how hard things are at the time.