My Entrepreneurial Dream
By: Steven Perchikov
Being an entrepreneur is a dream for many. In fact, most people will say there is
nothing more liberating than putting time, energy, money, investment and risk into
something and watching it succeed. Rather than working under someone's supervision,
under constricted hours, helping another man get rich, one can create an environment
where the entrepreneur creates the hours and the vision. Certainly I would love the
preceding to hold true for me.
My entrepreneurial dream wouldn't be anything innovative but it would be rewarding.
I'd love to open up a barbershop. Ever since childhood the barbershop was always a
place where men could get together, make jokes, laugh and just talk. Besides all this,
cutting hair is very interesting and I am pretty good at it.
I would like my barbershop to be a sole-proprietorship. I like the idea of making
my own hours and not answering to anyone. The business would be run as I saw fit.
I think the barbershop would be a success because of the environment that would be
created. Like the barbershops of my youth it would be a sanctuary from the perils
of everyday life. I would create close relationships with my customers and employees
as well as provide top of the line haircuts. This combination will leave the customer
more then satisfied and enthused to come back for another visit.
Although a sole-proprietorship has many pitfalls, I can hopefully journey through
them. The worst obstacle would be unlimited liability. Since my business would be
a small business, it would take time before it gets notoriety so I would surely suffer
losses. If the losses continued, not only would my business go under but my personal
assets would be used to pay off the debts I owed. However, if I do manage to overcome
the first year or two of troubles, my business would surely start making profits and,
minus several expenses, I would be able to reap the profits as I saw fit.
In my opinion, an entrepreneurship, as a sole-proprietor of my own barbershop, would
be a dream come true. Despite several obstacles, I believe the rewards far outweigh
them.
