Jumping into entrepreneurship can be scary and there is uncertainty. It also builds confidence, skills, strength and courage
It’s a true statement and the more I learn about history, the more I repeat it to myself.
After learning of this entrepreneurial trend, I kept thinking about it. Then I heard a little whisper in my head: “Indigenous people are resilient.” “Small children grow into big families — even if only a couple come, they will share what they learned,” she said. When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I made and sold jewelry on the Inner Harbour with other Indigenous vendors. I learned a lot those summers. Besides getting good at making jewelry, I learned about marketing, tailoring a sales pitch to whichever country people came from, and pricing and profit margins.Now in my 40s, I’ve been self-employed for nearly two years. A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting at my computer writing a report and felt like I was selling jewelry again.
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