Very Short Interview No. 1 Week 3

For my interview I decided to interview my family friend Jenny Carney who has managed to create her own beach front home rental company in Jacksonville, FL. I asked Mrs. Carney a various amount of questions that helped me gain a better understanding of how an entrepreneur thinks and what got her interested in pursuing a career based on her own doing.

Question 1- Mrs. Carney I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to meet with me today and helping me gain a better understanding of how to be an entrepreneur. First question I would like to ask is how did you first come to the idea of pursuing a career in the beach front rental industry.
Answer- I originally had the idea of pursing a degree in something eduction based, i.e. teacher. I started to have the idea of branching off this common path and creating a company that I thought could be my own model and belief. My husband actually was an advertiser and somewhat of an entrepreneur himself so by looking at how he was making a living drew my interest greatly.

Question 2- Coming from an entrepreneur can you give me an idea on what I should expect to learn in this course.
Answer- This course will help you form ideas of what exactly makes an entrepreneur because there are a lot of paths one can take to creating a successful business. What you will learn is that failure is common, but by being an entrepreneur you will know that failure just helps you become more motivated in finding a path to success.

Question 3- My last question and pretty basic question is what does it exactly mean to be an entrepreneur?
Answer- Thats a very good question and honestly it varies from individual to individual. For me being an entrepreneur it means that I'm someone that is go getter in an industry that can either make or break a business. In most cases people go into industries that can become extremely overpopulated with the same ideas, I thought by going to Jacksonville , which is an economy that is showing signs of upward mobility for start ups could help lead to a boom in my business.

Reflection- Honestly after interviewing Mrs. Carney I learned that looking at the economic background of a certain area is essential to where a company starts up. For example, she looked at the upward trend in jacksonville , which is different then the usual individual wanting to go to new york( overpacked with similar individuals). Also the idea that failure is key to success that was something that I really never thought about.