Entrepreneurship Story

Chad Girnun’s Entrepreneurship Story


            When I was in eighth grade at my middle school several teachers sold snacks in their room before school to raise money for different clubs. However, in an attempt to promote healthier living, our teachers didn’t sell any candy or junk food, the good stuff that kids really wanted. So, with about $40, I headed over to Party City to fix this issue. Since I had the money at the time from birthdays or an allowance, I figured I would make the investment in the candy and flip it for a profit. This way I would be happy making money, and others would be happy eating candy. At Party City, they have a huge candy selection that allows you to choose up to seven Warheads, Starbursts, small chocolates and other known candies for a dollar. So, I compiled a wide assortment of candies that I knew me and my friends liked and bought them. I went to school the next day and walked around during lunch offering people candy. If someone was bored in class or asked if anyone knew someone selling it, I gladly spoke up, trying to flip a profit off of the teacher’s lack of selling junk food. Pretty soon I sold everything for about $80 nearly doubling my profits, and I even dipped into my own supply as well. I made easy money, enjoyed the candy, and made anyone with a sweet tooth happy. After that first time selling candy, I stopped because I didn’t like the stress of going person to person asking if they wanted candy and I was happier to just relax and buy candy off of other kids whenever I had a sweet tooth. I saw a problem, lack of candy, and created a solution. I sold candy and made one of my first real entrepreneur moves.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 9, 2018 at 9:52 PM

    Hi Chad,

    I also sold candy as a part of my entrepreneurship story, specifically the Worlds Finest Chocolate bars. One of my problems was buying much of my own chocolate. Unlike my story about entrepreneurship, which was school sponsored, I like how you took advantage of the fact that your teachers were not selling what the students wanted. This is a good trait of an entrepreneur, to take advantage of the situation and find a good opportunity to make money.

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  2. Alexandro GaravitoSeptember 10, 2018 at 3:06 PM

    Hi Chad,
    Your story represents the basic entrepreneurial mindset every future entrepreneur should have. Most of the people think that entrepreneurship is all about inventing a product and selling it for a lot of money, but it is actually much more complex than that. I believe that an entrepreneur should provide a service to as many people as possible. If you still have the same mindset as you had when you were a kid, you should become a successful entrepreneur. Going to possible customers and approaching them can be intimidating but with time, you get used to it and gain speaking skills which will increase your customers over time.

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