Kellen's Blog

 This week, I have focused on proving myself so I can improve my business. After this week's assignments, I think that was a key aspect I was missing. I have put in a lot of time and effort into my business, but not a lot on myself, and I realized that I need to become the best version of myself so I can be the best for my customers as well. Earlier this week, my brother sent me this quote:  “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain. This quote resonated with me because recently I have felt that, because I served a mission, I am two years behind everyone else, and I needed to hurry to catch up, but after reading this quote, it made me realize that there is no deadline to success. We can all be successful in time, because there is no time! I think that now that I recogniz...

 This week in BUS110, I learned some pretty neat stuff. I loved the worksheet we had where we discussed and planned for our worst-case scenarios in our entrepreneurship. I think that, although we may not like to talk about them a whole lot, we need to plan for them because chances are, one of them will happen. I thought a lot about how I can protect my business and my customers, and ways I can still serve them and the community. This week, I thought a lot about my own business and how well I a doing with spreading the word about it. So far, I am doing very well with advertising online. I have posted my business in many local Facebook pages in Medford and in Rexburg, where I will be living soon, and have cleaned up my pages to look very professional, clean, and easy to navigate. I have had a lot more success than I thought I would recently. I am focusing more on prioritizing the customer, so I have started doing weekly clothing releases. Next week, I plan to connect with local print...

 This week in Intro to Entrepreneurship, I learned how to manage my time and prioritize important things. I started, well, resumed my business as well. I asked a couple of people whom I met on my mission who own their own thrift stores, and asked how they source their clothing. I talked with my friend, Travis, who owns Southern Fried Vintage in Oklahoma City, and learned a lot from him. I learned how to source clothing and where to find good stuff by myself as well. I'm very glad I have a background in buying and selling cars, so I know how to negotiate pretty well. This will prove useful when negotiating the prices of clothes. Travis also told me his story of how he started his business and gave me a few pointers, one of which stood out to me the most. He told me that it was a great idea to start my business online, as most people prefer shopping online anyway, but he told me that as I move my business to physical sales, to not forget about my online store. This is something he ha...