Chapter 1: It Starts with...
It starts with 3 business ideas, or so says my Professor. In my first entrepreneurship class, the Professor tells everyone to blog about 3 business ideas that they can come up with. The purpose? I suppose to get the brain juices flowing, get the ideas rolling, fire up the cylinders as they say. Thinking on fly, I wrote down my thoughts of three business ideas: 3D printing and laser cutting makerspace A Cafe / Library A PC troubleshoot and guidance service Additionally to these three, I thought I could also provide classes in 3D printing and provide services to those who need it. Creating ideas was simple, but working towards actionable goals was going to be much harder down the line. With the 3D printing business, I could set up a small 3D printing farm and invite consumers to come in and print whatever they wanted. I could offer classes to students and consumers on how to 3D print, or even provide troubleshooting courses in the difficulties of 3D printing. The cafe/library idea w...