Small Business
Every one dreams of owning a business. I have a cousin, his name is John and he is a successful small business owner, making a good profit from the chain of restaurants that he owns. He is enjoying his life living the American way, but reaching to that stage was not an easy ride. I used to work for him when he opened his first restaurant. It has been a tradition in my family to own small business. My dad ran a small construction company and my uncle had a furniture store. But as time passed by, due to some reasons, neither of them had left me with no work at all. I was in high school and there was no job for me, so I started to flip burgers like most Americans do, until John called me to his restaurant.
Initially he showed off, pretending that he had borrowed the money from wealthy investors, but later on I came to know that he had just got a small business license. I believed him because of his confidence. The first month of work was lost because we were busy putting things together of the place that he had rented. There were birds nest in the walls and rats in the floor, but after a good hard work the place was finally clean and hygienic and ready for the business. The first week nothing happened, opening day was deserted, the fryer broke down, and even the power went off for more than six hours. It seemed like we ran into trouble before we had even opened the business and it appeared that it wont be long before we will shut down the business. We tried hard the entire summer and finally I had to return back to highschool.
So what worked for John? Plain old persistence. He worked day and night, flyered the town, sent out circulars, and made connections everywhere he went. There was never a “big break”, but rather, a series of little ones which added up to success. He was featured once in the entertainment section of the local newspaper. He sponsored a little league team, and found his place soon patronized not only by them, but by several of their rivals every week after practice. Soon he was opening up a second restaurant on the other side of town, and then a third. It took him years of hard work, and twice he almost went under. But he’s always told me that hard work just made the success that much sweeter.
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Tags: owning a business, business license, furniture store, opening day, wealthy investors, consumer reports, birds nest Originally posted 2007-10-26 20:17:34.
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