My Entrepreneurship Story

About 13 years back my brother was 25 years old, he got married 3 years before and had just started working with my father. My brother had a passion, and he knew no one would approve of it. Everyone knows him as Ferddy, so Ferddy's passion was rally racing, which he knew my mom and his wife wouldn't approve because lets face it, its dangerous. So knowing no one would approve he went along and bought his first rally car without telling any of us. So he started racing on the weekends with the excuse that he was riding dirt bikes with his friends as a hobby which is really big in Bolivia, my home country. So in his first race he ended 3rd which is a podium and for a debut thats great. After a couple races he ended 1st and than 2nd at that point he decided he was good enough to let my father know and subsequently his wife and my mom. Af first they were shocked and furious at him, on the other hand, he had proof that he was good enough to be among the first places in Bolivian rally.

So after his first couple races he started to get recognition from sponsors and after two years in the sport he was the best rally driver in the country. It took a lot, not only training but also financially. The prizes are not very good so anything you get is only from sponsors. So he faced many uphill obstacles in becoming the best driver in the country but he never gave up, he started on his own and when he finally let everyone in my family know, we were always there to support him. After a couple years he started racing in South America, traveling to other countries like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and others. He even went on to race in the World Rally Championship in Cordoba, Argentina. Which is like racing in formula one but in rally cars. I always found it incredible how from racing locally in Santa Cruz, Bolivia he went on to the biggest stage the sport has to offer. He was able to achieve his dreams just by taking the leap and believing in himself.

My brother driving, me (in blue) and my dad furthest to the right. 

I enrolled in this class because it was listed as an elective and honestly it was the one that interested me the most, also one of the only classes offered online for my major which is great because I will be out of the country for the entire summer. I would like to learn everything there is to know about entrepreneurship, furthermore, I would like to focus on learning from others by interacting with each others so I think this class will be perfect. I hope this will be a great semester and I look forward to studying the careers of other great entrepreneurs by reading their books and analyzing their achievements over the summer.