Starting my first company

So I am on plenty of adventures this semester, starting my engineering classes, getting a job to drive buses up in alaska in a little over a month in Alaska, and now I am going into my business adventure.
My mom has probably been one of the greatest sources of inspiration, she is sure to remind me that I should always go for my dreams and never give up. Since I was young, I was the one that tried to think of every way to make money. I have very vivid memories in my mind of going around the neighborhood selling in my little red wagon. It is one of the memories I thoroughly enjoy having because I was doing something on my own, and felt successful. I would buy from Sams Club and sell out on the streets only going back around to invest all my earnings to buy more product. I don't know why it has taken me so long, but finally I am back in the entrepreneurship market, only its no longer candy that I am selling. I am making a business that sells wooden sunglasses. Right now I am planning on just doing resell, but eventually I plan to make my own product, becoming a name brand. So many ask...wood sunglasses? Well let me show you how cool these are.

Anyway, I like them, and honestly, they aren't very popular yet, but I think they will be. The biggest thing I am doing right now is research and figuring out all of the logistics. I have had one BYU student express interest in being in charge of my advertising, and my friend's in China is planning on being our source for the product. Anyway I have been excited to get into entrepreneurship again.
Some of the things that I have been facing so far at I haven't quite figured out yet: what import tax laws are, what the product actually looks like in real life, how much I will sell it for, what customer base I am focusing on, if I am going to stick with online store or spread out to other individual owned stores (that even includes putting something in the shopping mall), what kind of employees I will be looking for, etc. I will figure it out with time though, I have no doubt.

HOLA~! Future Alaska Job

So once upon a time I decided to look for summer jobs, actually I am always looking for summer jobs, I tried Boeing (I'm too early in the program to get even considered haha), I tried the Government internships(....I think they lost my application or thought me applying was a joke? haha I don't know.), I went to career fairs, but ya know, deep down none of them really felt right (except the DOD scholarship I applied for, still waiting on that one since I just applied) and Ben actually did a really great job at helping me out, he would call me about jobs or internships he would hear about. So long story short....this is what I will be looking at for 4 months in Alaska this summer:

BOOOOOYEAAHHHHHH

It was actually a pretty funny story.  Ben told me that he tried for the job a couple years ago, and got it, but then rejected it because he had some school stuff to do or something like that. Anyway, he told me I should do it, so I just piddled around on the application, and then one day I just finished the application. Literally a couple hours later I walked into the Wilk, and there they were, Holland-America/Princess trying to advertise for their Guide/Driver positions. I said, hey I applied for you today, oddly, she knew way too much information than I expected, and told me that they may or may not have a possition availiable for me....yeah well they called me that night saying they had a few open positions (I think it is a sales tactic or something...because when I went to my first orientation they said they could still hire tons more people.) So I got interviewed, they loved me, got hired, etc. So then G-ma called me and said that I needed to go work with some dude named Mel Ashton, and then I just got confused, because he called me and told me I should go to Skagway, so after a day of freaking out (because I HATE making decisions, and I knew I would have to call Tiffany, the hiring manager and tell her I was switching over to Skagway line.....booo) I decided to go to Skagway....then a huge pressure was lifted off of my shoulders...it was great. So this is also what I get to look at for those 4 months :)

This is probably the weirdest and funniest job I have ever applied for, but I am not complaining at all. Some day I will be married, and PROBABLY wont be able to do this again! 

MEAT PIES and BLOG SPOTS

So I have decided to keep blogging mainly because I never write in a journal, and that isn't very good. I know that the Church leaders encourage us to keep a journal of thoughts or what is happening in our lives, so here I go, BLOG STYLE.

I just had my first meat pie in like a year, it was a little dry but definitely good! And obviously it didn't look as pretty as the pic that I posted with this. Secretly I want to open a meat pie shop, but the problem is that I don't have the money to do it, and I need to actually figure it all out. I am planning on figuring out how to make them and maybe I will start selling them on the side, and if I get really daring, I will go to Jdawgs' manager and ask if I can rent out their little shack outside their store...that would be sick.

All in all, I just miss being in Aussie, it has been a year, and I have just been down here in Provo since then (which don't get me wrong, Provo is great, but definitely different....and not as exciting most of the time.) Anyway, happy Australia day a couple of days ago, may all my Aussie mates enjoy the festivities!