Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Owning My Own Business

The experience that has impacted my life and the way I think about situations the most is the experience of owning my own business. My brothers and I started a cattle company in 2011 selling show cattle as an alternative way to finance our college endeavours. We took a risk taking out over 45 thousand dollars in loans when I was just twelve years old through the department of agriculture. We started with 34 cows and we now own 136 cows to date. We have had tremendous growth over the past six years, and we did it through hard work, intense study of the market, and working to understand the needs of the customer. Over the past few years, the industry has seen some drastic changes, and my brothers and I have had to not only refine our business model, but review the foundation of the company itself to remain as efficient and profitable as possible. This experience is extremely relevant to my application to a consulting firm as I was my own consultant for my business. We did not seek guidance or professional help, we did it on our own and had the confidence in ourselves to succeed. I have profited from owning that business very much not only in paying for all three of our college expenses, but also from an intellectual sense. Not many eighteen year olds know what it takes to keep a business growing and evolving with a market and what it takes to keep …show more content…
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