Blake Mycoskie is an entrepreneur best known for creating the company Toms. Mycoskie is also the mastermind behind the idea One for One. Unlike our classes’ ideas, Mycoskie’s idea was unintentional. However, his idea does relate to ours in the sense that he took a problem and designed a solution to the problem. MORE ABOUT HOW IT FITS INTO OUR CLASS
One of Blake Mycoskie’s strengths is authenticity. His idea to to sell a pair of shoes today, give a pair tomorrow was unique. No one had created anything similar that was successful. Mycoskie connected creativity and invention that related to his audience. Mycoskie mentioned that you don’t always need to go to an expert in the shoe industry. He found that going directly to the consumer was just
…show more content…
I believe his mission of buy one, give one is incredible. From all the research I’ve done on Mycoskie, he seems like a people person. He’s not interested in making money. He’s interested in the challenge that comes along with starting a business. In an article I read, an interviewer asked what his advice is for starting a business, and Mycoskie said to start small and no to worry about the growth and money. He also mentioned to let the company grow organically and with that, everything else will follow. Mycoskie is more concerned with being passionate about an idea and not how big it’ll become. I think working for someone like that would be an amazing experience. To be a successful entrepreneur, one has to have many traits. One trait that Blake Mycoskie has that I would want would be his passion. In every interview he gives, one can tell from the dialect how heartfelt and fervent he is. Entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster. There’s a lot of success, but there’s also a lot of failure. Blake Mycoskie had an innovative idea that people wanted to invest in, but he had to show them first. At the beginning, it wasn’t the easiest. Mycoskie had enough passion to make it through the beginning stages and eventually made it an immense
I believe his mission of buy one, give one is incredible. From all the research I’ve done on Mycoskie, he seems like a people person. He’s not interested in making money. He’s interested in the challenge that comes along with starting a business. In an article I read, an interviewer asked what his advice is for starting a business, and Mycoskie said to start small and no to worry about the growth and money. He also mentioned to let the company grow organically and with that, everything else will follow. Mycoskie is more concerned with being passionate about an idea and not how big it’ll become. I think working for someone like that would be an amazing experience. To be a successful entrepreneur, one has to have many traits. One trait that Blake Mycoskie has that I would want would be his passion. In every interview he gives, one can tell from the dialect how heartfelt and fervent he is. Entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster. There’s a lot of success, but there’s also a lot of failure. Blake Mycoskie had an innovative idea that people wanted to invest in, but he had to show them first. At the beginning, it wasn’t the easiest. Mycoskie had enough passion to make it through the beginning stages and eventually made it an immense