Jared Loftus is an entrepreneur who can be considered a “very successful” and accomplished businessman. Loftus started his career by opening up two food trucks, which he later sold, and started a t-shirt company, which he still runs online. Although he runs a successful online t-shirt company, he is the Chief Operating Officer of Mastery Prep, which is an ACT Prep company. Like all college students, Loftus did not know what he wanted to do with his life, but he had an entrepreneur spirit that could not be extinguished. He had great success, but with great success, failures can occur, and Loftus did not come out unscathed. Looking back at some of his business choices, he does regret a few poor choices he has made, but most importantly, those choices led him to where he is today. After he gave a brief overview of his business choices, he started to discuss “what is failure”. Failure may be defined as a lack of success, but Loftus does not view it this way. Instead, he sees failure as a moment in time that does not go your way, but that moment might turn into something good. He went on to explain how failure is a good thing and how to view failure as a positive thing. Out of all of the guest …show more content…
By sharing his story, I was able to learn from his mistakes, and I learned a lot of valuable information about how to run a business. In conclusion, Jared Loftus truly made a good impression and I will definitely put his advice to good use in the