I chose to reach out to a former employer that I worked with for several years in different settings, in varying capacities and under several different contracts. I first met him as part of a community college work experience, I was also a student and he was/is a professor. After working together at the college, he then offered me several contracts as a research, development, marketing and advertising independent contractor. He brought me on for his first 2 businesses, a life coaching business he already had a few clients for and an educational workshop business he had started. The first businesses he brought me on to assist him with was his life coaching business. Life coaching is not necessarily a new industry, rather an extension of several
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He expresses that it is a way to support and influence beyond his job as a professor at several Bay Area colleges. John also informed me that he has a life coach who is his friend and mentor, who introduced him to this field. I was explicitly brought on to assist him in building his client base, through various marketing and advertising strategies. I was his first and only employee at the time lending some truth to the statement that, “Capital intensity for the Life Coaches industry is low. For every dollar spent on labor, the average operator dedicates $0.02 to capital investments” (IBISWorld, …show more content…
From being an educator who is truly dedicated to student success, at every level. I truly believe he and his mentor have contributed to enrollment statistic stated that, “In fall 2015, some 20.2 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities, constituting an increase of about 4.9 million since fall 2000” (U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics The World of Statistics, n.d.). These type of entrepreneurs are motivated well beyond profits and far above selfish
He expresses that it is a way to support and influence beyond his job as a professor at several Bay Area colleges. John also informed me that he has a life coach who is his friend and mentor, who introduced him to this field. I was explicitly brought on to assist him in building his client base, through various marketing and advertising strategies. I was his first and only employee at the time lending some truth to the statement that, “Capital intensity for the Life Coaches industry is low. For every dollar spent on labor, the average operator dedicates $0.02 to capital investments” (IBISWorld, …show more content…
From being an educator who is truly dedicated to student success, at every level. I truly believe he and his mentor have contributed to enrollment statistic stated that, “In fall 2015, some 20.2 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities, constituting an increase of about 4.9 million since fall 2000” (U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics The World of Statistics, n.d.). These type of entrepreneurs are motivated well beyond profits and far above selfish