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1,308 entrepreneurs were asked: "How did you decide to get into this type of business, and what was your initial goal?" These were their responses, which can help us to try to figure out what type of business we might like to start. Please scroll below:

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NAICS: 443 Electronics and Appliance Stores
Description: Buy and Sell Business Type Electronics Obsolete and Surplus Inven
I kind of just fell into the business. My sister works for a company that does the same type of business that we do. I did some construction for them when I was twenty, the owner of the company ended up offering me a position to open up a couple retail stores for him, so I took the offer and worked for him for ten years. After that a couple buddies and I decided to open up our own company and we started in my own garage, today we are in a 45,000 sq ft warehouse. My initial goal was to match my income from my old company, in which I achieved my first year. Then continue to grow and make as much money as possible.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-23 02:41:54
NAICS: 443 Electronics and Appliance Stores
Description: Home Appliances
My family was in this business and when I was graduating school my father was struggling to open up his Appliance business. Everyone in the family was asked to work with him and we all did. I wanted to make my fathers dream of running a successful business stay true, so I made sure I was doing everything the right wat. My goal was to MAKE MONEY.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-23 00:54:44
NAICS: 441 Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
Description: Aftermarket automotive parts
My main goal was to make money. Secondary to that was to be my own boss. The idea of being my own boss was appealing because I felt like I should be able to do with my time as I please and not build my life around a job. I chose this particular business because I’ve always had an interest in cars. Building cars is a hobby and something I do for fun. I enjoy being in this business and all the relationships that come along with it. I deal with other car enthusiasts and get good connections involving car modification. I chose something that I like because I feel if somebody does something they enjoy, they will do it better giving a higher chance at success.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-23 00:27:17
NAICS: 811 Repair and Maintenance
Description: Sewing Machine Repair, Custom Embroidery
“Well that is a long story, but in short back in the 50’s and 60’s, the post Second World War era, there was a bit of corruption existent in labor unions and the unions kept sewing machine mechanics from organizing. So after 9 years of working for a dreadful someone, I decided to go on my own venture a free-lance sewing machine technician. My initial goal was to get away from all the corruption and do things my way, the right way I believed, it felt better at first not having to deal with people clarifying what I can and cannot do. I soon learned that it was not as easy as I thought, but I stuck it out and here I am almost 50 years later, one of the good guys still standing.”
Date Submitted: 2014-10-23 00:26:29
NAICS: 445 Food and Beverage Stores
Description: meat marker
Our initial goal was to establish a business although we had not identified which type of business we were to set up. Our major focus was to ensure that, by the end of the period had planned, after collecting the necessary capital, the next step was to set up a business. We decided to get into the business of selling meat after discovering that the demand for it is very high. Apart from that, there are limited meat business activities where people end up walking for long distances before they get meat. These two major reasons prompted us to enter into this kind of business.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 23:58:10
NAICS: 512 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
Description: video production
It all started when I was just a kid in high school, I was carrying my little camera recorder making movies with friends who had the same passion for film as me. I really do enjoy filming and to me it’s the best way to entertain people making them laugh is the greatest joy and it doesn’t get any better than this, from there on our business grew into something bigger. Our goal was to target the youth and the adults that are into video games and comic books. It was then I realized I am a part of something big the more documentary the more serious we became, the well known we were the film industry. Therefore we are able to be funny and enjoy producing films.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 23:57:46
NAICS: 531 Real Estate
Description: Real Estate
One of my friends was in the business and I liked his lifestyle. He was always had nice cars, a nice house he dressed nice and he always had money in his pockets. I was a young kid at nineteen and I asked him what I have to do to get into the real estate business. He told me everything I needed to do so I put in into action and made it happen. I eventually sold a couple of homes and as soon as I knew I was right there alongside of him. My initial goal was to make a lot of money like my friend but not to work a regular job where I had a boss.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 23:17:52
NAICS: 311 Food Manufacturing
Description: Lebanese-Armenian Pastry Stores
Well I was born in Beirut, Lebanon. My family owned a pastry store there for many years. I grew up surrounded by desserts and remember how my dad used to smell like Zalabia (fried funnel cake) when he came home late at night. I had a sister and two brothers who were not interested in taking on the family legacy. I came to the United States 33 years ago and settled in San Diego, Ca. After working multiple dead end jobs, my wife convinced me to reach back to my roots and encouraged me to open our first Lebanese-Armenian Pastry store. Due to a saturated Armenian community in Pasadena, we decided to make it our destination. We took out a small loan and proceeded to open a very small shop selling very basic chocolates and desserts. Here we are, 25 years later and have stores in three locations: Pasadena, Glendora and Granada Hills.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 22:55:09
NAICS: 424 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
Description: Seafood Import and Export
When I moved to America, one of my first jobs was working in the cold storage. I would help business' and companies with the imported and exported meats and seafood and that would be my day. I then started getting an idea of what it's basically like as the inside job of the import and export business. I saved up enough money and decided that I would like to start my own seafood import and export company.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 22:40:42
NAICS: 711 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
Description: Talent Management and Marketing Company
I went through law school before I decided my fate. Upon graduating from law school, I soon realized that my negotiation and networking skills along with my passion for the arts were tailored for the entertainment industry. To be more specific, as a bilingual Latino I saw the power of the emerging Latino market and wanted to be a leader in that particular industry. It wasn't my initial goal seeing as I went to school to become a lawyer, but goals change. Going through law school and learning what I did helped understand the business part of my passion.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 21:34:04
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