Mentors

Through my business classes, I have the excitement of stepping outside of my comfort zone and getting great ideas to try. In my Business 100 class and now my B 183 class I have had the chance to interview mentors or entrepreneurs.  These last few weeks I have had the opportunity to interview two men I look up to.  Tom Campion and Dave Stevens.
Both of these men are successful business men and have taught me lessons.  It is wonderful that in this world there are people who are willing to show compassion and help others.  When the business world is painted, sometimes it's shown as a land of greed and winning and losing.  These men taught me that through great partnerships, we can build great things!
So many times we give up when we are down.  We cannot give up.  We must keep trying.   I was listening to a podcast the other week and they were interviewing one of the founders of Airbnb.  He shared a story of how Chris Sacca, an investor in such companies as twitter, uber, and kickstarter, not only didn't invest but told them they shouldn't do the business.  He was sure that someone would get killed or raped in one of their houses that were being rented and they would get sued or worse.  Now Airbnb is now valued at around 30 billion dollars!  Good thing he didn't listen!
We must keep moving forward.