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Can't find a boss? Try being your own
Kelsey Stewart
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: News
"If the business requires a space or a building of some kind it can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars," Fox said. "It's hard for students to get loans from banks especially if they don't have any financial history. They usually go to friends and family for seed money."
Students who plan to start their own business and fail can also learn something from their entrepreneurship endeavors.
"It's perfectly acceptable to mention a failed business attempt on applications," Clay said. "Interviewers will be keenly interested in what you learned, how you've applied what you've learned and how you are better, more successful and more confident because of the experience."
Besides owning Riffraff, Blowers is enrolled in 18 hours of classes and has started her own interior design business, Kristen Blowers Interior Design.
"I'm the type of person who likes to stay busy all the time. A workaholic if you will," Blowers said. "Why wait to start my dream? I went for it and have loved every minute of it."
Students who plan to start their own business and fail can also learn something from their entrepreneurship endeavors.
"It's perfectly acceptable to mention a failed business attempt on applications," Clay said. "Interviewers will be keenly interested in what you learned, how you've applied what you've learned and how you are better, more successful and more confident because of the experience."
Besides owning Riffraff, Blowers is enrolled in 18 hours of classes and has started her own interior design business, Kristen Blowers Interior Design.
"I'm the type of person who likes to stay busy all the time. A workaholic if you will," Blowers said. "Why wait to start my dream? I went for it and have loved every minute of it."
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