My Entrepreneurship Journey

  Which assignments, sections, concepts, or principles did you like best? The following are the concepts I liked best from this class and will probably use them in making my Family History Research Business, Coming Full Circle better: The Decision Matrix – I loved this concept. I love that I can compare three or more items and rank them before I decide on a course of action.   This can be used in any aspect of my life where I have serval options and then make a decision after comparing them. E-Myth- I actually liked reading this book. The concepts of the book will help me to not to become overwhelmed in my business. Financial Statements – I had a hard time figuring this out. However, once I did, I think that the projective income statement will help me in my own business. Advertising- This was actually kind of fun using AI to make advertisements. I am leery of AI but I am also excited to figure out how to use it to help my business. Ethics- I think that business e...

  E-Myth Part 2 - I was very intrigued by the Strategic Objective and its standards. Strategic Objective is what your business can achieve for you. The First Standard - Money, Gross revenue. The Second Standard- an Opportunity Worth Pursuing and the other standards are left up to us. I think this was the best concept I read about in chapters 12-19.  In my own business I am not really doing Family History work of money. I am doing it to help others and to fulfill my need to research family history to unravel a mystery. The money is to help me break even with the costs.  I do it because it's my passion and I can make money doing it. For me these two standards feed each other. Finding a Business to Partner- Finding a business partner is harder than I thought it could be. You must find someone who has the same vision and passion as you do in order to go into business with them. Case Study - Jamaican Family Robinson- I have learned from this Case Study never go in...

 I will be graduating with my Batchelor's of Science of Professional Studies in August 2025. Three certificates will be under my belt. 1. Family History Research 2. Advance Family History Research  3. Entrepreneurship It has been a wonderful four year journey.  Can't wait to work on my accreditation for becoming a professional genealogist through ICAPGen next year. I will be taking a break until January 2026 before tackling this new goal. In the meantime I will be busy enough with my current client load, promoting my current book, "Unraveling the Family Secret", and containing to work on my books.

 A couple of weeks ago one of my long term Clients asked me to help he write a book about 5 or 6 generations of her family (stories of her ancestors' lives) for her children and grandchildren. I said "yes". I was very faltered and honored by it. We are using AI to assist in writing this book. I am very excited about this project.