Mark Bradeis prides himself on operating with honor and integrity. It may sound cliched, but people return to Mark year after year because they feel safe, they feel respected. Mark is owner and operator of A Change for the Better Painting and Power Washing. He believes transforming your home or business should be affordable but not at the cost of quality.
K: What comes to mind when I say the word entrepreneur?
M: Risk-taker. Someone who is willing to try new things and work as their own boss, with their own guidance. You have to trust yourself and rely on yourself.
K: What do you think I should learn in an entrepreneurship course?
M: *long pause* That's a broad topic. Probably a little bit of everything, marketing, international law, business law, business ethics, accounting. I guess it's a lot of the same principles you would have in a general business course.
K: What do you wish you had learned before starting your own business?
M: Bookkeeping, accounting and organizational skills. Marketing is always good, too, but it's always changing so it's something you have to keep up with over time. You don't learn it once. Accounting is important because you have to keep track of where your money is going. You can't know if the business is sustainable, or profitable, if you don't look at the numbers.
I have to agree with a lot of what Mark said, but I don't think he considers himself an entrepreneur at this point in his life. I wonder if a lot of entrepreneurs are the same way, focused on their goal without considering the profitability or their next move. Mark really wants to provide a service, something he feels doesn't otherwise exist, and that's his goal, to fill a niche. It was clear Mark wasn't acquainted with the term entrepreneur but rather conceptualized things around his thoughts on small business and his perspective as a small business owner.
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