Okay, if you didn't hit play above, you should. Mark's laugh is absolutely hilarious. He's honest and real and relatable.
For those of you who missed round one, ahem, I'm talking about Mark Bradeis, the owner of A Change for the Better Painting and Power Washing operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Both of our conversations have been brief, but answers came easier this time. What was different? Well, I switched methods from "random assault" to "here are some questions, you have a week to answer." He spoke more freely when recording himself, though Mark is still a straight to the point kind of guy.
I know that I'm much more comfortable speaking with people about their businesses now. I have insight and, in some cases, knowledge/theory the practicing entrepreneurs only know abstractly through their work. A lot of things become illuminated when you apply "book learning" to "real life."
You can't see me, but I'm giggling at my use of quotation marks right now.
Let's wrap this up. Has it only been three months? For anyone else in the business program, this course is a continuation of what you'll learn throughout your time at UF. If you can exploit this course to get comfortable speaking and interviewing, do it! The skills are invaluable. We have to market ourselves every day, which is a reality I'm only now coming to terms with, and the ability to speak off the cuff, to project confidence about a concept you aren't 100% sure of, to develop that idea in the first place...what a semester.
Hey kelly,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think you did an excellent good in this assignment the picture and the pictures are great.I really like this interview because I come from a family that appreciate art.So, I really like people that become successful in art.Also, I like that his business is very focus into his customers.
This is the link to my post http://ndajbura.blogspot.com/2016/04/very-short-interview-part-2.html