The Entrepreneur
Michael’s
parents were so proud that he had been accepted to the local University. He had
really worked hard the final two years of high school and then two years of
Junior College to put himself in this position. Once at the University, Michael
enjoyed his classes, especially the Engineering courses, but his hobby, building
computers, was earning him a reputation and popularity on campus as the guy to
talk to if you wanted a really fast gaming computer. To him, building fast
computers was fun and he enjoyed the attention it had created. His dorm room was
quickly filing up with computer cases, motherboards, video cards and other computer
parts. Michael found that his services were in great demand and he started
selling the computers he built at a nice profit. People were lining up to be
next for the opportunity to purchase one of his computers. Michael was getting less
and less sleep and could not find time to keep up with his homework and the
seemingly endless requests for new computers. One evening, he reviews his
accounting for his computer hobby and figured out that if he was to do this
full time, he could make a six-figure salary doing what he loved, but he would
have to take a sabbatical from school. He was sure his parents would not
approve, but he was determined to make this work. Michael continued to live on
campus and acted as though he was still enrolled in school. On the day he was
to graduate, he met his parents in front of the school and showed them his
financial statements that showed his company generated a half million dollars
in its first year. His parents were shocked and angry at first, but as they
listened to Michael and came to realize how successful he had become, they
could not help but be proud of their son.
