Is Allison Really An Entrepreneur?

This week the most memorable thing for me was a devotional that I had seen before.  It was a devotional address given by President Hinckley at the dedication of a building on the BYUI campus that bears his name in 2002.  President Hinckley BYUI building dedication 2002   He gives a nice talk, and then decides to say a few things extemporaneously.  He starts off by telling the "kids" how much he loves them.  It gets me every time.  I can't watch this clip without crying.  I love it for the sincerity of the moment, and beautiful feelings President Hinckley shares.  In the speech he encourages the students to be their best. To live as they should and not let sin stop them from reaching their full potential.  One of my favorite things he says is roughly10 minutes into the clip.  He says, "Your not geniuses, I know that, your just kids. But the work of the world isn't done by geniuses it's done by ordinary people who have learned to work in a...

I have been taking Business and Entrepreneurship classes at BYUIdaho, online for a year and a half now.  I currently have a class called Small Business Creation and in the first week I was introduced to the $100 Challenge.  This challenge involves me starting a new business during this class, coming up with an idea, working at least 20 hours, trying to earn $100 to give back to a site called KIVA (which provides small loans to individuals all over the world to help them achieve their dreams-or just better their lives).  First, I am so excited and scared to figure out what I am going to do and really do it.  HOLY COW!  For me, the idea of creating my own business sometimes feels like a dream that I have had for so long, that it was never real, just thoughts or desires, but not concrete and tangible.  This class is going to challenge me to do something real.  Yes!  The first brainstorming list of possible businesses I could do, was really hard to ge...