Summer 2006
(Continued from Around Feb. 2006.)
After Wayne helped me realize how naïve I was, I looked for an opportunity to learn business on other people’s investment. It must be critical to gain experience before I invest my money into my business.
About 6 months after the conversation with Wayne, the owner of the café I was working part-time announced he was opening another shop in another town. He needed a full-time manager for that branch, and I decide to take the position. That meant moving 30 miles (I could drive but didn’t want to fight traffic after a long day), taking 50% pay cut, giving up benefits and increasing my working hours by 20%. But for me the experience would be priceless.
(Continue to Fall 2006.)
Japanese version of this entry is here.
After Wayne helped me realize how naïve I was, I looked for an opportunity to learn business on other people’s investment. It must be critical to gain experience before I invest my money into my business.
About 6 months after the conversation with Wayne, the owner of the café I was working part-time announced he was opening another shop in another town. He needed a full-time manager for that branch, and I decide to take the position. That meant moving 30 miles (I could drive but didn’t want to fight traffic after a long day), taking 50% pay cut, giving up benefits and increasing my working hours by 20%. But for me the experience would be priceless.
(Continue to Fall 2006.)
Japanese version of this entry is here.
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Fall 2006
(Continued from Summer 2006)
One for the first things to do as the store manager was to hire part-timers. We posted a little ad on storefront and placed online ads at Craigslist and the employm...
