Hi i am 17 and i don’t want to work for anyone i want to be a actress or a model but my mom says i can do that but i still need a degree for a back up plan and i honestly cant see my self doing anything else i want to open my own businesses in the future but i know that take time but i want to be my own boss what do i do what do i major in i want to open businesses
interior design shop
fashion line/store
clubs
hotels
restaurants
etc
what do i do
You should get some knowledge about Business and Fashion if you hope go pursue a career as a boss/actress/model and to have your own business. You can open up your own modeling agency or be a fashion designer. In order to be successful, you got to be prepared (have a business plan that shows what your business will be like in 5 years). You could have your own fashion store, but you’ll need to understand marketing (The 4 Ps). I would go to a community college to take some business classes and maybe fashion classes to be ready for the business world.
I hope this helps.
- Work in those types of places
- Whatever your major is, at least try to take a Microeconomics course, a Finance course, and a Marketing course.
- Unless you are made of money, at some point you'll have to secure funding for your startup. That requires a persuasive business plan and willingness to take on all that debt -- the willingness to be a risk-taker.
Then, be prepared to work mad hours initially as you slowly are able to hire help.
But – the opportunity to make lots of money and call all the shots is enough for our entrepreneurs to take the plunge.
lol, coming from an actual business owner if you think you will “be your own boss” you are in for a rude awakening. All your clients and customers are your boss. The fact you can’t spell properly also bodes ill for any business ventures
Be aware that the vast majority of new businesses fail (http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilpatel/2015/01/16/90-of-startups-will-fail-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-10/).
You may want to start exposing yourself in the business and fashion field. Attending events, seminars and other things which could enhance your knowledge on those fields though it might be too much considering that most of these events and seminars are paid bu if you have the money for it already then I think there’s nothing stopping you already
If you hope to be a success, you’ve got to start at the bottom and learn the job completely. I’ll choose “restaurant” from your list, since I spent my formative years working in one.
This week, as a 17 year old: if you don’t already have a part time job, you get one. Today.
You start as a busboy/girl. You learn the nitty gritty of keeping that place running-- how to carry a tray, how to bus a table, how to best help the waitstaff, how to deal with customers, how to find work when “there’s nothing to do.” Otherwise, when you own a restaurant, how will you know how to instruct the busboys? How will you know when they’re doing a good/bad job?
Then you move on to waitress/waiter. You learn what’s in each of the dishes, how to time the orders, how to keep the customers happy, what requests can and can’t be accommodated. You learn how to prioritize; if you get that round of drinks while your steaks are sitting under the hot lights, you’re going to have a very unhappy chef and a very unhappy customer whose rare steak has become well done. Otherwise, how will you know when your waitstaff is doing a good/bad job?
You spend some time as a valet, parking cars in the heat and the snow and the rain. You learn how best to do their job, so that you can instruct your future employees. You learn how big a parking space should be-- you’ll want to maximize your parking while not increasing the odds that your employees will damage someone’s car.
You spend some time in the kitchen, first as a dishwasher, then doing everything from making the desserts to helping the chef. You learn what it really means to clean a kitchen-- if you don’t, then the board of health will someday close down your kitchen. You learn what food the chef orders how often-- order too little and you’ll run out; order too much and it goes bad. You learn the art of menu planning-- what people like, and what sells at a price point that your target population can afford.
You spend some time tending bar. You learn how to make the new fad drinks and the old standbys. You learn how to discourage a customer who has had enough to drink from asking for another, and how best to react if he still wants another drink. You learn how to spot a fake ID. You learn what temperature your beer needs to be, and how to clean and operate the taps. You learn how to price drinks. You learn what a proper pour is, and how and when to buy back a round.
You spend some time in the office, paying the bills, doing payroll, paying the taxes, ordering the food and the replacement drinkware and the booze.
You learn how to spot and deal with employee theft.
At college, you major in culinary arts. You learn how to properly communicate with others, so that you can best deal with vendors and inspectors and customers and attorneys and employees. You learn business law, so that you can make sure you know how to gain access to the information you’ll need. You’ll need to know the laws on hiring minors, on minimum wage, on the number of hours your employees can work, on how often they need a break and on a million other details. You take business classes, so you can learn how to market your business, how to beat the odds and actually stay open past the 3 year mark. You learn how to properly prepare the meals on your menu, just in case the chef comes down with the flu.
And you know that you’ll be working every single holiday. That the entire responsibility for this enterprise is on you, and that people are depending on you staying open so they can feed their families.
In the 3 or 4 restaurants I worked in, I can’t name a single owner whose marriage survived the experience.
And, nope, I’ve never had the inclination to own my own business.