Erik Hanberg - Guest Speaker

Erik Hanberg gave our class a guest lecture from the perspective of an entrepreneur. He shared with us a quote that said "Everyone has ideas, but most people won't get around to doing it". This quote is the basic idea that, most people have some great ideas that they aren't committed in enough to follow through with. Erik stressed the need for courage. Taking risks is a large part of being an entrepreneur and if you're afraid to take risks then you are in the wrong business. Risk failure.. emotionally, not financially. At the Horatio Theater (he started the theater himself) he ended up losing thousands of dollars in equity. If I lost thousands of dollars in my first business, I'm sure I would have learned quite a bit from the experience but I would definitely lose all confidence and try to play it safe. Erik had written his own book, made a website for it, put some money in for Google ads and had some success with it. The lecture that Erik gave was a very good feel at how people can make a living off of being an entrepreneur and their own boss. It definitely gave me a perspective on opportunities that were not there prior.