One encounter I’ve had with entrepreneurship is meeting my old boss Joe Del Cueto, who was an entrepreneur himself. He wrote a book about his life and I met him through the CJC and ended up working for him doing his social media for the book. This led to me interning at his company, DMG Solutions, last summer. DMG Solutions is his company he started in the early 2000’s after working for other people in the marketing industry for many years. He built the business into one making multi-millions of dollars through direct marketing in the US-Hispanic market. Joe had a hard upbringing filled with abuse, neglect, and death and he came out on the other side a successful entrepreneur with a booming business. Working with Joe taught me that anyone can be successful in owning their own business no matter what background they came from. He’s become my mentor and I have learned so much from him since our meeting. The picture above is of me and Joe on my last day of my internship this past summer.
I enrolled in ENT3003 to finish my business concentration for my advertising major. I chose this class because it sounded very interesting to learn what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur in case I decide to start my own business one day. I hope to learn tips and tricks for new business owners.
Hey Madison, I think it's so cool how you could help first hand with the entrepreneurship process and got to see a behind the scenes while helping Mr. Cueto with his book. I also enjoyed the back story of why he wanted to go into the entrepreneurship industry in the first place. He was able to show you that no matter where you come from you can change you life around and create your own success.
ReplyDeleteThat's really nice! It is great to work directly for people who are successful entrepreneurs. I am currently working for a Gainesville entrepreneur, Augi Lye, and he has taught me a lot. It is great to hear your story!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great story to read! I love how you were able to make a connection with someone, an entrepreneur, and further your education/knowledge with this person by being able to intern for him! I think that is honestly an experience of a lifetime and his background leading up to his successful present/future is very inspiring and moving.
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