Now it begins

 Has it been about a month since I began my journey as an entrepreneur? When I look back to it, everything started 2 years ago when I met an American businessman at a bar I went to, and we decided to launch a brand in Korea. I called my long time friend to help, Felipe, and we started hustling. Back then I had no idea about the world of chaos I was stepping into. My first venture was a catastrophic failure, and it did not take off, yet the path to my entrepreneurship was starting to be laid in front of me. And then last year, I started my own online business from scratch. Perhaps one would use the term "online seller", nonetheless, it was a business to me. The idea came to me like an art inspiration while I lay on my bed half awake at 8am. This venture had a small success, and in hindsight I could have had a lot more success had I known what I was doing. But it gave me my first taste of what online business could be.

And then I'm not exactly sure what happened... I guess around the end of last year I moved out of my parent's place. And then I asked my dad for $3000 which I had spent most of it in vain. And then again I loaned about $20k from the bank. Things just sort of naturally led to one another until a lot of pressure built up that I had to launch a successful business campaign. Looking back, it just sort of happened.

But last month is when things got serious. I should have had this attitude when I loaned the 20k. But more than half of it vanished and I'm not even sure where it all went. Just in about 4 months? Anyways, I have learned a lot and I'm confident that if I stick to this path, then I will find success and success will find me.

It's really about commitment at the end of the day. It's kind of like can I run in the dark without running into a wall? When I know for a fact that there's nothing around me for 500m, then I can run really hard. But if I didn't, then it's a lot hard to do that. I would flinch every few steps I run. And how confidently I can make that stride in the dark is a determining factor in my success. To make things worse, imagine there's some pitfalls, volcanic lava, giant human eating plants, and we are in the complete dark. Imagine that all I got is trust in myself to run to the correct destination. Yeah, that's kind of what running your own business feels like.

All in all, I think if I never give up and put the effort and work and time into it, eventual success will be inevitable.