Entrepreneurship Story

I first became interested in entrepreneurship when I heard Steve Madden's story. I love shoes and I have always dreamt of opening up my own store, whether it be a designer shop, or a retail store. Steve Madden has always been my favorite company, and I heard about his story getting started on his designs in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. After that I started watching videos about his journey and even got the opportunity to watch him speak at Norman Hall at University of Florida my freshman year. The one thing that stuck with me was when he said that not all passions will make you money, and that sometimes a passion may just be a hobby, but if you can excel in that passion and somehow turn it into a career, you can be a successful entrepreneur. That has always stuck with me, and I think about it frequently when thinking about the future.