Very Short Interview, Part 2

Short Interview with an Entrepreneur

Well after reviewing the first interview I had with Mr. Martinez, I found some differences between questions I asked the first time and questions I asked the second time. Our first interview was more structured and had more forward questions about how being a business owner and being an entrepreneur are different and how they are the same.

Interview Part 2

1.       What parts of your job do you find most challenging?

“I would have to say dealing with people. It’s easy to do the work, well I mean it’s not easy work but it’s easier to do the work than deal with certain people. I love what I do, but yes dealing with people is the most difficult. Like explaining things to people, and having to deal with some difficult characters. I know I have to try and be patient, and that’s my biggest challenge. Really that’s why I work for my own and not corporate America. After that though my job is a great gig.”  

2.       Which is more important to you and your business- mission, core values or vision?

“Core values. I feel as though they represent what is expected of me. My values are the highest of all, I firmly believe that if you are going to do something you have to do them right. I like to follow the rules and follow the law, and in my line of work you know I have to be aware and truthful with people’s taxes so I don’t want to refer clients to sketchy people. See in my profession, honesty and integrity is extremely important. After core values though, I also think my mission is important. I want to help out people and do my best to serve them.”

3.        If you could start all over again, would you change your career path in any way? Why?

“I went school with the thought that I wanted to learn about taxes. I then had a terrible teacher that I just could not get along with and in the end did very poorly in his class. It was because of him that I changed my major from accounting to business management and I got my MBA instead. Now when I think back on it, I shouldn’t have allowed this teacher to have me change my path. In the end I found my way back to accounting, and even though it took me the long way I got here. I love what I do, but I had to learn things from scratch. When I look back it, I should have never let the teacher change me, so if I could have started all over again I would have put up with the teacher and stay true to my goal. However, seeing where I am now I wouldn’t want anything to be different, because in the end I know what is in my heart.”

So after doing this second interview with the entrepreneur, it was much easier to ask questions compared to the first time. This interview was much more open and left to me to decide where I wanted it to go. In a sense the entrepreneur did sense a change in me with this interview. Previously we had spoken about my major and how I was pre-health with music. Now I am deciding if I want to be business or English with music. He mentioned the fact that it was a good thing I was trying out this entrepreneurship course, and that in the end I should choose something that I feel is right and not let anything deter me from doing so.