A Business School Student, Who's Never Heard The Word Startup.

It was WhisperApp that we crossed paths. A 23 year old business student, and I were talking about the fact that he did not drink or do drugs. That was his post. He had said that he was probably a rare man who didn't drink and do drugs, and I had responded with, "What do you do then? work out?" 

So the conversation began. We fiddled around with stupid stuff trying to find out what the other person did for a living etc... and then when I replied that I was a "Crazy Entrepreneur" he exploded with joy as if I was some kind of goddess! 

His reply was filled with excitement! I was the woman he was looking for, at least in theory. He said he too was that, and he was filled with the utmost joy!

I read the reply and thought "oh great a person who loves business, and being an entrepreneur, and so I started talking about my startup. 

Whoops! 

When I said "startup" he replied with, "Do you mean the website?" Hmmm, I pondered what he meant. Yes surly there are lots of startup websites, but he seemed to be referring to "startup" as the one and only website called Startup.

Turns out that, he has never heard of the word "startup". Now I can understand that because most of my friends have never heard of that word, or if they have, they don't know what it is. He humbly admitted that he didn't know what it was. So gracious to do that!

I told him what it was, in as, briefly words as I could in an app. I don't really think he knows the whole realm of it at this point, but I hope I cracked open his mind, just a tiny bit more.

I thought about business school, and what that would be like to be, in today. I went to college every decade of my life, but I never took business. The sad thing is, it's business that really excites me. It's the one thing I should have been taking all those years I stumbled around trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I always thought business was BORING! I never signed up for those classes. I always signed up for something I thought I was interested in, like art or writing. But what I thought was interesting, always lead to nothing for me in the career realm.

I thought about my new young friend, and the fact he was in business school. I don't know what semester he was in, but if he has never heard the word startup, he couldn't be far. Yet maybe he could be. 

The word startup, should be common knowledge in business school I would think. Yet maybe college's today will not study that until the last semester, who knows! I think the very first thing you should learn in business school is,"What is a Startup". It's hugely important!

A startup is the fire of entrepreneurs! It's the reason we exist, the reason we seek building great things for others. A startup is  the emerald of business, the diamond of business desire, the solid stone of conquering what you think you couldn't. It's the idea you took, and turned nothing into something. It's a company that can scale fast, once it gets going. 

A startup is the the very first class they should teach in business school. 

I've started a ton of startups, and they all have failed! Yet I do not give up, because I seek the startup that will be a gift for humanity. 

This is why I keep building startups!

~ jana, as always, I love you!