Powerful Lessons in Entrepreneurship From My Great Aunt’s Hotdog Stand
Who knew a hotdog stand outside of a liquor store could have so many valuable parables to entrepreneurship?
My great aunt and uncle are wealthy. Through admirable frugality and hard work, they have saved and invested a ton of money over the years. Yet, as a hobby or perhaps continuous desire to grind, they keep a side hustle going, put on untimely hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Their business? You may have pieced it together from the title: running a hotdog stand outside a liquor store.
I never can get a straight answer if the liquor store gets a cut of their action or whether they have any permits from the city.
As a published science fiction author, I was absolutely floored at the number of takeaways from their experience that I can apply to my own business of selling more books and getting in front of new readers.
Here are some notes about the powerful lessons in entrepreneurship my great and uncle have learned over the years, passed down to me through equally inspiring and heartwarmingly hilarious stories:
