My Entrepreneurship Story

I was first exposed to entrepreneurship in a grocery store. Not Publix or Winn Dixie, but Milam's Markets. Milam's Market is now a small grocery chain in Miami that my grandfather, Thomas James Milam, built from scratch. Why a grocery store, you may ask? Because people are always going to need to eat. Born in 1984, Milam's began serving the Coral Gables area. Over the years, more stores opened in Sunny Isles, Miami Springs, and Coconut Grove. Although a couple of the stores failed and had to close, my family was not discouraged. When I walked into the newly-renovated Coconut Grove store, I had a new appreciation for all of the work my family did to make this dream come true. Instead of folding, they let failures and obstacles inspire them, and that inspired me. 

I enrolled in this class to gain the skills to be self-sufficient in the business world. I wish to learn how to identify potential opportunities and take advantage of them, and to have the confidence to be motivated by my failures, like my family.