So, as many of my close friends and family know, I am a very entrepreneurial person, having started many ventures in the past, from an income generating website to a produce wholesaler and vendor, the spirit has always been in me. Coming closer to graduation and receiving my bachelor's degree, I have realized that I am coming ever closer to entering the real world.
Today I listened to a lecture by a few prominent business and alum of Oswego State and what they had to say about life after college really made me think, on top of feeling sick. In a nutshell, they said that in the real world, it is not what you know, but who you know. Of course effort and persistence will help, but that is the bottom line. This had made me think about after college life. If you don't have a strong network of professionals, you're going to have to work much harder to achieve the same things in life as somebody with this, and that hard work doesn't even guarantee it.
My solution to this perception is to start my own business; not leaving a professional career on the whims of a corporate manager that I didn't go to school with or was not a fraternity buddy of his son. A degree in business has really helped me realize this dream. It has set the building blocks of success for a profitable entrepreneurial venture.
I have founded a business called CACR Books. I am currently in the process of obtaining used and new college textbooks from current and previous students to build an inventory. I have gotten sick and tired of buying books from a college bookstore and then four months later selling the book back for less than 20% of what I bought it for, even less if I bought the book new.
Researching this market, I have determined that there is ample room for entry, given the absolutely huge profit margins that these bookstores are experiencing. My business plan is to offer a better price to students for their books. This blog post is my delivery to the world of my first official business. I plan on leasing a site to store the books once my inventory becomes adequate.
So, calling out to all of my 3 readers, I am actively seeking textbooks and will pay a price better than a typical gouging bookstore. When the school semester ends, make sure to keep me in mind if you want more money for your books. In order to receive an offer for your books, email me at carl.chappell@gmail.com with the 10 or 13 ISBN number on bar code of the books that you wish to receive cash for. Yes, I will pay cash for the books and will pick up the books from you at a time convenient to you.
Soon, I plan on starting a web page that will become the internet home of this venture. I will publish another post when it comes online.
