In the beginning...

To completely understand this Journal you must first understand who I am, and where I am coming from. So bear with me while I introduce myself to you. My name is Dane Anderson and I am an Entrepreneur. I grew up in a house with a single mom, three older sisters, (myself), and my younger brother. My mother was very passionate about being home with her kids even though she had nothing more than a High school education and 5 kids under the age of 16 when she became a single parent after 18 years of marriage. My mother in her efforts to be with us and raise found herself in a situation where she was thrust into Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship may not have been a new concept to her it may have felt more comfortable than the alternative of being an employee. Her father, my grandpa worked from home in a shop he built with his hands and was a wedding cake maker/ baker his whole life. He was very successful in his chosen field and lived the life he and his wife desired. With that being said I watched from the time I was nine till now (age 24) as my mother has struggled and failed with many companies and succeeded with others.

Due to the learning curve when I was entering into Junior High I recall a childhood full of financial burdens that plagued our whole family with stress and fear. I began reading and purchasing business books and finance books. A desire in me to can control over my own finances began to plant itself into my heart. My best friends became: Robert Kioysaki, Dave Ramsey, Napoleon Hill, Dan Miller, Stephen Covey, Ayn Rand and many others.

When I went on a 50 mile back-packing trip I was the scout that bought candy (even  though I dislike candy) to provide a needed/ wanted good/service for the other scouts to get things I wanted that I didn't want to carry. I traded one laffy taffy for one scout's pillow for the whole week. I did feel bad as I watched him toss and turn all night while trying to use his own clothes as a pillow. These are but a few examples that have made the DNA of who I am coming into this course.

I never had the desire to come to BYU-Idaho. I didn't even want to go to BYU-Provo except if I played football. As fate would have it though I feel in love with my wife while I was attending Utah Valley University and she was at BYU-Idaho. We got married and moved to Idaho. I am currently studying Business Management with an emphasis in Finance. My emphasis would've been "Entrepreneurship" but I felt the classes within my current major would help me best with where I want to go and what I need to learn. I am trying to stay within the 120-140 credit limit to graduate but still take classes I want and feel are beneficial...Hence, why I am in this course.