The Surprising Path of an Entrepreneur.

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Choice count: 31

Section count: 21

Image count: 21

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis

Business : 99 matches

(administration, benefits, brand, business, cash flow, client, clients, cold call, commerce, company, compete, contracts, deal, distribution, employee, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, financial, firm, franchise, gain, investment, lead, leads, management, manager, market, marketing, money, offer, office, opportunity, owner, paid, partner, pay, salary, sale, sales, to compete, trainee)

Education : 82 matches

(academic, cegep, choice, class, college, compensation, courses, evaluate, failed, field, first, further, games, grades, high school, knowledge, learn, learned, learning, management, market, options, research, school, skills, social, teach, test, trainee, training, university)

Law : 48 matches

(bar, client, clients, close, club, compensation, consideration, corruption, distribution, fact, financial, house, local, market, month, offer, office, option)

Target Structure: (32 matches)

compensation (1 match)

cursory (1 match)

hr (3 matches)

internship (4 matches)

invaluable (3 matches)

lack of (1 match)

office politics (1 match)

ojt (1 match)

overtime (2 matches)

compensation package (1 match)

pension (2 matches)

premium wage (2 matches)

pulled off (1 match)

pulling off (1 match)

purpose (1 match)

put aside (1 match)

retirement (1 match)

straight a's (1 match)

thoroughly (1 match)

though (1 match)

time management (1 match)

trainee (1 match)

undermine (1 match)

vacant position (1 match)

wage (2 matches)

corruption (1 match)

ingrained (1 match)

bribe (3 matches)

bribes (1 match)

volunteer (2 matches)

volunteering (2 matches)

abroad (4 matches)

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The Surprising Path of an Entrepreneur.

Choose the best college for you.

The end of high school is quickly approaching, and it's time to start applying for college. You have two options to consider and both have the Social Science with commerce program that you want. The first is Montmorency College, which is conveniently located near your house and where most of your friends will be attending. On the other hand, Ahuntsic College will introduce you to Montreal and open up a whole new world of opportunities.

Choice 1 : Apply to Montmorency College.

Choice 2 : Apply to Ahuntsic College.

two path

Go to Montmorency College.

College is going great for you. In fact, you are pulling off straight A's while still having fun with your friends. However, you have also been considering ways to make some extra money with the spare time you have. One option, is to apply for a job at your local gas station, as the idea of owning a franchise in the future seems intriguing. Alternatively, you could start your own business and gain valuable experience in the entrepreneurial field.

Choice 1 : Apply at your local gas station.

Choice 2 : Start your own business.

Montmorency College

Work at the Gas Station.

The local gas stations quickly contacted you and offered you the job, scheduling your first day with on-the-job training (OJT). Your first day as a trainee was quite interesting and your manager appeared to be very friendly. However, on your first day of work, you were assigned to a night shift as a cashier. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, an armed man tried to rob you and in an instance of panic, you tried to play the hero and tragically died...

Choice 1 : Try again

Gas station

Start Your own Business.

Trying to build your own clothing brand was something you've always dreamed of, so this was the opportunity for you to start your journey as an entrepreneur. Then, in the next year your brand had a certain success, and you wanted to take advantage of it as much as possible. So, as cegep was coming to an end you could either go to university and learn more about business and administration, or begging to work full time on your personal up coming clothing brand.

Choice 1 : Apply to university.

Choice 2 : Work on Your Brand.

Clothing brand

Apply to University.

Going to university was a great decision. In fact, you were able to further develop your brand and improve it with the knowledge you gained from your courses. As a result, you successfully created a globally recognized brand by learning about marketing, distribution, accounting, and HR. Congratulations, you are now a thriving entrepreneur and the proud owner of a renowned clothing brand!

Choice 1 : Congratulation, start again

HEC

Work on Your Brand.

Working full time on your brand started well as the cash flow was pretty high. However, the hype started to crash as fast as it came because of your lack of knowledge to administrate your company. Panic started to spread all over you, and you started to lose hope. But, thinking back on it, going to university would've been a great idea. Now, you must try again as you couldn't achieve the success you wanted as an entrepreneur.

Choice 1 : Try again

Cash flow

Go to Ahuntsic College.

Well, College isn't going so great for you. Sure you made new friends, but you did a cursory job that leads to some atrocious grades. Additionally, you have pulled off the worst time management ever as you are always late for class. At this point, you really want to succeed, though you weren't sure if the best option was to put aside every distraction you had and to study as hard as you could, if the comeback was still possible, or should you quit college for good and volunteered abroad.

Choice 1 : Volunteer Abroad.

Choice 2 : Academic Comeback.

Ahuntsic College

Volunteer Abroad.

After careful consideration, volunteering abroad was the best decision for you. It would teach you invaluable skills that could lead to a job with a premium wage, rather than settling for a dead-end one. So, you chose Spain as your destination to find your purpose. After a couple of weeks, you and your new friends decided to go out and celebrate. Some wanted to go to a sports bar, while others preferred a club. Where would you choose to celebrate?

Choice 1 : Go to the sports bar.

Choice 2 : Go to the club

Volunteering abroad

Go to the Sports bar.

The night was amazing and you and your friends even made friends with many locals. However, these locals were playing a gambling game and your entrepreneurial spirit couldn't resist the opportunity to make some money. You were successful in your first three games and tripled your money, but unfortunately, the night ended on a sad note because you ended up losing all of your winnings. It was then that you realized the money you had lost was meant to pay for your ticket back to Canada. As a result, you were forced to beg for money and live the rest of your life as a beggar.

Choice 1 : Try again

Sports bar

Go to the Club.

The night started off slowly as you found yourself sitting alone in the club after losing sight of your friends. Suddenly, a strange-looking man approached and sat beside you, and you struck up a conversation. He then shared his dream of becoming a recognized chef, but admitted he had no idea how to manage a business. Eventually, he proposed the idea of starting a restaurant together, as you seemed to complement each other well.

Choice 1 : Take the Offre.

Choice 2 : Decline the Offer.

Club

Take the Offre.

Taking the offer was the best decision you have ever made. In fact, you officially moved to Spain, and you and your partner became great friends and opened a restaurant together, which ended up being one of the most successful and luxurious in all of Europe. Congratulations, you are now a recognized restaurant entrepreneur.

Choice 1 : Congratulation, start again

Restaurant

Decline the Offer.

You rejected the offer, and returned to Canada the week after as your volunteering time was done. Then, you got a job as a club manager in Montreal, and they offered you a premium wage as you had partied in another country which they thought was an invaluable experiment for someone working in clubs. Finally, welcome to your entrepreneurial sense, you ended up owning 51% of the shares of the club's company.

Choice 1 : Congratulation, start again

Club owner

Academic Comeback.

You achieved the greatest comeback in history, and against all odds, passed all of your courses and graduated. To gain invaluable experiences for your entrepreneurial career, you decided to apply for an internship but couldn't decide which was the best for your future between a Finance firm, and a Sales firm.

Choice 1 : Apply in a Finance firm.

Choice 2 : Apply in a Sales firm.

Comeback

Apply in a Finance firm.

The internship at the financial firm was a great experience, as you were able to learn a lot in just one month. You thoroughly enjoyed your time there. At the end of the internship, the HR department offered you a job due to a vacant position, along with a compensation package that included paid vacations and a pension. They also mentioned the availability of overtime, which would triple your salary, and an all-you-can-eat bar. This offer seemed almost too good to be true.

Choice 1 : Take the Job.

Choice 2 : Reject the Job.

Finance firm

Take the Job.

You accepted the job with great enthusiasm. However, after a month of working there, you noticed that the promised benefits from the HR department were not materializing. This made you angry, and you even considered starting your own Finance company to compete with them. Despite this, a part of you still hold onto the hope that the benefits may eventually come.

Choice 1 : Build a Company.

Choice 2 : Keep the Job.

Take the job

Build a Company.

You decided to build your own company to get the revenge you wanted on your previous employer. This decision was carefully planned, and turned out great as you quickly became the biggest financial company in Canada after blowing out on social media. Also, you ended up stealing all of their clients. You are now one of the most successful entrepreneurs in all of Canada.

Choice 1 : Congratulation, start again

Successfull company

Keep the Job.

You accepted that the benefits might take time to appear due to some technical issues. However, you never received you paid vacations, your overtime available, or your pension. But, at least the company eventually added an all-you-can-eat bar for breakfast serving eggs and bacon every morning. Finally, that single benefit made you stay and work til retirement for this same low paying company.

Choice 1 : Try again

Breakfast

Reject the Job.

You rejected the job offer as it seemed to be suspicious. So, you decided to try day trading as a full time job. But, what could've made you think that you had the capacity to succeed? You made poor investment decisions did not properly research the market. So, lost all your money in the bad trades. You took unconsidered risked and failed to achieve your entrepreneurial aspirations.

Choice 1 : Try again

Day trading

Apply in a Sales firm.

The internship began slowly due to office politics among the employees. In fact, every employee you met seemed to engage in gossip and undermine their colleagues. You also discovered that there was corruption ingrained in the company, as many employees gave bribes to obtain sales contracts. Now, it is your turn to make a cold call and close a sale.

Choice 1 : Bribe the Client.

Choice 2 : Close the Deal.

Cold Call

Bribe the Client.

You tried to bribe your client as everyone does, and it backfired. In fact, the client you called was your boss who went undercover to evaluate your salesman skills. You tried to explain that everyone did it before you, but his rage led him to fire all of the employees except for you. He told you that he had a special job for you as you told him about the situation. Finally, he gave you a poor and demanding job of being his servant.

Choice 1 : Try again

Servant

Close the Deal.

You used the techniques you learned to close properly the deal. Surprisingly, your boss was the client you called as he wanted to test your skills. He was so impressed by your sales technique that he offered you a full time salesman job on the spot. You were then so happy that he believed in you that it pushed you to get better. Although you weren't an entrepreneur, you ended up becoming a successful and rich salesman.

Choice 1 : Congratulation, start again

Salesman