823 Advizers
Dave
Owner/CEO
Bar & Restaurant Patrol
Chico State University
NA
Q1Career path
Career Pivoting
Entrepreneurship
Overcoming Challenges
5:02
"I had to walk into bars and sell my services and I hate selling, but I made myself do it."
Q2Main responsibilities
Online Business
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
1:23
"I don't like managing a large team of people."
Q3Day in the life
Entrepreneurship
Recurring Revenue
Executive/Leadership
1:20
"My day in the life now that I've gotten to where I am really varies because I have the freedom to kind of do whatever I want."
Q4Most important skills - role
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Online Business
1:22
"If you just study each one, one at a time, it builds that foundation."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Small Business Ownership
Overcoming Challenges
Entrepreneurship
1:22
"I just like the freedom to be able to say yes to anything anytime I want."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Small Business Management
1:29
"I have kind of what's called shiny object syndrome, where I see something, I'm like, oh, I could do that. But I've learned to stay in my lane."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Customer Service
Entrepreneurship
Business Ownership
1:25
"the more you help other people get what they want, you're gonna get what you want. It's just the law of business. It's the law of the universe."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Risk-taking
Entrepreneurship
Visionary thinking
1:05
"They're visionaries and they think differently than the 95% out there who just wanna show up to a job and get their paycheck."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Perseverance
Long-Term Vision
Entrepreneurship
2:22
"the perseverance it's gonna take to get where you want to go"
Q10Entry-level positions
Career Exploration
Internships
Entrepreneurship
2:07
"I would recommend interning for someone or working for someone for free just to learn what you wanna do."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Achieving Goals
Career Development
Overcoming Challenges
2:51
"do not settle for something. Even if you have to go get another job to make ends meet and to make income. 'cause we need income."
Q12College ideas for success
Career Exploration
Overcoming Challenges
Achieving Goals
0:50
"I think it's important that you find something that you really love and try to find that field to go into."
Q13How identity impacted career
Discipline
Teamwork
Leadership
2:04
"And just being a locker room, that camaraderie and being together was more than anything and that's what we missed the most of it."