While many of my fellow students have part time jobs to make some extra money, I thought that I would try something different.  I thought that college would give me the opportunity to try new things, so I thought it was the perfect time to try my hand at being an entrepreneur.

But my biggest challenge was trying to find some sort of business model that would work around my busy school schedule.  I didn’t want to have a large time commitment, nor did I want to start something that I was going to be married to, so that sure didn’t give me a lot of choices.

After brainstorming with a number of friends, I ended up deciding that offering a diploma framing service was going to be a perfect fit for me.  It is a pretty lucrative business with very low overhead (since I just order the frames that my clients need from the Internet), and there are really only two busy seasons in the entire year – December and April.

The first year was a little rough to get going, but now in my third year, I know that I have made the right choice.  The business is thriving and I think I might even continue it after my college days are over.  Not bad for my first business, right?

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