I recently had lunch with Raman Chadha, from DePaul University’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center.
Raman has had an interesting business career. After spending some time in the banking industry, he started his own consulting firm, helping entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage their companies.
He’s now the Executive Director of the Coleman Center, and he’s on the faculty of DePaul’s academic program in entrepreneurship.
Raman and I feel the same way about people who have taken the risk to start their own business. Entrepreneurs Rock!
We had lunch at the Ivy Restaurant, right here in downtown Wheaton, Illinois. As we were leaving, we had a brief conversation with the owner, Dick O’Gorman.
Dick opened the restaurant a year ago, right in the middle of the recession. We asked Dick why on earth he’d start a new business in the heart of a recession.
His reply: “We’ll if 10% of the people are unemployed, that means 90% are still working. And those are customers we can serve.”
To paraphrase Professor Terguson from the movie Back to School: “Dick, I like the way you think. I’m going to be watching you.”
Yes, we’re still in an economic downturn. But that doesn’t stop new entrepreneurs. They have innovative ideas for products, services or technologies. They also have faith in themselves and their ideas.
Sure enough, the Entrepreneurial Spirit is alive and well!
To learn more about the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, check out their website at http://cec.depaul.edu/.
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