First Blog

Hello Everyone,

I would like to begin by introducing myself to the class. My name is James Koo and I am a senior in the Milgard School of Business at the UWT. Specifically, my major is in Accounting, but I have received a minor in Economics and I am well on my way to completing a minor in Applied Computing. The reason I chose to take this class was: 1. I had to take a TINST course that fulfilled the required credits toward my Applied Computing minor and this was the only course available 2. I felt that I could actually learn something in this course that could be valuable in the future.

My current plan after graduation is probably like most of you. Find a job (hopefully in accounting in my case) that pays well so that I can make a decent living. I know in life not everything goes to plan, so I've imagined a scenario where I am a jobless college graduate that has given up on finding work. I could go find any job that'll get me by that I'll probably be way over-qualified for, but I have to eat, so I could take a job as a waiter, fast food restaurant, etc. Or, I could pull myself up by my own boot straps and venture out there and start my own business. At this point I wouldn't have much to risk, so why not? That's where this course may become helpful to me. I feel possessing the knowledge of how to start a business from the ground up is something that I may never need to know, but if by some chance I do, I will be fully prepared and will be able to avoid many pitfalls that exist when starting your own business.