Life in Sales

Friday afternoon Mr. Lowe, a former GCC student and father of Adam Lowe, came to our Sales in the Startup class to talk to us about his life experiences in sales and entrepreneurship. Mr. Lowe had an interesting story that no one in the class expected, especially me. Growing up I was always taught that education was one of the most important areas in life and that one must continue her or his education to maintain a certain “style” of life that brings us wealth and a happy life. Well, Mr. Lowe’s story shattered that perception. After attending Grove City College for three years, Mr. Lowe decided it was his turn to try his hand at business. During the summer after his sophomore year, an asphalt company was started that only had three or so employees under the companies name. As time grew on so did the company, eventually causing Mr. Lowe to drop out of school and take his company full time. I won’t retell the whole story however one of the key take away that any one can grasp is that learning your limits and weaknesses is essential to any business that wants to succeed. Mr. Lowe was terrible at management, so he hired an expert in that field which turned around one of his future ventures and saved his business from failing. This is a prime example of realizing your faults and figuring out a way to fix them. Throughout Mr. Lowe’s has seen several business models, various types of businesses, and different coworkers, but his mindset when it comes to business has stayed the same. His story not only inspired me but the entire class as we are students with a drive to succeed. We were blessed to have a successful entrepreneur and strong minded individual come in and talk to our class.