Intern Entrepreneurship: From driver to open shop

Kona Ice ice cone chain for internship two summer college students to provide a shaved ice car, let it start the entrepreneurial process. Article | Jason Daley This is perhaps the most satisfying internship Derek has received. In 2008, he became the driver of Kentucky State, a Kona ice-cream chain. For the next 5 summers, he continued his part-time internship while acquiring a bachelor and Master's degree in architecture from Kentucky State University. The internship allowed him to accumulate experience in managing shaved ice cars and corporate accounts, and eventually began his own chain of business, and he ran a chain of shaved ice cars and created other results. I think the term ' intern ' always has a negative meaning, like a courier or a coffee salesman. "However, when I started interacting with CEO Tony Lan and other executives every day to get a one-on-one conversation with these people, I found it helped me pursue my personal goals," Taylor said. "But internships and 10 of dollars per hour are not the biggest rewards for Taylor's part-time shaved ice in the summer." Every year he was working towards his goal--to realize the chain operation of Kona Ice. In 2012, he bought his truck and started a business in the vicinity of Evansville, Indiana. Q: How much is the salary of the internship? A: I'm the first intern in the company, so when I started, they were still on the internship program. Now I know that interns can get a $8000 worth of Kona Ice ice-shaved car after only two summers in the company. I was paid about 4000 dollars a year. During the internship, my assets can pay the full cost of my franchise, the rest of the money I cast into my own shaved ice car. Q: Why do you do this instead of looking for a job in the construction industry? A: A few years ago I decided to continue working on Kona ice after graduation. I'm only 24 years old and have a lot of friends who don't start their own careers either looking for a job or busy phoning a bank. They have no chance to take control of their careers and their destinies. Kona ice This is what attracts me, which gives me the opportunity to pursue my personal goals and ambitions. Q: So is it possible to say that you have a strong ambition for shaved ice? A: From this year's effect, my two trucks are full all summer, and I think I can support 5 shaved ice cars in Evansville City. I think we can get into the convention center and the baseball field and the zoo. I regard Kona Ice as a springboard for my future, and it is helping me to lay the groundwork for future careers. Eventually, I will find someone similar to me, let them run my Kona Ice, and give them the opportunity I had. I have had the opportunity, so I want to give others a similar opportunity. Q: What do your parents think? A: For my plan, parents must have some hesitation at first. It's really difficult to introduce Kona ice unless they can see me.Our ice-shaving cars and how the team works with each other. I don't think my parents understand what's going on until 2.5 before I took them to the corporate headquarters and they realized that I wasn't just a guy who sold shaved ice in an icecream truck, it was a stable, thriving company. Let the parents see the real thing, I introduced to my Father Kona Company and its own experience and business philosophy. After that, my parents and my brother bought their own shaved ice car, and the parking space was on my side. But their own business has not started, because in the past summer, I hired them both, my business is big. (Translation | Kai Shan)