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How EE is Preparing Me for My Future

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By Aidan Manuse, Class of 2025


This year, God has blessed me and many others with the opportunity to learn about how to be an entrepreneur. When I read that this class would be added to the curriculum in the Remington Weekly over the summer, I immediately knew it was something I wanted to do. So far, it has been as helpful as I had expected it to be. One thing that stood out to me in this class was the concept of “Mission, Vision, Values.” I’ve heard of it before, but it was described and demonstrated through speakers in such a way it became more prominent in my future plans. 


There are 3 questions you have to ask when starting a business: 

  1. Why do you exist? 

  2. What do you value as a business? 

  3. Where are you going? 


These questions are essential to knowing the purpose of your business. If you don’t know why you’re doing it, or what problem it’s solving, or how you want the business to grow, then there’s nowhere to go. You can’t start a business without knowing where it’s heading. “If you fail to plan, then you’re planning to fail” (Steven Carter). There also arises the issue of ethics. With any business, you have to think of how your product best helps your target audience, but there will be no customers if there’s no integrity. That’s the purpose of the mission statement and the values – living them out proves your business has integrity and that it’s worth purchasing from.   


Learning about this very important concept was integral to me finetuning my plans for my future. A bit of background about me, I am a Torah-Observant Christian, meaning I believe that Jesus was the promised Messiah, that He is God made flesh, come to save us from our sins and extend His grace, but I also believe that in order to demonstrate that we love Him, we have to keep the commandments (John 14:15). With that, I keep Leviticus 11. This has been very difficult for me and my family to eat out. You really don’t know what’s in food until you have to research every food in stores and restaurants. Another aspect of food restrictions that’s more commonly known is allergies. My cousin is deathly allergic to peanuts and wheat, and so my aunt has to triple check every restaurant she’s interested in eating at for his sake.


With both of these things in mind, I decided I wanted to start a restaurant where people with allergies and food restrictions could go knowing anything they eat will be safe for them. There are a couple of restaurants that have accomplished this, like 110 Bar & Grill, but I want to create a restaurant that adheres to God’s commandments fully. I want to have it closed on the Feasts and Shabbat, and I want to make sure Christian values are demonstrated through how my staff act, and how everything is prepared. 


So truly, the Entrepreneurial Education class has been very helpful and informative about how important it is to have a Mission, a Vision, and Core Values to have a successful business. 


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