Have you built and owned a buisness?

Several over many years. The most fun though was my first as a teenager - a bicycle repair business. I was fixing mine and parts were expensive. I figured I could buy parts from a wholesaler for less, but then I'd have more inventory than one person needed, so I figured I'd repair other people's bikes to make larger purchases worthwhile. In a similar vein, I loved photography and I found that if I took jobs photographing weddings and other events, I could effectively get other people to pay for my film, darkroom and camera equipment. I kept these businesses alive through college and used the income from working in the summer to cover my college costs.

So the inspiration was really that rather than find a way to make money to buy bike parts and darkroom supplies, I could charge other people to use that stuff to help them. A paying job that I loved.

No, but I took over my brother's "Antique" business. It was called "The Antique Garden". It consisted entirely of the re-sale of collectable silver plated flatware and hollow ware. I expanded it very slightly for a couple of years, into a small fleamarket stall.

My main challenge was buying stock that the dealers would actually BUY. They all wanted the VERY high end collectable stuff, but what was available was usually NOT in demand.

I’m a successful Fashion Model and also write Fashion Articles for magazines mostly in China 🙂🙂