A short interview excerpt in which entrepreneur and architect Alejandro Bonet recounts how a client offered to back him, his struggles raising funds to open an office, and how discovering the SBA enabled him to buy a building. He reflects on the rewards and recognition of being his own boss and praises available support programs that help entrepreneurs.
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It all started one crazy day when a client of mine asked me, do you want to be your own architect? And I said, how could I pass this opportunity? He says, I'll put up the money for you, and you'll be an architect. Be that. I learned the hard way how difficult it was to get all the money to open an office. When I finally decided, well, let me see how I can purchase an office with minimum down, that's when I found out about the sba, and that's how I was able to buy this building. When you're your own boss, there's really no one there to recognize you. So whenever you get anybody to recognize anything that you do, it's kind of nice.
And you're inspiring the entrepreneurial spirit of our nation. So felicidades. Congratulations.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Very rewarding. And it's very nice that there's things out there that we can use that help us get where we want to get, like the sva. Those fortunate enough to learn about it and get that help, it can be very beneficial.