User:Alexrob19

I was born in Moncton, New Brunswick on September 21st, 1988. I was born into, and raised, in a family of dedicated entrepreneurs. The MacArthur’s were known as the established owners of several different local businesses, ranging from paving and construction companies, to flower shops. If there is one thing I’m sure of, it is that entrepreneurship is in my blood. I was born to run my own business. At the young age of 13, I was already imagining a business I could call my own; something innovative, unique and jet-setting. I started with merely twenty dollars in my pocket. I had earned this money from mowing my aunt’s lawn. I made what money I could by doing small things such as mowing family member’s lawns, babysitting children in the neighbourhood, and even selling lemonade and hotdogs on the side of the road. Even at a young age, I was always eager to earn a quick buck. Stemming from these ideas, an even bigger idea flourished inside my mind, and I knew that with hard-work and lots of experience, I could one day open my own landscaping and lawn care company.

Attending Moncton High School (2002-2006), I joined Junior Achievement. I knew this would be an important step towards the future I dreamt of. I started observing my family’s businesses more carefully and taking notes on how a proper business is run. In addition to this, I joined the Greater Moncton Santa Claus Parade Committee. My love for the holiday season and decorating led me to believe that it was also a step in the right direction. That year I helped raise sponsorship money for the event and I helped in the construction of the floats involved. We were the third largest parade in Canada.

When I graduated from high school I moved on to get my degree in carpentry at NBCC. I graduated NBCC in 2007. Upon my graduation, I bought my own truck, and began landscaping full-time. This wasn’t fulfilling enough for me, so I decided to assume some loans to finally start my own company. It was a difficult task, starting from the ground up. I had assumed a loan from my uncle of 5,000 dollars and a loan from the Government of Canada of 50,000, in order to get myself started. I named the company “MacArthur’s Landscaping”, after my grandfather, my greatest inspiration. What started as a one-man team grew quickly to a team of four. After this small growth, the company flourished even more. We remained quite busy until mid November of 2008. Always scoping, with eyes open for great opportunities, something fantastic presented itself. It was a cold winter day when I was driving down my street on my way to the corner store. I saw a man hanging up Christmas decorations by himself, seemingly struggling. As I offered to help the stranger, I realized something. Many people are lazy in the holiday season and don’t get too excited over having to fully decorate their house in the cold by themselves. If I was able to help this man decorate his house, with only my two hands, how efficient and convenient would it be to have four other sets of hands helping people decorate for the festive season? I decided, in hopes of keeping the employees of my company busy and earning profit until we recruited more employees, to open a Christmas decorating company. The Christmas decorating company I ran was very successful, and by the time spring rolled around, the landscaping company had grown to four times its original size.

I started to get involved in the event business in 2005. I was working on Concerts that consist of the Rolling Stones, U2, AC/DC, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Eagles and Bon Jovi at Magnetic Hill Concert Site. In 2011 I went to work for someone in the events business. I did this for eight months. Unhappy with being under the complete control of someone else, and still wishing to run my own business, I then moved to Nova Scotia in hopes to start a new life, and a new business. I am moving my other businesses, “MacArthur’s Landscaping” and the Christmas décor business to Nova Scotia in the winter of 2011.

I am not your average 23 year old guy. I am driven to the point where I’d do anything to run my own business successfully. I have lots of experience in the business field, and I hope to gain much more. I am determined to run an innovative company. I know I have what it takes to make it in the entrepreneur world. After all, I only learnt from the best.