Are Entrepreneurs Born That Way? or Car Chargers for Sale!

By now you know I am a huge fan of the Entrepreneurial Spirit and free enterprise.  I love the ideas and the freedoms that they represent.  In my mind it embodies everything that is right about America and free people.

Because it is so important to me, I have tried to study what makes one person an entrepreneur and another just not able to think that way.  I want my kids to be able to think like an entrepreneur.

When we took a family vacation to Disneyland a few years ago we made a day trip into Mexico just for fun.  We had SO MUCH fun there!  We toured all of the street vendors and ate massive Kligkids amounts of amazing street food with bowls of cold radishes and cucumbers on the side.  We bought silver jewelry and quarts of vanilla; candied fruit and garish sombreros.  We drank margaritas and danced to mariachi bands and in general had a blast.

But one of the most surprising best parts of the whole day was when we got into the 2 hour line to get back over the border.  Between the lanes of stopped cars waiting were dozens of vendors some with carts and some carrying their wares walking up and down the road, stopping at the cars and knocking on windows sometimes.  Most just walked up and down.  There were people selling freshly fried churros in paper bags for a dollar.  Let's just say we REALLY enjoyed those churros! We would buy a bag and share it between us all, and then wait for the next churro vendor to come by.  So much fun!  We laughed at the 2 ft plastic turtles and the seriously tacky religious decorations that walked by.

When we went to Tijuana for my surgery we had hoped that Pete would get a chance to go eat some street food and do some souvenir shopping for the kids, but it didn't happen.  We were told that because the shuttle had a medical pass that the lines would be minimal to get back over the border, but we hit a day with extra long lines and got to watch the vendors in action again.

First churro vendor that came by had Pete in heaven eating a fresh churro again and reminiscing.

But what I want to talk about today is something we didn't see on our first visit.  This time there were guy(s?) walking up and down the street with double fistfulls of assorted car chargers for cell phones; every size imaginable.  I didn't find out how much they were, but man was I impressed.

It completely showcases entrepreneurialism at its finest.  If you have a two hour wait sitting in a car with nothing to do, and you have a cell phone it gives you something to do.  UNLESS your battery dies!  I know I didn't have a charger with me and had I not been feeling weak from surgery and completely fascinated by my surroundings, I bet I would have bought one of those chargers.

Honestly, I kinda wanted to buy one just to support them for their great idea!   "See a need; fill a need!" ~Robots~