So this past week we had a field trip (yes we still have field trips in college!) to the Hershey Chocolate Plant out in Hershey, PA!!!!!!!
It was so much fun getting to tour the plant, meet the employees, and most of all getting tons and tons of FREE CHOCOLATE! It was like going trick or treating at the factory!? lol We learned alot about how the factory was started and it was interesting to learn that as an entreprenuer, Milton Hershey, failed about 5 times before he had his 1st successful business which was in Caramels. He then sold that company for $1 million (huge chunk of change for his time) to invest in the production of Chocolate. He took a lot of risks and failed A LOT but in the end he became one of the most successful chocolatiers in the United States. An even bigger PLUS he was all about charity and started a school for orphan boys that is still in existance today and is the majority stockholders of the company!
Ok but enough of the history lesson lol
It was definitely a great experience that gave me the courage that I can start a company in the future! Its just gonna require me being ok with failing but still pushing through and taking risks! I do want to start a company one day that deals with Artist Development of Latin Musicians so we'll see where the future takes me on that journey!
We ended our day by going to Chocolate World (basically like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory if it were a gift shop) and bought even more chocolate. I had to get their chocolate covered strawberries fruit cup with whip cream it looked too good to walk away! Needless to say because of my strawberry obsession I was almost late for the bus back to Albright OOPS! I was also wired on my sugar rush for the rest of the day lol but that was ok because it gave me energy to finish the day.
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