It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day, but it’s important to stop ask: what’s the end goal? Knowing where you are trying to go is step one in getting there and so we’ve asked some folks we admire to tell us their end goal and where they want to be by the end of their careers.

La’Tavia, Kerri Phillips, Senegal | Hair & Accessories Retailer

The end goal is to have our own store front and to franchise. By the end of our career we want to be able to employ and empower other entrepreneurs. We want to be able to give back to our community such as back to school drives, toy drives, etc. Read more>>

Jay Night | Artist/Rapper

My end goal is to make a way for my friends and my family through the music. I want to be able to touch the world and inspire the next generation. Even though music is my passion I see it as a gateway to achieve even bigger things in life. In all honesty by the end I just want the people that I’ve helped and/or inspired to keep that energy alive! Read more>>

Jahshawun Youmans | Ceo/Entrepreneur

1. My family is full of entrepreneurs so I feel as if owning my own business is in my blood. I’ve also had a good bit of jobs like landscaping, working at a restaurant, retail etc, and it never sat right with me working for someone else for the rest of my life. I always wanted to be my own boss. I wasn’t really into college my major which was psychology at the time and it also wasn’t something I absolutely loved, and I knew that if I wanted to be a psychologist I would have to eventually work for someone else. Read more>>

Wu Chang | Real Estate Broker & DJ/Radio Personality

The end goal is to create a life I don’t need a vacation from. To live life on vacation. Read more>>

Edward Reddics | Photographer | Promoter | Entrepreneur

To provide my son an avenue I was not granted. Read more>>

Julie Thibault-Dury | Closiist.com & Adalaia owner

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur and I never lost sight of that goal. All my life choices were driven by it. My end goal is to fulfill a dream I’ve had for a while and I would rather not say more about it now. But what I can tell you is how I want to get there. I want to contribute to changing our world by helping people rediscover the value of local goods, bringing others to favor making their products in the US and continuing to optimize our methods to make our deliveries even more eco-friendly. Oddly enough, I don’t picture myself ending my career or my business later in life. I really enjoy working and it’s part of me. It’s a passion. Read more>>

Darrian Dupree | Blogger and Registered Nurse

By the end of my career I hope to be the owner of a successful MedSpa and clinic for the less fortunate. The goal is to return to school to get master’s in order to become a nurse practitioner. I am very passionate about the healthcare system and healthcare for all. I love the idea of using profit from one business to support another especially when it’s for the greater good. Read more>>

Billy Dorsey | Award winning music producer and record label founder, The Bridge Life Music Career Advancement

At the end of my career, I want to be the Quincy Jones of my generation; raising millions of dollars for charities and causes I believe in, producing and writing records that sell millions and millions of records in a variety of genres, and helping to launch iconic artists that change the course of history. My desire for my career is that my path will be the template for young creatives who follow me, the same way I’m following the path Quincy and other heroes of mine laid for me. Read more>>