THE NEXT STARBUCKS!

Visions....I have a lot of those. I want to become the first asian billionaire, the next oprah perhaps? or marry a handsome prince and live in a castle? Okay lets stop right here ... anyone can dream can they? those are more like my fantasies, but lets talk about more realistic visions that i can actually see myself achieving after i graduate college. Im going to list them in chronological order in the order that I want my visions to be achieved. first things first, I am an aspiring accountant to be majoring accounting at baruch college. What do all accounting majoring students wish to do after college? of course ... make big bucks. and to do so, you would have to take the CPA exam. My first vision is to take the CPA exam and maybe go back to school for masters, that way i can gain more knowledge in accounting and maybe get a starting position as senior accountant and making my way up. This all sound so easy, but it is no where close to being easy! to achieve this vision, i have to endure 3 more years of school and studying my butt off to do well and passing the CPA exam and at the same time getting experience in a prestigious auditing/accounting firm. Assuming the economy will be blooming by then, finding a job would be a lot easier than now.

My next vision (assuming i achieved the first) is to open a coffee shop in an urban/chic area. I would like my two sisters to be my partners, and making this a more enjoyable job, more like a hobby huh? It is a lot of fun operating a coffee shop with your two sisters right? Anyway, one of my ways to relax is to hit starbucks for a nice cup of warm coffee or maybe an iced caramel latte and just enjoy the moment. but lately, i think starbucks is getting over rated and i am being overcharged for a cup of coffee and staying in the crowded seat near the bathroom. I've always envisioned my coffee shop to be a nice place on the corner, with all shades of nice bright calming colors (lavender, lime green, baby blue, yellow and orange, etc.) and with neat little white seats and tables to top off the relaxing and calm tea and coffee time................Enough with me blabbing about how i want my coffee shop to look, because i can go on and on. But in order to achieve this, I have to be making money because opening up your own shop requires a good amount of funds. and perhaps gaining some entrepreneurship knowledge would do myself good since i can already manage my own book keeping and accounting. Marketing would also come in handy in making my coffe the next starbucks. Just kidding. I want my coffee shop to be the neighborhood shop, where everyone knows of it as the most relaxing place that serves the best cup of coffee and that is the next starbucks to me!