marlon lazo

08/31/2017
This I Believe
I believe in the american dream we live in a place where deep indebted in its core roots its

very foundation that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with cer-

tain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness The

Declaration of Independence . The foundation of the american dream by James Truslow Adams

in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each ac-

cording to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. We live in

a nation where if you seek you will find . where if you are willing to Put in the work you will suc-

ceed against all odds . This nation is call The United Sate Of America .

Growing up we didn't have much it was four of us in the household me, my sister , my mom and

my dad . We stayed on the east side of charlotte where everyone knew everyone. My mother

was a hotel maid working long hours from early morning to late nights . My Father worked for a

recycling company . also long hours like the dive to get there wasn't hard enough it was a hour

away. there is a famous quote by W. Clement stone You are a product of your environment.

Me being the youngest i was influenced by my environment a lot where money and drugs was

the norm. seeing that i was fowling these bad influences my mom and dad quickly reacted and

moved us out. with the money they had saved up they opened there first international business

in April 2009. A little business in Honduras progreso yoro selling used clothes. they had to put in

obnoxious amount of work to keep the store open they would go to goodwill and find and pick

out the clothes they would send. then they would have to pack the clothes in these big boxes

and ship it internationally this was happening every 15 days. a cycle to keep the store open year

around . after a year of the same cycle happening the store in Honduras was a full success prof-

its where through the roof. With everything going great they decided to open up three more

clothing stores and one shoes store all the stores where a successful at the time
They decided to not start up any more business in Honduras .but to start up a business in the

place where they call home. they opened there first united sate business it was called unlimited

closet on march 2013. there is a study witch states that ninety-six percent of business fail in the

first ten years and only eighty percent of business make it though there first year of operation.

unfortunately they fell on the twenty percent of business that didn't make it thought there first

year of operation. this was the first time that a business venture went south. from not being able

to bring in customer to not selling enough to keep the store open. they still didn't want to give up

on the american dream and wanted to make something happen. so three mouths went by at the

time there was not a lot of online stores only from the major company . so they opened a online

eBay store the fees where cheap and it was the perfect place to grow a online business they de-

cided to work with what they knew and what everyone needs at some point in time . they sold

shoes from sperry to Gucci . prices went from twelve to tow hundred ninety nine dollars. the first

few mounts where the hardest from them growing a name for them selfs in a place where they

barley knew anything they learned while they worked. they grew there eBay business to a online

store that has sold over a million dollar in products and that was in one of the most elites stores

on eBay . with the new opportunities that where presented to them

support / opening a business and expanding it from just regional to international from physical
store to online store to being one of the best top rated seller on eBay

the ending why i believe in it and why everyone can make it happen if they have that spark in
them