When Jasmine Benton was just 9 years old, she realized that her love for creating art was more than just a 1 . Each night in her diary she wrote about the 2 she dreamed of starting, bringing it to her mother Jennifer Gormer one Sunday morning to 3 the important news.
"I want to start my own company." Jasmine told Jennifer. When Jennifer looked at Jasmine's 4 she was astonished to see the outline of a real, practical business 5 . "She had the name of her business, the 6 she was going to sell, and who her customers were," said Jennifer. "She had the vision (远见). It was all there."
Jasmine comes from a long line of 7 . Her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all started their own businesses. And with her family's 8 , Jasmine started Precious Designs, a company that changes trash into treasure. She spent her adolescence and teen years creating artwork and 9 it at trade shows and art shows. Unfortunately, her friends were not very 10 , and she went through a 11 period when her work wasn't selling. 12 , she just kept trying and never 13 . Jennifer comforted and encouraged Jasmine and told her that sticking to her vision was 14 and asked her to 15 the naysayers (否定者).
Now Jasmine is 18 years old and her company is truly 16 . After working part-time at the "Steve Harvev Show ", Jasmine was tasked with redesigning Steve's nursery. She recently 17 the Youth Entrepreneurship Shark Tank Challenge and won. Besides, she has also 18 her first bit of investor seed money.
Jasmine continues to excel in her career thanks to her innate business sense and 19 to succeed. We could all take a(an) 20 from this young lady's vision and hard work! She has proved that if you can dream it, you can do it.
