Linda Oladunni has been helping her community for the past 25 years. After moving there with her husband and living there for nine years, Oladunni started her own business in the community. Her gas station is known as one of the fastest, friendliest, and most convenient in the area. She couldn’t have started her own business and reached this level if she didn’t learn from her business management classes at Texas State Technical College and University at Texas in Brownsville. Here are three ways you can use your business education to help your community:
Linda Oladunni works within her community to help as many people as possible.
- Set up a charity. In earning her degree in Business Management, Linda Oladunni has all of the tools she needs to run her own business. You can use those same skills to operate a non-profit or charity of some kind to help your community. Choose a specific cause that matters to you and get to work.
- Provide essential services. The best businesses for the community are those that serve it with unflinching loyalty. Linda Oladunni didn’t want to run a huge corporation, but she still wanted to make money while helping her community by providing it with fuel. Keep your business local and hire from your community to maximize your company’s usefulness for your neighbors.
- Volunteer. Plenty of small businesses and nonprofits in your community could use your business skills to help themselves and help the community as a whole. Volunteer your skills to causes that need your support.
