An Interview with a Small Business Owner
Alan Davis: A Local Favorite
After graduating college, my plan is to open up a small sporting goods store in my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. When deciding who I wanted to interview, at the last minute I changed my mind and chose Alan Davis, owner of Princeton Sports and Goods in Columbia, Maryland. I chose to interview him because of his path he has traveled through life and the steps he has taken to be the best business owner he can be. He is resourceful and knowledgeable, and he is very charitable, giving to charities and other events that fuel the community of Columbia, Maryland. Mr. Davis is halfway through completing his masters. He got his bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland, and he is currently finishing up there by taking one or two classes a year. His degree is in Business, Personnel Management, and Advertising. He is the third generation in his family to own Princeton Sports and Goods, and he did an incredible amount of volunteer work during and after college. Mr. Davis worked his way up the ladder at Princeton Sports, and I feel this is honorable. He is very smart and he knows business well. Princeton Sports is a landmark in Baltimore, and he runs the store effectively and efficiently. I would like to be like this after I graduate college because he is well-respected and well known in the sporting goods aspect of sales in Maryland. The part of the interview I found most interesting was where Mr. Davis noted that he had done “An INCREDIBLE amount after college. I have served on almost every board in Howard County including help form the Police Foundation and The
Festival of the Arts. I am currently on the Howard County General Hospital
Foundation Board”. I found this interesting because for some reason I believed that volunteer work would stop after college, and I would go on to living a normal life. Mr. Davis does a lot of volunteer work now, even when he doesn’t have to. Mr. Davis isn’t all business. He is an expert skier,
After graduating college, my plan is to open up a small sporting goods store in my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. When deciding who I wanted to interview, at the last minute I changed my mind and chose Alan Davis, owner of Princeton Sports and Goods in Columbia, Maryland. I chose to interview him because of his path he has traveled through life and the steps he has taken to be the best business owner he can be. He is resourceful and knowledgeable, and he is very charitable, giving to charities and other events that fuel the community of Columbia, Maryland. Mr. Davis is halfway through completing his masters. He got his bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland, and he is currently finishing up there by taking one or two classes a year. His degree is in Business, Personnel Management, and Advertising. He is the third generation in his family to own Princeton Sports and Goods, and he did an incredible amount of volunteer work during and after college. Mr. Davis worked his way up the ladder at Princeton Sports, and I feel this is honorable. He is very smart and he knows business well. Princeton Sports is a landmark in Baltimore, and he runs the store effectively and efficiently. I would like to be like this after I graduate college because he is well-respected and well known in the sporting goods aspect of sales in Maryland. The part of the interview I found most interesting was where Mr. Davis noted that he had done “An INCREDIBLE amount after college. I have served on almost every board in Howard County including help form the Police Foundation and The
Festival of the Arts. I am currently on the Howard County General Hospital
Foundation Board”. I found this interesting because for some reason I believed that volunteer work would stop after college, and I would go on to living a normal life. Mr. Davis does a lot of volunteer work now, even when he doesn’t have to. Mr. Davis isn’t all business. He is an expert skier,