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title: "Q&A For Santa Rosa Academy High School #3"
description: The students at Santa Rosa academy wanted to know about how I started my business and if I was sure it would succeed. Here's my answer.
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Jun 13, 2025
# Q&A For Santa Rosa Academy High School #3
 [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer)
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Since late 2016 I've been involved with the seniors in the business / entrepreneur track at [Santa Rosa Academy](http://sra.mn/), a charter school near me here in SoCal whose motto is "Developing a Habit of Mind for Success."
I know the founder, Laura Badillo, who, with her husband started this school in their garage in 2005.
Today they are at capacity—1,500 students—and a waiting list of over 4,000!
So I am proud of their success, their goals, and their vision, which is why I do what I can to support them and encourage their students to go on and succeed.
After my last talk to the seniors in Mrs. Jenkins's class the students hade some follow-up questions.
I had been replying via private video but today I decided to make a Facebook Live video then download it and use my Vimeo platform to host it here on a blog post.
Today's question(s) comes from Amne who writes:
> Were you sure that your business would be successful in the beginning?
>
>
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> How much knowledge did you have about running a business before you started your business?
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