What kind of program are you in?
Best of luck with your business if that's where destiny leads.
What type of shop do you wanna open up?
Having my own sandwich shop is one of my (and lets face it, every fucking dude's) dreams.
Motorsports engineering is the program I'm in. I was all pumped when I first joined, and so far I've met a lot of cool people in the motorsports industry. I mean shit, I had a teacher last semester who worked for pretty much all the big names in Indycar, owned his own Indy Lites team, and brought in all kinds of drivers and big wigs in the industry. And this semester was kind of the same thing, quite a few drivers and other big wigs, and my current teacher is the marketing director for the Indianapolis Motorsports Speedway, which is Indycar's HQ. While these are motivating experiences to keep me striving for the degree, but anytime someone from the industry speaks about job prospects in motorsports it's always depressing. They often say how awesome it is to do what they do, but you have to be willing to work for nothing or peanuts to get your foot in the door, which is nearly impossible in itself, and how once you're in you can seemingly never get out, this and that. It's all really depressing shit and makes me not want to deal with any of that bullshit. I will not work for free, I don't care how cool the job is. I will not be someone's bitch or slave, I've already done that in my life. I will not sacrifice personal beliefs or morals just to please someone else. There's too much self-sacrifice involved in this whole industry just because of the cool factor, which is indeed high, but can still eat my asshole.
As for my ideas for a shop, the core business will be auto-body repair and customization. I'd rather not have to deal with insurance claims and whatnot, but that's a pretty steady business so I might get into that anyway. I already have a business plan laid out pretty much, a clear vision and goal for the company, etc etc etc, it's all there. The only thing holding me back is money and location. I'm not setting up shop in Indiana, fuck that noise, and I don't have the money because I'm in school. So I'm think I'm just going to get a full-time job, pay off all of my debts, as is my brother, save a TON of cash, get our credit in fantastic standing, and make the move.