Education for an Entrepreneur?
Question:
I want to get a degree that will get me a good position in a field that is related to Business, the economy, finance (whatever would be required for an Entrepreneur to know).
I want to kill two birds with one stone and get a bachelors degree that would enable me to be the best Entrepreneur while raking in enough money to invest it into stocks, real estate, hedge funds, and other sectors of the economy and even possibly starting up a company or franchise (I believe this is referred to as a broad portfolio). I was thinking about majoring in something along the lines of economics, finance, accounting, or maybe even business administration. I plan to pursue an MBA a few years after my bachelors so I'm think a BBA will be redundant, but what would be smartest major?
What type of education would help me land a good paying job & enable me to invest smartly?
Any advice is great appreciated, THANKS!
Answer:
Hi,
Sounds like you have a good idea already about your education needs.
Other areas you might add are marketing, advertising, business administration, management.
Perhaps it might be a good idea to as the Human Resources departments of some businesses near you about the education that they like in their employees?
This may open doors for you too.
A career adviser at your school or college should be able to help you with this too.
Peter
I am also doing my B.B.A and in my third year I have a subject called Entrepreneurship, doing MBA will also help.
Characteristics of an Entrepreneur:
1) Hard Work
2)Desire for High Achievement
3)Highly Optimistic
4)Independence
5)Foresight
6)Good Organizing Capacity
7)Innovative Thinking
Mc Lelland
8)An Unusual Creativeness
9)A Propensity of Risk Taking
10)A Strong need to Achieve
Jeffy Timmons:
11)Total Commitment, Determination, Perseverance
12)Drive to achieve & grow
13)Opportunity & Goal Orientation
14)Taking Initiative & Personal Responsisbility
15)Persisitent Problem Solving
16)Realism and a sense of Humor
17)Seeking and using feedback
18)Internal Locus of Control
19)Low need for status and power
20)Integrity & Reliability
If you have any of these it means you have a good chance to be one.
too long to read!
You already know the answers to this question lol. your so adorable..Now go go go and make those dreams a reality..
It is redundant.. but the more the better..Just make sure to adhere you resume to fit the job so you are not over qualified.. As well as after all this why not seek your...EMBA.. I think it takes 10 years.. or such.. but it has been a while since my brain kicked back in to mode..
All my best.
for an entrepreneur attend the University of Life, nothing can beat experience.
However you do need to have some education, this to proof that you are intelligent, ... and they give some knowledge of an economical sector.
I agree with you an BBA is useless if you (later) obtain an MBA. If i were you, I would try to find a sector in which you want to work, get educated in that (sector specific knowledge), then go work for a venture capitalist or consultant active in that sector while you persue your MBA.
With the right skills and a good education, you may not need to get a job; you may be able to begin your entrepreneurial exploits sooner than you think. You seem to have been reasonably successful on the web and I think that is a great start. Why wouldn't you use that avenue to raise the necessary capital to branch out into other fields? You already stated that you liked not having a boss - I agree with you; it's great not having a boss. My opinion is that you should use your web skills to raise your entrepreneurial capital and don't even think about entering corporate america. The truth is that college doesn't teach you how to make money, they teach you ABOUT money and the economy, etc but not how to make it. There are many publications that will do a better job of that than college will. I agree that you should continue on to complete your Bachelors degree if for no other reason than to prove to yourself that you can do it and you have what it takes. I have actually found a free report that teaches you how to obtain 100% financing on real estate deals and has links to websites that can teach you about other real estate fields. You should check it out and see what you think:
http://www.financingfactory.net/freerepo...
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