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The education needed to be an entrepreneur will vary greatly depending upon who you ask.
But when it comes to entrepreneurism, the only thing that matters is results.
To be an entrepreneur really means one of two things: either you are
driven to start your own business or you want to work from home and
running your own business is simply how you will achieve that goal.
Education needed to be an entrepreneur in a formal setting.To be successful, emtrepreneurs need a basic grounding in the following
business curriculum. These are NOT in order of importance.
- Planning (entrance, exit and growth strategies as well as general business planning).
- Sales and marketing.
- Market research.
- Business analysis (analyzing data, understanding trends, recognizing opportunities).
- Delegation skills (entrepreneurs often have difficulty with micromanagement).
- Financial skills.
There are very few formal college degree programs specifically geared towards the budding entrepreneur.
Like all other things in life, the entrepreneur may have to put
together his or her own savvy education, which is not necessarily a bad
thing. You'll want to start with career aptitude tests, just to confirm your strengths and weaknesses.
==> Something else to think about as you search for the appropriate education you'll need to be a successful entrepreneur.
- Do you already have a product or service idea?
Market research is your new best friend. Don't go any farther until you know exhaustively if your idea is a winner.
- Or do you simply know you want to work for yourself and you are
fine with adopting someone else's market idea through a business
opportunity or franchise system?
Then you need to focus on how to identify opportunities and get clear
about what will be expected of you (and develop those specific skills)
once you locate your business plan.
Education needed to be an entrepreneur in an informal setting.Sometimes we get wrapped up in jargon and forget what we're actually trying to learn. Let's get down to basics.
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Are you a parent?
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Do you do any volunteer work?
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Do you manage a household? A Little League team? The church choir?
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What are the skills you utilize at your current job that are the same
ones an entrepreneur leans upon? Are your problem solving and time-management skills top-notch?
- What about your character traits like self-initiative,
perseverance, vision and self-discipline? You'll need bucket loads of
these traits to be a successful entrepreneur.
The point here is that, in many ways, each of us exhibits entrepreneurial qualities on a daily basis.
A woman who has managed a household and raised children for several
years has, in effect, ran a small business with employees (children),
including managing budgets (food, utilities, clothing, vacations,
transportation, education and recreation), implemented training
programs (teaching children how to be responsible adults in multiple
ways), and negotiated contracts (survived the teen years). A man who
has coached a youth sports program to a successful season has proved he
can train and manage a workforce (getting all the youth working
together and motivated), identify challenges in the marketplace (other
teams), and adjust appropriately to market forces (change strategies
depending upon each game's outcome).
You need to start your entrepreneur education with a clear understanding of what applicable skills you already have
and how you can apply them to your new business. This will keep you
looking for education within those areas in which you are genuinely
underdeveloped and you'll waste less time and effort.
==> From personal experience, I can tell you, there's another angle you need to consider.
Let's get real here for a minute. If you get a formal business
education in the hopes of becoming an entrepreneur but you lack the
drive or ambition to make things happen independent of what's going on
around you, your chances of success are dismal. That's why people
in business for themselves talk about being hungry. That's a vital
piece of being a successful entrepreneur. You CAN develop such a
hunger, but character development will be the more strenuous portion of
your entrepreneur education.
If you are simply saying "I need helping deciding what career to choose" that is a whole different thing from wanting to become an entrepreneur.
Here is the number one thing you can do to ensure your success when looking for the education needed to be an entrepreneur.
Find someone already doing what you aspire to do and ask him or her to mentor you. This is the real education needed to be an entrepreneur and its value cannot be overstated.
You will fly through the tough upfront learning curves so much faster
with the appropriate mentoring. Entrepreneurism is especially well
suited to mentoring because it is part science (easily taught in a
college classroom) and part art (not easily taught in a classroom
setting, but more readily passed on through apprenticeship type
training).
Do your best to develop a one-on-one relationship with a real-life
entrepreneur and be prepared to pay for that type of education, as well.
Ask yourself, what do you have to offer a busy successful entrepreneur?
In other words, why would he or she agree to mentor you? Answering that
question will help you determine how you will pay for your hands-on
entrepreneur education.
If you cannot find someone personally to work with you, then get started developing your entrepreneurial skills with someone who makes a living training people, like Brian Tracy
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There is no shortage of qualified people who can assist you in your
training if you're willing to do your part. The important thing is for
you to do something today to move yourself forward. If
you're having trouble doing even that much, then probably the education
needed to be an entrepreneur is not the best choice for you.
My best to you as you move ahead in making your plans and dreams a reality!
Colleen Langenfeld is a mother with over 29 years of parenting experience and helps other busy moms around the globe at www.paintedgold.com.
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