The entrepreneur that I interviewed was a previous employer of mine who has been in business for more than twenty years.I worked for him for over ten years. He realized an opportunity and made a success of it. He managed the business to best benefit not only himself, but also his customers, suppliers and his employees.
What should my expectations be in this course?
Coming into this course I had expected it to be concerned with finding opportunities to open a business. That is not all that entrepreneurship is about. It is a process of realizing opportunities and taking advantage of those opportunities to provide a need for consumers.
On to the interview with my entrepreneur.
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What does it mean to be an entrepreneur?
Stepping out into a new horizon. Taking on a new environment that is not known or well structured or known to you. Willing to take on good amounts of risk due to an unknown environment. Entrepreneurs must like to take on challenges.and they have to be optimistic.
What do you think I should learn in an entrepreneurship course?
Think broadly. Don't look down a narrow path. You may not know which way things may come at you. Maintain a broad perspective. Entrepreneurs have to be willing to change because of the unknown that may exist, they must be able to adapt to their circumstances. Seek out change. Entrepreneurs need to make their own roads, one will not be built for you.
What do you wish you had been taught in school before setting out on your own path as an entrepreneur?
Learning to think creatively. How to use logic in decision making. To start with what you know in order to arrive at a decision about what you don't know. Learn decision making.
What I got from this interview is that entrepreneurs need to be flexible, adaptive, and be able to accept and to change. You need to have an open mind and constantly be adapting to your circumstances. Seek out change to improve your situation. Entrepreneurs need to be creative and be able to use logic in their decision making.
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