Entrepreneurship Subject In Any Course

hi roy,

you brought up an issue on what is missing with the curriculum that we use in school. we are all educated/trained to become employees not entrepreneurs. in fact, i think we need to do some lobbying so that there should be at least one subject on entrepreneurship in any course.

i am a registered mechanical engineer by profession but learned the tricks on how to run a business organization by taking "certification" courses and through self-learning.

i believe in just-in-time learning, meaning i only try to learn those that i need now or in the near future and by practicing what i learn, i find out what theories work or not.

so if you plan to have your own business, i suggest you make yourself dirty as early as possible.

maybe most if not all parents want their children to finish their studies first before venturing into business. but unfortunately, business opportunities wait for no one.

imagine the shock of most graduates who studied full time to finish their chosen course only to find out that there are no jobs waiting for them. some of them end up under-employed which is quite discouraging and sometimes demeaning. i have observed that while before, most fastfood chain crew are part-time workers who are still studying, now you see college graduates running the same fast food chains.

i know most people will say that the more the chance of finding a job becomes slim if one doesn't graduate. on the other hand, why insist in preparing for a job that doesn't exist? come to think of it, i have yet to see a working student who did not succeed in their chosen career.

to summarize these are my suggestions:

1. those students who plan to own and run their own business in the future should start working part time for a small company so that he is exposed to all the requirements in running a business even while still studying.
2. those who can afford to start their own small businesses while still studying should decide what matters most: finishing a course or earning a living.
3. find a summer job even as an apprentice.

in short, by starting early while still young, you can easily do some shifting in your chosen endeavour.

tony

p.s. please email me privately if you want further advices. i may act as your mentor if you give me the chance.

(posted at pwedenabook egroup)