My college was a rite of passage. Not only was I able to cultivate life-long relationships, but coming from a homogenous environment, it thrust me into a new demographic dimension.
I majored in business with the thought of one day being an entrepreneur. In those days, there weren’t specific classes about owning a business, you took the courses that were geared to Corporate America and if you were lucky enough to know or work for an entrepreneur, you learned the ropes from there.
I come from a family of entrepreneurs. However, just watching someone swim wont’ cut it. You only learn by getting in the water.
College grads today who have a passion for entrepreneurship have many choices. They don’t necessarily have to “work somewhere else” before venturing out, they can just jump right in.
I was reading the Young Entrepreneur area of Entrepreneur.com today and came across a thought provoking blog entitled, “10 Entrepreneurship Lessons College Didn’t Teach New Grads by Adam Toren. In his blog he noted several things about the college experience that just won’t cut in the world of an entrepreneur.
One thing he mentioned, there’s no skipping class. Being an entrepreneur means that you have to go to work every day – whether it’s an office or your dining room table. Where ever you work, that’s where you need to be each and every day – come rain or shine…. even at night, and even on occasional weekends.
Check out Adam’s blog in its entirety here to see some of the other things “college didn’t prepare you for”… you may even find that you have a few more things to add to the list.
After you check it out, let me know what you think…