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Original by Stuart Skorman. Edited for use in this blog about Mentors in Entrepreneurship. Finding a mentor is the best way to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Mentors can teach you the ins and outs of a business and be helpful role models. Consider these tips: Know you need a mentor. The more…
Whether you are embarking on your first career, have come to a career crossroads much later down the line, or fall somewhere in between, you will benefit from these sessions. First, let me congratulate you for coming this far. You obviously care deeply about who you are and what you are going to do with…
Over this series on life as an entrepreneur, I will take you on a journey to discover what an entrepreneur is, what the research tells us, and what the prevailing myths are. I will give you an insight into what life is like for a working entrepreneur, providing stories and examples from talented entrepreneurs I…
Of course, it’s not as simple as checking the box in a list of entrepreneurial characteristics to understand if you are the ideal material! Life is way too complicated for that, and so are entrepreneurs. So exploring in more detail, ask yourself: Are you the type of person that likes to bend the rules? I…
The age of the entrepreneur has now well and truly arrived. Twenty years ago, they have used the word “buccaneer” in the same breath as an entrepreneur. Still, now the definition of an entrepreneur is someone willing to take risks to launch a product or service successfully. A popular misconception is that inventors and entrepreneurs are…
From the book: “So you want to be an entrepreneur” by Jon Gillespie-Brown. There are certain qualities common to many Entrepreneurs. It’s safe to say that most successful Entrepreneurs possess at least some, and probably the majority, of these characteristics. This is not exclusive to entrepreneurship. If you want to be successful in anything you…