I want to get a degree that will get me a good position in a field that is related to Business, the economy, finance (whatever would be required for an Entrepreneur to know).
I want to kill two birds with one stone and get a bachelors degree that would enable me to be the best Entrepreneur while raking in enough money to invest it into stocks, real estate, hedge funds, and other sectors of the economy and even possibly starting up a company or franchise (I believe this is referred to as a broad portfolio). I was thinking about majoring in something along the lines of economics, finance, accounting, or maybe even business administration. I plan to pursue an MBA a few years after my bachelors so I’m think a BBA will be redundant, but what would be smartest major?
I’m no longer aiming to be hired as a CEO, so keep that in mind, I just want the best education to start my own business while being able to land a job to earn capital to invest, keep that in mind when answering the question below.
As a stated, I want to kill two birds with one stone, what college major would help me land a good paying job & enable me to invest smartly & give me the know how to start my own business?
2 Responses to Education for an Entrepreneur?
Simple. Still study and find a way, to find a…MENTORSHIP. What better way than learning from someone who is already making it happen.
Secondly, you will become an entrepreneur of excellence not by just reading. But by applying, and knowing how to handle rejections. If you handle rejections good, then you will go out in world, and just do and from each no and rejection of anyone, whether customer or company – you will learn a great deal about yourself.
And entrepreneur is not what people teach in college. An entrepreneur is a warrior of excellence, a person who pursues, a person that KNOWS the laws of Success and APPLIES them.
Now, DO YOU know the 12 principles of the Laws of Success? That’s what you need to know but…
Get a Mentor. You will win and win, when you have a mentor. He or she has been where you have been, and is where you want to be. So who better to learn from.
That’s when you can ask the mentor who is where you want to be, “what do I need to study?”
for an entrepreneur attend the University of Life, nothing can beat experience.
However you do need to have some education, this to proof that you are intelligent, … and they give some knowledge of an economical sector.
I agree with you an BBA is useless if you (later) obtain an MBA. If i were you, I would try to find a sector in which you want to work, get educated in that (sector specific knowledge), then go work for a venture capitalist or consultant active in that sector while you persue your MBA.