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Career Resource Guide: Entrepreneurship
Do you want to start your own business? Do you want to be in charge
of determining your own future? If you answered yes to both of those
questions, then entrepreneurship might be the right path for you.
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According to Dictionary.com, an entrepreneur is defined as a person
who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business,
usually with considerable initiative and risk. Managing an enterprise
can be interpreted in many ways, some of the few including managing
a corporation, creating a sole proprietorship, or owning a franchise.
The common essential skills needed to be an entrepreneur include
being a “self-starter” and having excellent interpersonal skills. To
those passionate about entrepreneurship, the reward of starting a
potentially successful company outweighs any risk that one may
encounter.
According to the Faisal Hoque, Founder & CEO of BTM Corporation,
entrepreneurship “defines who we are and who we aspire to become.”
An entrepreneur must find resources by making, maintaining, and leveraging contacts both in the short and
long term for mutual benefits, manage risk by accepting and taking responsibilities for calculated strategies,
and create wealth (capital) by not only securing financial value, but by creating knowledge, sustainable
assets, and social impact. There is no exact formula for entrepreneurship. It is unique for each individual.
You cannot follow someone else's journey to success, either. That journey is uniquely yours and yours only.
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CEO / COO / CMO / CFO
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Director
Professional Associations/Certifications:
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Self-starter
Interpersonal Skills
Critical And Creative Thinking Skills
Comfort With Ambiguity
Resilience
Risk Taker
Sales Experience
Mihaylo Career Services
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Career Resource Guide: Entrepreneurship
Starting Salaries/Trajectory:
According to a 2009 PayScale survey, a small business owners’ average salary is between $25,000 and
$100,000 per year. There are many outliers for small-business owners.
Source: www.payscale.com
Supplemental Data:
Starting salaries for entrepreneurs vary among the type of business
and profession they are in.
Successful entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs started
multi billion dollar companies that have succeeded greatly.
Even though more and more people these days are starting their own
businesses, many new businesses have a high failure rate.
Industry Research and Tools:
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Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO)
entrepreneurship.com
entrepreneur.com/magazine/
forbes.com
inc.com
Job and Internship Search Sites:
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� careersearch.com/becoming-an-entrepreneur/
Employers Hiring Our Graduates:
Entrepreneurship is a way of thinking. While graduates do often start their own business, others
find success in the business development, marketing, sales, or management departments of
corporate organizations. It is estimated that small businesses employ 81% of all private organization employees in Orange County.
About this guide: This resource guide is intended to provide an introduction to the industry and relay a sampling of the resources
available to candidates. It is by no means comprehensive, nor intended to replace individual research based on specific job targets
and/or recommendations from an advisor.