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MBA/JD having hard time |
| Message Name: |
the entrepreneurial mindset |
| Date Posted: |
04/11/2006 |
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I had similar issues after completing my MA in international affairs. I was in school during 02-04, and my best opportunities were working with small startups. I spent a year afterward attempting to raise venture capital for my own tech startup while doing miscellaneous consulting projects on the side. It was an absolute blast, and I performed very high level functions that most corporate employees never handle, but external circumstances interfered, and the project had to be shelved. Since then the economy has recovered, but I no longer fit the mold at traditional companies. It is intensely frustrating; I thought my entrepreneurial experience would make me MORE attractive to companies, not less. |
| Message: |
There are many sucessful companies whom seek out employees with an entrepreneurial mindset - such as Google. It is becoming more and more commonplace for workers to be responsible for their own career paths. If you are interested in hard-core entrepreneurship become a serial entrepreneur. THere are plenty of talented start-ups lacking a great management team that would kill for a CEO with entrepreneurial experience.
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