Does Having a College Degree is Relevant to Entrepreneurs?
September 9th, 2008 | Author: Noobpreneur | 2,231 views
I want to learn more, every day. Continuous learning – with the cool word kaizen – is my key to stay competitive and explore new opportunities.
I learn through forums, webinars, ‘inner circle’ memberships and online degree programs.
While most places I learn in offer free access, some of them are costing you money for a reason – quality. Let’s focus on online degree.
Entrepreneurs need a college degree?
With all the responsibilities I have today – family to take care, business to manage and opportunities to rake – the only way I can obtain a degree is through online education.
Why online degree? In fact, why a degree?
To tell you the truth, I hate commuting and attending classes, and would like to learn from the comfort of my home – so an online degree is a perfect fit for my situation. An example of online university is University of Phoenix, located in nearly 200 locations US-wide.
Entrepreneurs – do you have a college degree? If not, I would like to convince you to have one. A college degree does offer you more ‘leads’ and opportunities.
A college degree is relevant in entrepreneurship?
I know what you are thinking… Why I need a degree if I can get what I have now with the way I am? What a degree can signify?
My answer – It will not directly make you more money than you do today, perhaps. However, having a degree does help you networking in wider network, with more people, especially with the same background.
Doctors speak the same language with other doctors. Entrepreneurs do, too. University graduates do, too (trust me on this).
My point is, having a degree put a ’social status’ in your networking – I believe you understand that networking is your main source of opportunities.
Having such ’social status’ will put yourself accessible to a wider group of audience, that will ultimately mean more prospects and potential clients for you and your business.
Do you have any opinions on how a college degree can help you as an entrepreneur? Please share yours by commenting to this post.
Ivan Widjaya
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Ivan,
I love the post! Personally, I do not belive that a college degree is neccessry for entrepreneurship. True entrepreneurship comes from the heart, and it moves you to do what you love … It’s like your born with it!
Of course I do believe that educating yourself is very neccessary for success … But that education does not neccessarily have to be a college education. I’ve learned so much by educated myself and doing my own research on a lot of things. Non-the-less, I love the post.
Thanks!
Shontavia G.
Shontavia,
Thanks for your opinion!
You are right about education not necessarily have to be related to college degree. I am, too, educate myself more (and better) than my college years, as, IMO, college prepares professionals, not entrepreneurs.
However, I consider a college as a social melting pot, where you can learn as well as networking with others – hopefully, with your next business partners.
But having a college education, along with the degree, is only one of the paths you can take in your entrepreneur journey. The choice is for each entrepreneur to make.
Cheers!
hello, nice blog post. i am a home business person, make about 200k per year. I actually sell degrees based on life experience. So many people need college degrees to compete in the tough joba markets, it seems those that arent buying degrees are dedicated entrpreneurs, whick brings about another question, do business owners in general just have more drive, more risk in them by nature? Interesting, Well, I have no degree and have worked for an employer only once in my life – by the way im old as dirt, lol. thanks again for letting me post
Great post.People do not realize that education is the best investment…:)
max,
Sad, but true :)