If you had asked me yesterday how to define Entrepreneurship, I would probably have given you a similar answer, but today I have it down cold.
Entrepreneurship is "the pursuit of opportunity" according to "New Business Ventures and The Entrepreneur" (sixth edition). That's the textbook for the class I'm taking at UCSD starting next week.
Can you believe it? I'm going back to school, at the age of 68, to learn what it is that I have been doing for the last 50+ years. For me, it was just some natural bodily function; I was just doing what came naturally, and now I learn that there's actually a methodology, a System for being an Entrepreneur. I just can not pass up this opportunity, so I'm going back to school. Probably be the oldest guy in the class!
I am going to try mightily to NOT say to fellow students: "I was starting businesses before you were born... heck, I was starting businesses before your *parents* were born!"
Wish me luck...
Great post! I especially enjoyed the way you started it off with that headline. And of course, Entrepreneurship is truly the "pursuit of opportunity". Thanks for this enlightening post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your inspiration FM, means more than you know. Now where can I buy your new book? Can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteFast Mikie,
ReplyDeleteWow! going back to school? For a second I thought you were going as a guest lecturer which would be more "logical" as you probably have a thing or two to teach to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Would love to hear why? Personally, after getting engineering BS, MBA, and then another MS, I feel like I wasted too much time in school on my road to entrepreneurship. The school was great for personal brand building and networking (and ahem... extra-curricular activities) though.
Have fun and do share your thoughts after attending a couple of classes.
Good luck!
-Ritesh
Ritesh... thanks for posting. You can be sure I'll write about the class, and pass along what I learn. Stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteHowever, being a gentleman, I'll probably not post about the, ahem, extra-curricular activities.
;-)