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Baldini · 03-15-2007, 05:18 PM

Hey,

I started out with business at age 20 after being at two different colleagues (market economist 6 months and cooking school 3 months), and I found both of them very limiting in term of learning what I wanted to learn/gain.

I wanted to learn the necessary skills in order to succeed in business. The problem is the people who know that are (most likely) not the ones teaching, but some inexperienced teacher who only know some theoretical stuff, which most often is not congruent with the model of reality.

My advice is to become member of some entrepreneurship group and to learn from someone who actually has tried it on their own body.

I found out the best/fastest way to learn is to try out without safety-net. Just go for it and see what happens.

03-15-2007, 05:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
Baldini Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 14	Hey, I started out with business at age 20 after being at two different colleagues (market economist 6 months and cooking school 3 months), and I found both of them very limiting in term of learning what I wanted to learn/gain. I wanted to learn the necessary skills in order to succeed in business. The problem is the people who know that are (most likely) not the ones teaching, but some inexperienced teacher who only know some theoretical stuff, which most often is not congruent with the model of reality. My advice is to become member of some entrepreneurship group and to learn from someone who actually has tried it on their own body. I found out the best/fastest way to learn is to try out without safety-net. Just go for it and see what happens.