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5 things about running a start up they don’t teach you in b-school

Posted by / March 29, 2014

With the state of the economy, more and more students are going straight back to school upon graduation from their undergrad years. But is that always best? Maybe, maybe not, it’s up to the individual to decide if post-undergrad work is right for them, especially when it comes to business school. Whether or not you choose to go to b-school, you should be aware that it can’t teach you everything about owning your own business. Hannah Helsabeck, owner of Wind Mint, offers some advice to fill in the gap. One thing you’ll never hear in business school, for example, is that you should follow what you love:

Though cliché, this advice is crucial because when working towards a mission you feel wholeheartedly connected with, it doesn’t even feel like work! Before starting my current business, I was trying to start my own clothing company, but it didn’t take long for me to realize I had no real passion for it.

Full story at HuffPo.

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  • I was taught this at Pepperdine Law School in there business program.

  • Tony

    Abraham, It seems that while Pepperdine taught you these 5 things, they failed to teach you that “there”, their”, and “they’re” cannot be used interchangeably. Might want to consider going back to school…

  • Bob

    Sometimes even the brightest would mistakingly type “there”, “their” and “they’re” as if their fingers were on auto-pilot. The mind occasionally shuts out the technicalities to focus more on self-expression. They could have majored in English and still commit that mistake. Just saying.

  • andrew

    The brightest minds proofread. 🙂

  • Amanda Gentle

    I disagree. Henley Business School does encourage you to follow what you love, use your strengths and put what you have learned into practice…Enough said.

  • We are teaching our students the 5 tips shared in the article at http://www.eliaversity.org. Passion, Purpose, Pursuit and Power-point otherwise known as the 4Ps of success beyond the four walls of the classroom.

  • […] With the state of the economy, more and more students are going straight back to school upon graduation from their undergrad years. But is that always best? Maybe, maybe not, it's up to the individ…  […]

  • ALE

    We are teaching our wanna-be entrepreneurs how to do it via http://school.mindthebridge.org/

  • I think that there are more and more schools that are specialised in this things.