kesco
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Post by kesco on Sept 12, 2015 6:19:11 GMT -8
I attended an HBCU. The experience was great and the skills and education were top notch. However in retrospect, I noticed that all of our efforts were geared towards entering the workforce and joining with top corparations in whatever field of study you majored in. The one thing that was strangely missing was the push for entrepunuership. It wasn't until after I got out and into the workforce for several years did I really try to branch out on my own. What I found was a world with a completely different set of rules and politics. I felt betrayed by my education. It took me years to learn the ins and outs of actually creating and running a business from the ground up. I came to the realization that most schools push students to become good working members of the system on a whole. But very few outside of some elite programs push for actual ownership rather than leadership. It's as if the secrets to actually owning and building your own are locked away and you are put through hell to reach it. Where is the school that says you have to rub elbows with the mayor in order to get that certain bid or liscense? Where is the school that says you have to promise to support a congressman or woman in order to build in their district? Or that you have to donate to a certain campaign to get first dibs on new projects? It seems there is a whole other game out there that many people of lower economic standing are just not invited to play. Ok venting over lol Discuss..
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Post by rayjefury on Sept 12, 2015 11:54:30 GMT -8
Where is that school? It's the school of hard knocks. Many apply, few graduate. If you have created and sustained your own business, you have been conferred a rare degree. I'm honestly not sure there is any other way to learn the lessons you learned unless someone mentors you. Legacy knowledge is the most valuable kind and the kind least likely to be found in a school. Salute.
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