{"id":4848,"date":"2012-11-14T15:53:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T20:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:39:14","slug":"career-enhancing-perks-of-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/career-enhancing-perks-of-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Career-enhancing perks of entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/cybf_initiatives\/gew-canada\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10937\" title=\"Blogposts_GEW_logoEN\" src=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Blogposts_GEW_logoEN.jpg\" alt=\"GEW\" width=\"160\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dominik Loncar, CYBF Entrepreneur-in-Residence, <a href=\"mailto:dloncar@cybf.ca\">dloncar@cybf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Developing entrepreneurial skills not only makes good economic sense but helps your career. Regardless of the outcome of a business, being an entrepreneur allows for transferable skills in whatever you choose to do in life. In honour of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Canada (November 12-18, 2012) I have listed transferable traits you develop working for yourself:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning to connect with others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs can\u2019t work in a vacuum, even if they have an online business. Connecting, networking and developing a contact base of customers, peers and suppliers is an essential part of owning a business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General business skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You quickly learn that you can\u2019t pass off cash flow or marketing to someone else. You need to know the basics in all areas of business if you want to succeed. Like it or not, you appreciate the importance of selling, customer service and cash flow, otherwise your business won\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results-oriented<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Working for a company or organization means you get paid based on activity (unless you\u2019re on commission). At the end of the week, regardless of any outcome, the company owes you a paycheque. Running a business means that you have money coming in only when you produce results \u2013 namely when you get a sale and they pay you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking full responsibility <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When things aren\u2019t working out in the company or organization you work for it\u2019s easy to blame someone else for the misfortune. Working for yourself means you are fully in charge and you tend to dig deeper to find a solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adapting to situations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost all entrepreneurs experience failure or a series of failures when they start out. These setbacks are part of the process. If you learn to adjust and adapt you are more likely to succeed. This attitude will serve you in whatever you choose to do.<\/p>\n<p>This is just a short list and there are probably more \u201cbenefits\u201d in developing entrepreneurial skills. Can you think of any you\u2019d like to add?<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to visit an event during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gewcanada.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GEW Canada<\/a> and get inspired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominik Loncar, CYBF Entrepreneur-in-Residence, dloncar@cybf.ca Developing entrepreneurial skills not only makes good economic sense but helps your career. Regardless of the outcome of a business, being an entrepreneur allows for transferable skills in whatever you choose to do in life. In honour of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Canada (November 12-18, 2012) I have listed transferable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}