My ramblings in this blog have at least four purposes:
- Learn what real entrepreneurs think and do every week to build their businesses.
- Discover common ground
- Find out how to better manage your own business or career by learning about the success and failures of today’s entrepreneurs
- Learn what it takes to be successful as a entrepreneur.
I heard a great question from Jay Matson, President of Seminary Street Ventures in Illinois. He said “Can you really teach this entrepreneur stuff?”. It is a really good question. See my earlier post on Twitter http://t.co/yhNd05m8.
Because it is not easy to teach, I don’t focus on what academics call entrepreneurial theory. I ask all of you–real small business owners and entrepreneurs to teach all of us by asking some important questions and makings some key observations.
Why study Entrepreneurs? They are an interesting lot that drive a huge part of any job creation in a community. Plus I was raised by two entrepreneurial parents and it is “in my blood”. Today, I lead business courses and do consulting with small businesses, start-ups, and family owned businesses in transition. In August, I will begin my deep dive into Jacksonville by hosting 20+ guest speakers over the four months of the 2012 fall term. Look out for more postings and a schedule of future speakers as I transition to the Deanship at the Davis School of Business at Jacksonville University in Florida www.ju.edu
