Is my minor in Entrepreneurship actually a bad thing?
I'm a Finance major, Entrepreneurship minor.
I feel like my minor is essentially a catch 22... I think some will run across it on my resume and see initiative and determination (and if they are the owners, I would imagine it would build some small level of rapport), while others might ASSume I am simply not a long term candidate and will eventually open my own business.
What do you think?
I doubt you are going to build a rapport with an owner simply because you are an entrepreneurship minor.
And you can always leave it off your resume when applying to jobs that you believe it would be a hindrance.
If you're applying to analyst programs it won't matter anyway because its pretty much a standard two and out program.
Very true about the rapport. I should have been more specific here. I ran across someone that is an alum of my non-target school that works for a IB in town and I noticed she had started a couple of her own companies. Since I have owned a company for 6 years now, I thought that would possibly build rapport as it is like we not only come from the same school, but are both interested in Entrepreneurship enough to open our own businesses.
You're thinking way too much into things. A minor in entrepreneurship won't affect you positively or negatively.
If you started a successful business that might give some sort of rapport. Having minor in entrepreneurship isn't the same.
Its like saying that an accounting degree will build rapport with interviewers at a Big 4. You're the same as everybody else.
You are thinking WAY too much into things.
id just think your a tool because studying entrepreneurship in university is just a mind fuck. you don't study how to be an entrepreneur you just go make stuff happen.
This is simply not true. Obviously just studying entrepreneurship isn't going to make you a successful entrepreneur, and getting your hands dirty is an effective way of learning but there is also so much one can learn from case studies of successful and failed start-ups, entrepreneurship best practices, idea generation, strategy, business model pivoting, customer testing, etc...
^^^ Agree wholeheartedly.
While I agree that going out and actually starting your business is the best way to do things, I chose Entr. as my minor simply because it really interests me. Also, I believe that owning your own business paired with some study in Entr. couples well with getting yourself in the mindset of business owners (as that is the guys you talk to when working on M & A deals).
Also, while I would never major in Entr. I can honestly say the classes I have taken thus far have actually been beneficial. The first class we were in groups and paired up with local start ups and conducted a feasibility report. The second class (currently in now) is entirely focuses on a business plan. By the end of the semester we will all have to write one for a business.
I agree that you're overthinking it. If you're interviewing for banking, you should just position it differently. Tell your interviewers that you were interested in adding entrepreneurship to your curriculum so that, once you enter banking, you better understand the perspective of your clients (who in many cases were entrepreneurs). It would help if you could give a story of a successful entrepreneur you're familiar with that now runs a large company and can explain how having studied entrepreneurship would help you better serve that company as a client.
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