I came across this quote the other day. It struck me on so many levels.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
It also made me think about the roll of what an entrepreneur really is. With the rise of over credentialization, it seems that even the local university now has an "Entrepreneur program". I came across someone during a cellphone purchase who was in the program and was given a phone and support for his app development.
It seems to me anathema to go to university to learn how to be an entrepreneur. At least that is the way I've found it. A university doesn't seem to me like the sort of place where you learn to embrace failure, roll with tough breaks, and take a unique path that many others dare not tread. As I've found and experienced in university, you learn, regurgitate, cite/reference and essentially jump through as many administrative hoops of burning glass to be done with your degree for the hope of a higher education and asking salary. Well I guess the hope bit is the common theme.
Still, some how the thought of institutionalized entrepreneurship just makes me shudder. Though I'm sure another viewpoint and some more light could be shed on this. I'll let you know in a bit.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
Either that's V for victory or..."I still have my two fingers..."
It seems to me anathema to go to university to learn how to be an entrepreneur. At least that is the way I've found it. A university doesn't seem to me like the sort of place where you learn to embrace failure, roll with tough breaks, and take a unique path that many others dare not tread. As I've found and experienced in university, you learn, regurgitate, cite/reference and essentially jump through as many administrative hoops of burning glass to be done with your degree for the hope of a higher education and asking salary. Well I guess the hope bit is the common theme.
Still, some how the thought of institutionalized entrepreneurship just makes me shudder. Though I'm sure another viewpoint and some more light could be shed on this. I'll let you know in a bit.
