From One College Kid to Another
90 percent of startups never see the light of day.
To put it into perspective, only 1 in 10 startups succeed.
One misstep and you could be off the game.
It may sound bizarre but that’s the risk you should be willing to take.
As a business student trying to apply what I’ve learnt in class to a real-life business, I can relate to your desperation. Technically, desperation is not a good feeling to have, but it could be the driving fuel for entrepreneurs — or so I’ve been told.
Here’s a bunch of things I’ve learnt so far and I wish someone had told me sooner. But here we go, from me to you.
01. Stay up to date
College is great, but the course materials? Not so much.
Most of the course materials and reference books are based on outdated information — which is no match for the pace at which the business world is evolving.
If your teachers aren’t teaching you today’s trends, today’s failures, today’s techniques — seek them out on your own. Know the world you’re about to step into. Otherwise what’s the point?
