Here’s the situation. You’re fresh off the boat. Maybe you’ve just graduated from school, either high school or college, and you’re stuck on what to do next. Perhaps the idea of pursuing higher education or obtaining work experience doesn’t appeal to you. You’ve seen people go to their nine to five o’clock jobs, work themselves to the bone and slowly scale the corporate ladders in their industry just for a chance to grasp at success. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t. It slips through their fingers and that climb seems like it is never going to end. You feel stuck, so you search for motivation.
Maybe you watch a TED Talk, or maybe you read articles about success stories like that of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, college dropouts who went on to become pioneering, dominant forces in their industry. Perhaps you even read about younger figures in business success, like Mark Zuckerberg, who launched Facebook in the comfort of his college dorm room. You feel inspired, a cartoon light bulb appears over your head and you realize that with the right ideas, creativity and effort you could be the next young business icon to take the world by storm.
Energized, you start planning, developing and researching with hopes of finding the next billion-dollar idea. You stay up nights, looking through article after article, TED talk after TED talk, and personal interviews of market legends. You become imbued with muse, positive energy and a can-do spirit. The world is your oyster, you think as soon as you have your idea or product. You feel like you’ve made it and are now on your way to becoming the entrepreneur you’ve been aspiring to be…
…but wait, before you get too far ahead of yourself while you’re sitting on cloud nine, it’s important to hear some words of wisdom. The view from the top may be brilliant, but sometimes it takes coming down to earth to get some perspective.
In this latest episode of Career Talks with Hatem Hannoun, Business Development Manager at Bayt.com, the buzzword is ‘Entrepreneurship’ and this short video will tell you what you need to hear and take into consideration before diving in head first. Hatem will be sharing his insight, tips and advice when it comes to starting your own business. Don’t miss out and tune in now!
