Comments for Clarion Communications http://clarion-communications.com/wp Building High Performance Businesses Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Unemployment: A Good Career Move by Ian Hodge, Ph.D. http://clarion-communications.com/wp/?p=49&cpage=1#comment-5 Ian Hodge, Ph.D. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:57:32 +0000 http://clarion-communications.com/wp/?p=49#comment-5 I've worked with a lot o business owners over the past 20+ years. I have yet to meet one who got a successful college education, one that taught him how to run a business. College is academic; business is real life. College is theoretical; business will break you if you make too many mistakes. Most of the successful people I've worked with had jobs when they were at school. Paper run. Lawn mowing. Anything. Work hard, meet the customers, talk to them, become friendly with them. They often had a parent who had climbed into management, so was able to guide the child what to do. An "incubator', if it hides or redirects the real cost of doing business, does not help; it becomes part of the problem. Professional sports men and women, even the best in the world, hire coaches. Business owners ought to follow the pattern of success. I’ve worked with a lot o business owners over the past 20+ years. I have yet to meet one who got a successful college education, one that taught him how to run a business. College is academic; business is real life. College is theoretical; business will break you if you make too many mistakes. Most of the successful people I’ve worked with had jobs when they were at school. Paper run. Lawn mowing. Anything. Work hard, meet the customers, talk to them, become friendly with them. They often had a parent who had climbed into management, so was able to guide the child what to do. An “incubator’, if it hides or redirects the real cost of doing business, does not help; it becomes part of the problem. Professional sports men and women, even the best in the world, hire coaches. Business owners ought to follow the pattern of success.

]]> Comment on Unemployment: A Good Career Move by RCDavis http://clarion-communications.com/wp/?p=49&cpage=1#comment-4 RCDavis Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:38:56 +0000 http://clarion-communications.com/wp/?p=49#comment-4 Dr. Hodge, As someone who has made this transition in the past I will agree that it is difficult short-term. Most individuals don't have the capital nor the discipline to go "independent", and urban American families would do poorly under such financial and time strain that becoming self-employed requires. You don't get this education unless you're a business major in college. Where are the training opportunities for people to embark on such a venture-especially when you're unemployed? Few will invest capital in such new ventures because the risk of failure is high. However I believe an "incubator" that helps such ventures succeed would be a great blessing to the community. Your thoughts? -Ricardo Dr. Hodge,

As someone who has made this transition in the past I will agree that it is difficult short-term. Most individuals don’t have the capital nor the discipline to go “independent”, and urban American families would do poorly under such financial and time strain that becoming self-employed requires. You don’t get this education unless you’re a business major in college. Where are the training opportunities for people to embark on such a venture-especially when you’re unemployed? Few will invest capital in such new ventures because the risk of failure is high. However I believe an “incubator” that helps such ventures succeed would be a great blessing to the community. Your thoughts?

-Ricardo

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