"....there are jobs that experience is not required: President of a country, husband and an entrepreneur"
Many people I have talked to told me this...."I will work for a few years, gather capital and start my business" Most of them are still working. I agreed with the MTN advert when it said, "go start something."
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Folu, An entrepreneur dosnt need "experience", he gets to learn on the job but sacrifices are heavy sometimes..thats why i dont blame people if they keep working and dont start something...its a lot convinient to keep getting a salary, u get to "achieve" some "status" very fast...An entrepreneur's start up arent fun...u need to count the possible costs before u start out and be certain to enjoy the best of the process and keep up ur high spirit during the low times
Hi Folu, very thoughtful post. However, I beg to disagree. Undoubtedly, you need experience to play the role of a president. The role of the leader of a country needs strong demonstrable leadership skills, some level of administrative capabilities. The Obamas, the Yar'Aduas and Gordon Brown had to grow through the ranks over time in different cadres of leadership that prepared them for the ultimate position. Obama's opponents touted his 'inexperience as a factor' not minding the fact that he had been a community organiser, 2 term legislator in Illinois and a senator. I daresay that the most important developmental stage for him was his days as a community organiser. What is sure is that it is not compulsory to pass through a certain number of steps or route to get to that position. Some have a prison to palace experience (like Joseph and Mandela), others were activists who understudied great leaders (Jacob Zuma). I agree that one does not necessarily need experience to become an entrepreneur, but from my little experience studying entrepreneurs, I found out that the very successful entrepreneurs understand that they must have crafted a very viable and sustainable compelling value proposition, constantly reinvent their business model in the face of market changes/dynamics, benchmark competition, forge effective collaborative teams, execute rigorously and have a clear vision and a roadmap they follow, etc. I get to evaluate a lot of proposals on a regular basis and most fail at the level of not crafting a viable business proposition (for all stakeholders). They are so many CEOs today that should instead have simply keyed into someone's else' vision for a time, understudied time and built their personal and organisational competencies. Not everyone is a Mark Zuckerberg or a Farrah Gray. The challenge for us is to discover and develop such talents. We have got energetic and capable young people in Nigeria. I think I have got to stop for now.
Regards,
Anderson
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