Should you work for yourself?
Skills for self-employment (Evidence report 31) From their website: Looks at the role of skills and training in the development of self-employment. Covers trends in self-employment and the characteristics of self-employed people, and policies to promote and support self-employment. Explores the current supply of enterprise skills, the design and performance of self-employment programmes, and enterprise … Continue reading
The Psychology of the Entrepreneur: Where are your entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses?
To start a business and run it successfully, a range of essential entrepreneurial personality characteristics and business and technical skills are necessary. You want your own business, but before you get started you need to focus on what you can offer and also to understand yourself – your strengths and limitations. A research review found … Continue reading
Working for yourself – entrepreneur or self employed?
Two of my clients this week want to set up their own business. We discussed the benefits and the challenges, is it to sell yourself or to grow a business you can sell. I want to add to this theme over time so expect short posts on this. In the meantime here is a really … Continue reading
Do you really want to make it as an entrepreneur?
I attended a conference last year. one of the speakers was Gerard O’Donovan who gave a talk on The Seven Qualities of all Super Achievers. I’ve just come across my notes and thoguht they may interest you. 1: Hard work – winners work hard in an area of opportunity and growth 2. Courage – they … Continue reading