Comments on: Should an aspiring entrepreneur take a part-time job? http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/ My name is Chris Yeh. I'm a Harvard MBA, and you can ask me anything! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-408 Jon Gillespie-Brown Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-408 Interesting topic and a question that we all probably ask one time or another in our lives. In my case I get asked "should I quit my full time job?" all the time as a mentor for LBS/Stanford/HAAS and my first question is this -- "What do you want out of your life?" -- thats the first thing you should be considering IMHO, from there you can decide if your idea will deliver it, not just money but everything you dream about? Too many people have a business "run them" and not the other way round...this is all wrong! Take a look at my website for a bunch of free resources from my book "So you want to be an Entrepreneur?" here: http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/ Jon Gillespie-Brown, the Author of So you want to be an Entrepreneur? All profits from the book go to charity. Interesting topic and a question that we all probably ask one time or another in our lives.

In my case I get asked “should I quit my full time job?” all the time as a mentor for LBS/Stanford/HAAS and my first question is this — “What do you want out of your life?” — thats the first thing you should be considering IMHO, from there you can decide if your idea will deliver it, not just money but everything you dream about?

Too many people have a business “run them” and not the other way round…this is all wrong!

Take a look at my website for a bunch of free resources from my book “So you want to be an Entrepreneur?” here:

http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/

Jon Gillespie-Brown, the Author of So you want to be an Entrepreneur? All profits from the book go to charity.

]]> By: Why YOU Should Become A Closet Entrepreneur! http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-168 Why YOU Should Become A Closet Entrepreneur! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:40:37 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-168 [...] Second, don’t avoid starting your business because you feel you don’t have enough time. In the end, you’ll always have something in your life that will distract you, so you will likely never have all the time you think you have. Take it from Chris Yeh an entrepreneur with a Harvard MBA, quitting your job doesn’t give you an extra 8 hours per day - it’s more like 5 or 6. [...] […] Second, don’t avoid starting your business because you feel you don’t have enough time. In the end, you’ll always have something in your life that will distract you, so you will likely never have all the time you think you have. Take it from Chris Yeh an entrepreneur with a Harvard MBA, quitting your job doesn’t give you an extra 8 hours per day - it’s more like 5 or 6. […]

]]> By: leslie http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-85 leslie Sun, 18 May 2008 18:26:56 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/04/06/should-an-aspiring-entrepreneur-take-a-part-time-job/#comment-85 IMHO: Don't quit your day job until you are making enough money as an entrepreneur to support yourself and your family or you have adequate investor funding. Make sure other family members approve of your decision and are willing to help your dream by taking care of family and social responsibilities. IMHO:
Don’t quit your day job until you are making enough money as an entrepreneur to support yourself and your family or you have adequate investor funding. Make sure other family members approve of your decision and are willing to help your dream by taking care of family and social responsibilities.

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