WHY TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
BEFORE WE DEDICATE THE REST OF THIS BLOG TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A KEY ROLE FOR INDEPENDENCE LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, WE THOUGHT IT CRITICAL TO TOUCH ON HOW VALUABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING CAN BE FOR EVERYONE.
Entrepreneurship, in recent years has slowly become less the 'curse-word' to academia and more the 'future trend' of business administration learning strategies.
Let's face it, every single one of us, whether disabled or not, would take on any safe opportunity to run our own business, doing exactly what we LOVE to do. But, that's it, the key word is 'safe.' Entrepreneurship in itself is not safe. It does not guarantee a steady paycheck, nor health insurance, nor good credit approvals, etc, etc, etc! So then, why teach it?
Two words; Human Nature!
Every single individual has a built-in need to see the fruitage of one's labor. Very often, we complain about the fruitage being yielded by our labor, but someone else enjoying the fruit. That is a common sentiment. But teaching entrepreneurship is not about starting your own business, nor is it only taught to the aspiring entrepreneur. It can be taught even to Fortune 100 companies.
What does an individual gain from learning Entrepreneurship Strategies?
Our E 4 i program teaches a methodology called "Me.Inc - Running the business of YOU" where one learns:
- Self-awareness
- Communication
- Attire
- Posture
- Public Speaking
One also learns the following:
- Accountability (Paying Bills, Delivery of Services/Goods, Customer Service)
- Financial Literacy (Banking, Cost of Operation, Financial Projections, Price-Points)
- Marketing (Strategies, Tools, Messaging)
- Advertising (Venues, Exchange of Goods/Services)
- Purchasing (Consumer Science)
- Technology (Usage, Control, Tools)
- Research (Market, Niche, Economic)
What does an organization/company gain from learning Entrepreneurship Strategies?
Here are some examples of how our clients have allowed Entrepreneurship training to impact their sales & business development teams:
- Sales Strategies include Micro-Business models to drive incentive and accountability
- Sales individual included in complete Customer Life-Cycle
- Sales individual required to develop a complete Customer Profile to increase knowledge of Customer SWOT
- Business Development include Micro-Business models to increase quality of Customer Relations and Transactional process
- BD individual uses Customer SWOT to build service offerings based on customer growth potential and current needs
- BD individual co-delivers proposals to customer with Sales
- Commission-based incentive models for employees are attached to quality of work, not quantity
- Cost to deliver project vs. Sale price of project
- Usage of Customer Satisfaction survey to impact commissions
- Customer Longevity increases commission fee structure (longer the client stays a client, the better the commission)
- Sales & Business Development professionals write and complete a business plan
- Sales & Business Development professionals compete to introduce the next best product/service to their employer
Entrepreneurship Training is a key learning strategy, not only for corporations or individuals, but for our nation as a whole, which is in desperate need of becoming a producer of goods, and shed the culture of consumption.
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