The Entrepreneurial Professor

The Entrepreneurial Professor

Monday, March 30, 2009

What kind of degree should an Entrepreneur get?

Laura Evans asks the question:

What degree does an entrepreneur get?

There are different schools of thought on what degree an entrepreneur should receive, if any at all. Some look at top C.E.O.’s like Bill Gates who went to Harvard Business School for three years and then dropped out to form Microsoft. But even he will say that an education is essential to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Tim Berry at Entrepreneur recommends to major in your interests in college and to later further your education through higher degrees of education.
Many students believe that you must major in business, accounting or finance in undergrad to be a successful entrepreneur but that is not the case. You will not be a successful entrepreneur if there is no passion behind what you are doing. This too pertains to business schools. An MBA will help an entrepreneur grow and develop its company but it does take more than just the education. It takes dedication, commitment, passion, and of course, tough skin. Therefore, Berry recommends to follow your passions to become a successful entrepreneur. After all it is how top executives like Larry Page and Sergey Bain became such successful entrepreneurs.

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Winter Park, FL, United States
Michael Bowers is a Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship and serves as the Academic Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College. Dr. Bowers’ research interests include entrepreneurship, product/quality management, customer loyalty, strategic planning, personal selling and sales management, primarily in service industries. Michael has published almost fifty articles including journals such as: the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Services Marketing, the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, the American Journal of Medical Quality, Medical Care Review, Hospital and Health Services Administration, Health Care Management Review, the Journal of Health Care Marketing, the Journal of Retail Banking and the Journal of Marketing Education. Dr. Bowers is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Business Excellence.