A businessman gives students some helpful advice on how to think and act for a successful future.
Talking Points:
- If you want to start a business you have to be willing to take risks.
- You should start while you’re young. It is much easier to start a business when you don’t have a ton of responsibilities like a mortgage or kids to care for.
- You should have a good business plan. Your business isn’t going to go anywhere if you don’t know how you are going to make it work. So plan.
- If you start while you’re young, you have to follow through. Your business isn’t going to go anywhere if you aren’t willing to see it through to the end.
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- If you started a business, what would it be? Why?
- What other things do you think would be important when starting a business?
- What kinds of things do you think would get in the way of starting a business when you are older?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
