Comments on: An Open Letter to Incoming Entrepreneurship Majors http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/ Web Entrepreneur | WordPress Geek Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 By: Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-18 Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:09:24 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-18 [...] way to draw attention to the author’s responses to user comments. (Example) [...] [...] way to draw attention to the author’s responses to user comments. (Example) [...]

]]> By: Blake Imeson http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-17 Blake Imeson Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:29:02 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-17 @pratt Thanks! Glad you liked it. Appreciate the stumble. I hope it helps some people. I really think some great advice was contributed. @pratt Thanks! Glad you liked it. Appreciate the stumble.

I hope it helps some people. I really think some great advice was contributed.

]]> By: pratt http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-16 pratt Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:51:40 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-16 Great write-up Blake! This will be extremely valuable to all Entrepreneurship majors and business majors in general. Stumbled! :) Great write-up Blake! This will be extremely valuable to all Entrepreneurship majors and business majors in general.

Stumbled! :)

]]> By: Blake Imeson http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-15 Blake Imeson Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:49:25 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-15 @Hjörtur thanks for the awesome links. I am big fans of both Guy and Seth but hadn't seen those posts. MBAs may be right for some people, but I agree with them that sometimes it is just better to get out there and get some in-the-trenches experience. BTW @all <a title="Marketing Safari: Exploring the Unbeaten Path in Marketing" href="http://blog.scope.is/marketing_safari/" rel="nofollow">Hjörtur has a great blog on Marketing</a>. Plus he lives in Iceland. How cool is that!, @perfectlyGoodInk excellent point. I added it under networking. You can always tell when someone doesn't care anything about you and just needs your connections. @Hjörtur thanks for the awesome links. I am big fans of both Guy and Seth but hadn’t seen those posts.

MBAs may be right for some people, but I agree with them that sometimes it is just better to get out there and get some in-the-trenches experience.

BTW @all Hjörtur has a great blog on Marketing. Plus he lives in Iceland. How cool is that!,

@perfectlyGoodInk excellent point. I added it under networking.

You can always tell when someone doesn’t care anything about you and just needs your connections.

]]> By: perfectlyGoodInk http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-14 perfectlyGoodInk Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:48:10 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-14 One addition I'd suggest to add to the networking part is to be sincere. Don't view conversations with people solely as a means to an ends to help yourself, because people hate being used in that manner. Likewise, don't fake interest that isn't there. Do express the genuine interest that you do have in other people. But great advice. I certainly wish I'd done more of these sorts of things. One addition I’d suggest to add to the networking part is to be sincere. Don’t view conversations with people solely as a means to an ends to help yourself, because people hate being used in that manner. Likewise, don’t fake interest that isn’t there. Do express the genuine interest that you do have in other people.

But great advice. I certainly wish I’d done more of these sorts of things.

]]> By: Hjortur Smarason http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-13 Hjortur Smarason Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:20:35 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-13 Excellent post, Blake. What makes a good business man isn't what he or she learned in school. It's an attitude, common sense and network that matters most. But you still need to pass those exams ;) You might like to check out those two posts as well from Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/08/mba-in-a-page.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/nobs_the_end_of.html Excellent post, Blake.

What makes a good business man isn’t what he or she learned in school. It’s an attitude, common sense and network that matters most. But you still need to pass those exams ;)

You might like to check out those two posts as well from Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/08/mba-in-a-page.html
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/nobs_the_end_of.html

]]> By: Blake Imeson http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-12 Blake Imeson Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:30 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-12 @Chris thanks! I might try that. Hmmm... mixing old and new mediums. Might have to do some major reformatting. If the college has any online newsletters it would be easy enough for them to use it. Thanks for your help with this too! @Chris thanks! I might try that.

Hmmm… mixing old and new mediums. Might have to do some major reformatting. If the college has any online newsletters it would be easy enough for them to use it.

Thanks for your help with this too!

]]> By: Chris Andrew http://www.blakeimeson.com/an-open-letter-to-incoming-entrepreneurship-majors/#comment-11 Chris Andrew Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:39:27 +0000 http://www.blakeimeson.com/old-site/?p=68#comment-11 Great post Blake, you should try and get it published in the Collegian as well. Lots of people should read this one! Great post Blake, you should try and get it published in the Collegian as well. Lots of people should read this one!

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