Comments on: A Career in Business

By: jEy

jEy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:58:42 +0000

Well done Tatham. I guess there are some opportunities by way of competitions and elective subjects to stimulate your entrepreneurial brain cells at uni and at some schools (?) But, as students it is difficult to focus on an uncharted path than your set out assignments and exams. This is where your inspirational speech makes a difference. I am sure someone would have taken that to heart. I wish I was there and it was 1996.

By: nojyfied

nojyfied — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:28:02 +0000

So true, Not going to uni and skipping it doesn’t make you into a successful entrepreneur.

The Google founder Sergey Brin and Larry Page left their phd’s for Google because I guess they finally had the confidence that this idea is awesome, and it is work working for it.

Most people in uni don’t have that exact track they want to follow. They do have a vague dream but not a clear idea or scope.

I guess it takes alot to find the “shit, this thing sucks!! I’m sure many feel it sucks as well, I think i can do better and solve it”. One greatest bussiness rule that has worked since money was invented “If you can do or make something that people find useful, people will pay you the money they think they would have otherwise spent more trying to do or making it”.

By: Janet Magennis

Janet Magennis — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:36:47 +0000

Hi Tatham – greetings from Texas. Great posting, I wish someone had told me all this before I spent 4 years at University reading Economics. A well thought out response. I suspect the students will be pondering what you said for quite a while to come.

By: Mark Stanton

Mark Stanton — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:11:29 +0000

Awesome post mate. Can relate to lots of it. Quit my job & degree to start out with Gruden. Best thing I ever did.

The “peak of your risk capacity” point can not be overstated and I wish someone had told me about it way back when. There is so much (implicit) pressure to conform to the HSC -> Uni -> Career -> Marriage -> Kids convention and there is little room on that path for entrepreneurial risk taking. But the best time to take those risks is in your 20’s when you have a safety net to fall back on and you don’t have dependents of your own. Win or lose if will be a positive experience you take with you through life.

http://francistantl.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/dilberts-career-advice-by-scott-adams/ is also worth a read and touches some similar points.