“If you can dream it
do it”- Walt Disney
What skills does an entrepreneur possess? What makes an
entrepreneur? What is entrepreneurship
skills development?
There’s no one way to answer this question. Some say you are
born with it, others say it can only be inculcated with hard work and
dedication. In short, either you have it or you don't. But it doesn’t matter,
because we can achieve anything if we just our minds to it.
India and the world today are booming with young innovators,
start-ups and fresh energy. Everybody wants to create something they can call
their own. It’s like a niche you carve
out just for you, a legacy you leave behind.
So, how does one go about this entrepreneurship skills development
path and what are the steps to follow? Here are some:
Learning to look at the big picture
Entrepreneurship skills development starts with the main
focus being on the big picture. What this entails is that you have to
understand the industry that you are in and its interconnections. It means garnering
an insight into how companies operate on a fundamental level and how businesses
work from the ground-up. You need to be updated about the market trends, the
Sensex, how capital and investments work. You need not be a business major, but
you need to be aware about how a market works in order to play your part in it.
Your knowledge will drive you and that in turn will drive your business.
An appetite for success
“Innovation
distinguishes between a leader and a follower”- Steve Jobs
Entrepreneurship skills development is not just about learning
and acquiring new skills, it is about having an inclination for success.”Where there is a will, there is always a
way”, If you can will it you can do it, this requires not only motivation
but an ability to push your own boundaries. The inconvenient truth is, this is your company that you are working to
build and nobody is going to care about it apart from you. Become accomplished in the little things you do. If you want
to succeed then plan and follow through. You can ensure this by planning your
day well in advance. Remember a failure to plan is just a plan to fail.
Valor
“You don’t learn to
walk by following rules, you learn by doing and falling over” – Richard
Branson.
You can build up your self-confidence with the small
achievements and then the big ones. The fact of the matter is this, even a
Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates did not have much self-confidence when they started
out. In Rudyard kipling’s Poem “If” he says,
If you can meet
with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those
two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to
hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves
to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things
you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and
build ’em up with worn-out tools:
The only way to be confident is if you fall a few times,
fail a few more times, and despite the failures and broken bones, start all
over again. Don’t be afraid to be yourself. Make others believe in your vision.
That's enough to make those investors trust you and give your venture a shot. Entrepreneurship
skills development can require you to fake confidence at times, to just go for
it. You can’t be the expert or a good leader without first making the rookie
mistakes of a novice.
Decisiveness
Resolve, determination and drive, that’s what you need to
make a decision and follow through. A leader can be indecisive, can lack
clarity, and can sometimes lose their vision. But a good leader knows how to
bounce back from it. A good leader keeps the big picture in mind and plans
around it, makes room for errors and also the solutions. Their decisions affect
not only them but others too and this can be a huge responsibility to shoulder.
But an entrepreneur has the courage to take risks. They must test the terrain
to understand how it moves, and then adjust to it. Decisiveness will play a big
role on your path towards Entrepreneurship skills development.
Listen carefully, Plan ahead, find solutions not problems
focus on your goal and don’t be afraid to falter along the way. “If opportunity does not knock, build a
door” – Milton Berle
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