4 Routes To Take With A Bachelors Degree In Entrepreneurship

My degree from Baylor was a giant case study for everything I screwed up in high school. My MBA in entrepreneurship, is a giant feasibility study for what I want to do in the future – it’s the next phase in my journey as an entrepreneur. Coming out of high school, I found myself running an internet start up in the Philippines. All my classes made me realize what I could’ve done differently, especially as I continued to do contracting work for the company.

In addition to attempting to start my own company, I've been helping others re-purpose their businesses, primarily with marketing, towards the new trends in marketing, such as social media and the "give-to-get" mentality. I've helped non-profits as well as for profits in various industries.

Going into school I was having a lot of fun in my job and worried I wouldn’t be able to return. But that fear was squashed. In addition to giving me practical business tools, getting my business degree helped me think about what kind of legacy I want to leave. Now I work for Explore Austin, a nonprofit for under served youth. I get to take 2 passions (adventure activities and helping kids) and combine them with experience from my old job (leadership training) and the skills from my entrepreneurship degree.

If you're ready to get to work but not ready to work for yourself, there's one huge area of opportunity: non-profits.

With many of the expectations of a traditional business but more freedoms, you’ll get the experience you need without putting your own skin in the game just yet.

You’ll likely get the chance to spread your wings a bit more than in a bottom-line-driven business, and that means you’ll be ready to soar that much higher when you’re ready to start your own business.