Curiosity killed the cat. Thank goodness it had 8 other lives!
That's the way I'm hoping my foray into the entrepreneur's path will go. Well, no, I don't hope that I'll fail the first time, but at least if I do I'll be able to figure out why and have more chances to succeed!
Need
Entry
Control
Scale
Time
As long as I follow these commandments I shouldn't be too far off, right guys? Haha!
I'm going to assume a wall of text isn't going to help me make friends here, so if you guys feel the inclination to find out a little bit more about this new guy, please feel free to shoot me a PM.
A little bit about my current situation: TL;DR: Boss wants me to stay to mentor me. I need to stay an extra year to do so. If I stay though, I will not be able to give my full focus to my business. It is a great opportunity to learn more about store management and also business development (franchising), but it also delays my business plans. Do you believe I will be learning many things that will help my entrepreneurial desire, and do you think it will be worth delaying my business plans by 1 year?
My best friend and I have been going through some business ideas and running them through CENTS. We feel that we've come up with a few solid ones and are going to pick one to run with.
The problem? I have a full time job that requires me to be fully immersed in it to be effective. This is not just a request from my superior but also how I feel. I feel that if I were to half-a$$ my job, or split my attention between it and my business, that it will be unfair to my place of employ.
Here's the thing though: I am being trained in business development. In essence, I am being paid to fill my knowledge gap about this sort of thing, and I'm doing so while risking only someone else's company, not mine.
My superior believes I have incredible potential and finds it a shame that I may be leaving to pursue my own path.
My question for those of you who have ever been in my position: what is your advice?
Should I stay on for another year, learn everything about expanding a franchise, learn about critiquing expansion ideas and marketing efforts, first? Or should I simply thank him for all of his teachings and patience up to this point and resign to try to tackle this with my own business?
I admit, I have a serious lack of knowledge, but I am also a very quick learner, which is why he wants me to stay so badly. He feels he can mentor me into someone with executive-level management skills.
If I were a slowlane-thinker, this would be an easy decision, but I'm not. Or, I'm trying not to be.
So, help me out fastlaners!
Many Thanks!
Alfred Leung
That's the way I'm hoping my foray into the entrepreneur's path will go. Well, no, I don't hope that I'll fail the first time, but at least if I do I'll be able to figure out why and have more chances to succeed!
Need
Entry
Control
Scale
Time
As long as I follow these commandments I shouldn't be too far off, right guys? Haha!
I'm going to assume a wall of text isn't going to help me make friends here, so if you guys feel the inclination to find out a little bit more about this new guy, please feel free to shoot me a PM.
A little bit about my current situation: TL;DR: Boss wants me to stay to mentor me. I need to stay an extra year to do so. If I stay though, I will not be able to give my full focus to my business. It is a great opportunity to learn more about store management and also business development (franchising), but it also delays my business plans. Do you believe I will be learning many things that will help my entrepreneurial desire, and do you think it will be worth delaying my business plans by 1 year?
My best friend and I have been going through some business ideas and running them through CENTS. We feel that we've come up with a few solid ones and are going to pick one to run with.
The problem? I have a full time job that requires me to be fully immersed in it to be effective. This is not just a request from my superior but also how I feel. I feel that if I were to half-a$$ my job, or split my attention between it and my business, that it will be unfair to my place of employ.
Here's the thing though: I am being trained in business development. In essence, I am being paid to fill my knowledge gap about this sort of thing, and I'm doing so while risking only someone else's company, not mine.
My superior believes I have incredible potential and finds it a shame that I may be leaving to pursue my own path.
My question for those of you who have ever been in my position: what is your advice?
Should I stay on for another year, learn everything about expanding a franchise, learn about critiquing expansion ideas and marketing efforts, first? Or should I simply thank him for all of his teachings and patience up to this point and resign to try to tackle this with my own business?
I admit, I have a serious lack of knowledge, but I am also a very quick learner, which is why he wants me to stay so badly. He feels he can mentor me into someone with executive-level management skills.
If I were a slowlane-thinker, this would be an easy decision, but I'm not. Or, I'm trying not to be.
So, help me out fastlaners!
Many Thanks!
Alfred Leung
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