Video: Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice

Video was filmed at Wasserman Center for Career Development at New York University June 2012. Name of presentation: Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice.

As an entrepreneur running KAS Placement, an executive search firm based out of New York City, I have made entrepreneurship a career choice.

Contents of Video:

Preparing for the Ups and Downs of Business – every business including my recruiting firm has had its ups and downs. In the segment, the importance of handling the swings of entrepreneurship is very important.

Discussed is Ken Sundheim’s experiences having both ups and downs while being an entrepreneur during a recessionary period.

Choosing Which Business to Start – as an entrepreneur, whether you start a marketing headhunting firm or sell widgets, you must love what you do. I always say that entrepreneurship is a marriage of sorts and the business owner will be spending significant time with their company so they better love it.

Ken Sundheim is the CEO of KAS Placement executive recruiting. Ken has been featured across the media with articles in the NYTimes, AOL, Business Insider and many more.

Ken Sundheim gives a lecture to graduates of New York University on Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice.

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5 Golden Rules of Entrepreneurship

1. You must love the business you open – Many young people tend to open a business because they think it can be lucrative, however nothing can be lucrative if you don’t love it.

 

Even if successful, you must understand that you can make money in anything, but you can’t be happy in everything.

 

2. Failure should be the least of your hesitations when opening a business – Many young entrepreneurs are so afraid of failing that the thought deters them from opening a business altogether.

 

I must admit that I was no different, as during my first few years in business, I tended to drink away a lot of anxiety about whether I would “make it.” Looking back, all the excess alcohol did was make me come close to not making it.

 

3. Work ethic + creativity + intelligence + vision + resiliency – As far as I’m concerned, this is the most pertinent formula when it comes to entrepreneurial success at a young age, as well as at an older age.

 

The great thing is that all of these skills can be honed. I am a firm believer that one can even make themselves more intelligent with a lot of work.  5 Golden Rules of Entrepreneurship Continued.