Health and Human Services Professional Development

WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? Many FCS professionals may choose follow the path of an entrepreneur. Becoming an entrepreneur is exciting, yet challenging, because one has to make the decision to forgo the safety of a steady paycheck, and risk everything they have. They may study business planning, principles of assessment, market analysis and many other topics related to the business aspects of FCS. Anyone within any FCS major or area of focus may decide to create their own venture using principles of entrepreneurship. At Career Skillet, we provide articles written by successful entrepreneurs from various industries. Some issues about which entrepreneurs may want to learn include, but are not limited to: • Creating a business plan • The importance of branding and consistency • Marketing • Quests for start-up funding • Forming a corporation, LLC, or nonprofit • Business counseling ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: For more information on entrepreneurship, see: SCORE ...

WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? Many FCS professionals may choose follow the path of an entrepreneur. Becoming an entrepreneur is exciting, yet challenging, because one has to make the decision to forgo the safety of a steady paycheck, and risk everything they have. They may study business planning, principles of assessment, market analysis and many other topics related to the business aspects of FCS. Anyone within any FCS major or area of focus may decide to create their own venture using principles of entrepreneurship. At Career Skillet, we provide articles written by successful entrepreneurs from various industries. Some issues about which entrepreneurs may want to learn include, but are not limited to: • Creating a business plan • The importance of branding and consistency • Marketing • Quests for start-up funding • Forming a corporation, LLC, or nonprofit • Business counseling ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: For more information on entrepreneurship, see: SCORE Fi...

Are YOU Smarter than a 5th Grader? Advice from the “Kid President” by   Mikki Sherwood   on   July 28, 2013   Nine-year-old Robby Novak has unbelievable charisma. His “Kid President” videos are taking the internet by storm. In this pep talk, he gives advice for doing “something that will make the world awesome.” His advice: Don’t be boring. If life is a game, aren’t we all on the same team? Don’t stop believing. I want to be on the path that leads to awesome. Keep going, and going, and going, and going. What will you create to make the world more awesome? Nothing if you just keep sitting there! https://youtu.be/l-gQLqv9f4o?list=PLzvRx_johoA8PC6S5k5S2SszRQOR8oSEa *Originally posted on the Career Skillet website (Permission granted by Jill Bowers).