Entrepreneurship should be an option and mandatory in our society.

[ImGenius]

What' is your opinion on this:

To become an entrepreneur, you must have incredible patience and willpower. It is not possible for any state to provide education and employment to everyone because many of those who are studying are indifferent and will not be able to give good results in the workplace. However, I think the government should definitely stand by those in our society who are interested in doing something as entrepreneurs. Because entrepreneurs will make an important contribution on world economy to turning a poor country into a developing country.

[Mpamaegbu]

What' is your opinion on this:

To start with, if something is optional; it can't be mandatory. If something is mandatory, it can't be optional. I guess that was a typo there.

Now to the issue. Yes, I quite agree with you on the place having a handiwork or craft/skills in addition to paper certification people get at the end of their tertiary education. Skills are life savers as white collar jobs are becoming short in supply this day, especially in developing countries like mine. With skills, one can be self employed and earn from that. I'm in support of skills acquisition being made a part of school curriculum but it shouldn't be mandatory. Let there be an option for it.

[Hewlet]

I strongly believe that things we definitely change in our economy if this should be done with adequate concerns in regards of future changes

What's your opinion on this

Entrepreneurship or skill acquisition is not just  an option but rather a necessity that makes life even worthwhile. If you look at the way the schooling system now works, you will see a change that is neccesiated by a quest to get all scholars to not just be academically relevant but to also be entrepreneurial minded since in the first place, there are not enough jobs to go round the enormous population of people we have around us.

Even when you're going through the formal educational system, you need to be well positioned in learning, character, skill wise and other means so as to become an all rounder that's completely skilled and able to earn through all those means. If you're skilled enough, if you're not earning via your education, it becomes possible for you to earn through other things you're skilled at.

[Juicyhome]

Entrepreneurship or skill acquisition is not just  an option but rather a necessity that makes life even worthwhile. If you look at the way the schooling system now works, you will see a change that is neccesiated by a quest to get all scholars to not just be academically relevant but to also be entrepreneurial minded since in the first place, there are not enough jobs to go round the enormous population of people we have around us.

Even when you're going through the formal educational system, you need to be well positioned in learning, character, skill wise and other means so as to become an all rounder that's completely skilled and able to earn through all those means. If you're skilled enough, if you're not earning via your education, it becomes possible for you to earn through other things you're skilled at.

The school system adapt quickly to the changes in the society because the school was built as the micro part of the society, where character is modify for the benefit of the society,  the school system provides solutions to the multiple challenges facing the society we're in today. And the major challenge of the society is unemployment, the rate of unemployed graduates are so numerous because of failed government. The school as solution hub of the society embrace entrepreneurship as a mean to tackle unemployment in the society, in many schools today, vocational studies is compulsory for the students, then in the university a mandatory entrepreneurship courses are being introduced for students to learn a skill they can survive on while waiting for a good job. Acquiring skills is very important as a student, this skill I'll help you to build yourself and to create job for others if only you take it seriously.

[Solosanz]

Rather than talking about entrepreneurship which is a big thing, better to start from the first step before becoming an entrepreneur which is seller or freelancer. Being a seller or freelancer makes you to know if you need a skill to work and you will learn to appreciate every small thing because there's no rules, you can work anytime you want.

If they already success as a seller or freelancer, they can start to be an entrepreneur who the main task is to create a system.

[Felicity_Tide]

If this same government have played a big part in rendering a lot of people's qualifications useless, just by increasing the unemployment and inflation rate, then I don't think the majority of them would pick interest in making skill very important. Even the quality of education across every nation isn't the same, especially in third world countries where majority still feed their young with old Academic schemes.

But of course, the idea of entrepreneurship should be a must, but maybe not necessarily with the involvement of the government, because they've already failed on their part. Every child passing through a rough educational system should as well prioritize getting a good skill in order to become an entrepreneur. I can't say the same for a child whose life is far much better, probably as a result of being born into a wealthy family.

[harapan]

Lets take a break a little, the sentences in your post are honestly confusing and it'd be great if you can fix it.

Anyway, entrepreneurship shouldn't be forced but instead incentivized. The people who want to dive into entrepreneurship should be helped in terms of bureaucracy and capital to get started. Even with just that, it's already good enough.

Let the people who want to do entrepreneurship do what they want to do, government just facilitate it and make life easier here and there.

It should be made important that is all op says and wants to happen. It should be taught in schools and added to every curriculum. Majority of career people I know though will not be entrepreneurs if they have a job that is very good and pays all of the bill for them.

Entrepreneurship is not something you can just talk about, you have to work hard, take responsibilities and put in your heart to get things done. Just like they say, entrepreneurship is the way wealth is actually transferred in the society, so it will be nice if they can both be merged with those that have jobs. Most governments are not helping matters and we all know that to be correct.

[uneng]

This discipline is already part of many superior degree courses, however, the way it's implemented is useless. The lessons just bring default content, without teaching the (harsh) reality of being an entrepreneur.

To just make it mandatory isn't enough. The most important thing is the compromise of taking legit and real information to the student, so he won't feel frustrated later once he enters the market for having bought a fantasy which doesn't correspond to how things work for real.

[Mr Reporter]

Rather than talking about entrepreneurship which is a big thing, better to start from the first step before becoming an entrepreneur which is seller or freelancer. Being a seller or freelancer makes you to know if you need a skill to work and you will learn to appreciate every small thing because there's no rules, you can work anytime you want.

If they already success as a seller or freelancer, they can start to be an entrepreneur who the main task is to create a system.

I totally agree starting as a seller or freelancer is the perfect “test‑run” for entrepreneurship you get to feel the market, learn the ropes and set your own schedule without a boss breathing down your neck.  I think this you are right this is some place it should be learnt somewhere.

[Emjay24]

Entrepreneurship is a process of designing, launching and managing a new personal business that involves innovation and risk taking to achieve financial and social values in the society.

Firstly I do not like your definition of entrepreneurship. I kind of like this definition better

Entrepreneurship is defined as an activity that involves the discovery, evaluation and exploitation of opportunities to introduce new goods and services, ways of organizing, markets, processes and raw materials through organizing efforts that previously had not existed (Venkataraman, 1997; Shane & Venkataraman, 2000)

Every entrepreneur should have the ability of turning opportunities or shortcomings into a money making medium by providing values that either produces a solution to an already existing problem or upgrades an existing solution with a very unique niche that penetrates the market readily. Like one of my professors in school would always say: An entrepreneur should have eyes for seeing, nose for perceiving and ears for hearing business opportunities, more emphasis on Money making opportunities and this should be taught to students from their Elementary schooling and not even waiting until they're in colleges and higher institutions

[Pi-network314159]

Learning a skill or an entrepreneurship business and attaching it to ones certified as an alternative to work after leaving is aather of personal choice and not a must that government will implement it. It is not everything government will implement, some things are left for people to do for themselves for personal growth. Even education is not even mandatory at first place talk more of learning a skill. You can just sudgest that people should learn handwok before after school to help them in life since working with certificates is now becoming difficult, but something to expect the government to do for us.

[B-BossMan]

Learning a skill or an entrepreneurship business and attaching it to ones certified as an alternative to work after leaving is aather of personal choice and not a must that government will implement it. It is not everything government will implement, some things are left for people to do for themselves for personal growth. Even education is not even mandatory at first place talk more of learning a skill. You can just sudgest that people should learn handwok before after school to help them in life since working with certificates is now becoming difficult, but something to expect the government to do for us.

I agree with you. actually, at times we just need to work on ourselves or do some things ourselves that would bring greatness to our lives instead of depending on the government for doing everything for us. Although when we talk of entrepreneurship skills, it has helped a lot of people in this life, as it has helped them build their financial activities and also served as a plan B backup to some people. I personally benefited from entrepreneurship today and am still benefiting because I found it very hard to secure a white collar job after I finished school, so I just decided to continue with my skills instead of waiting for a government job, and right now I am perfectly doing great financially, so I have builded myself a little in terms of financial growth.

[Dave1]

Entrepreneurship is a process of designing, launching and managing a new personal business that involves innovation and risk taking to achieve financial and social values in the society.

I don't think though that entrepreneurship should be a mandatory and it's not for everyone. Yes, I know that it can make someone very successful, but I will say that it's not that an easy path. There will be a lot of challenges and humps along the way and maybe just 1% of the population will be successful.

And for me those who really become successful is really motivated and have goals in life. Maybe they want to get out of poverty and so at the young age they dream of becoming a businessman to earn a lot of money. But again, it's not that your neighbor can still get their hands on it and in the course becomes wealthy and rich.

[iv4n]

It's a bit hard to understand what OP wants to say... even the headline is confusing! Should entrepreneurship be mandatory or just an option?

I believe there's no universal answer to this... schools should be more diverse. They should offer more programs, practical skills, creativity, and many other classes. Sadly, many schools don't even have the basics to make that happen... for all sorts of reasons like low budget, lack of staff, unqualified staff, and so on, and on.

In any case, giving kids & later students different options and skills is the right direction. Some need handwork, others like to read, there are entrepreneurs, and some are all about sports... And we can't know what is best for us unless we try different things. But to try something, there have to be proper conditions... schools need to actually offer those options.

[LOVER BOY 422]

How can entrepreneurship become mandatory? It is the choice of the person who is doing it to continue doing it, it is a difficult step to take in life, families rarely support that type of endeavors and hence not easy.

The problem solving is not present in everyone, hence new solutions to existing problems rarely come up properly.

However the mindset is what I feel is also important, keeping the mind to develop something new and do something new for the society should be there.

Due to the country we are many are in to crime without it not being forced they will not obey to it ,that's why I said it should be by force ,you know many people like to be pushed towards something before they can take it seriously if not they will just see it and over look it before you know it they will still go back to their crime station where they belong.

[Agbe]

OP I think that you are getting something wrong here because from what I can get from your thread is having a skill not entrepreneur per day. Because you are taking about having something like a hand work to the education that one has acquired. And I see reason with you because education is never enough now because with the current economic situation that the world finds itself it's important to have a hand work and that is what should be made compulsory by every government of the world not entrepreneurship per day because the process of becoming an entrepreneur involves investing which I don't think that every one in a country will agree to that.

[BRINIRHA]

What' is your opinion on this:

I am personally an entrepreneur, although not a large company. However, I am proud that I have finally been able to establish a business that has long been a dream of mine and my husband's. However, the journey has not been easy at all. In my opinion, competition today is much tougher than it was a few years ago. Today, every business must be able to adapt to technological advancements. If you have a physical business, you must also make that physical business well-known in the online market. Or you must leverage the internet to grow your business.

One piece of advice I have before starting a business is that it would be better if we try to join a company or business in the field that we are interested in, which will one day become our business. For example, if you want to open a restaurant one day, then start by learning to be an employee at a quality restaurant. Try to get in there and become an employee, learn everything, and take note of important things that we can use as a reference for our business in the future. I did the same in the field I wanted to pursue. So, when we start building our own business, we already understand in detail what needs to be done. And the risk of failure becomes smaller.

[Oluwa-btc]

How can entrepreneurship become mandatory? It is the choice of the person who is doing it to continue doing it, it is a difficult step to take in life, families rarely support that type of endeavors and hence not easy.

The problem solving is not present in everyone, hence new solutions to existing problems rarely come up properly.

However the mindset is what I feel is also important, keeping the mind to develop something new and do something new for the society should be there.

Having an entrepreneurship goal is a perfect but personal choice.It depends on your personality, resources and long term vision.Although the information OP was trying to pass implies that one should be professionally skilled in a high marketable skills.It ranges from physical skills to digital skills,amidst also being an entrepreneur.Personally,I think having or mastering a skill first makes you more visible to employments.

[LOVER BOY 422]

It must not be the government that 2ill make it mandatory before parents should know that going to school alone isn't enough for a secured future. Parents should put more concern into this and register their children on skill acquisition programs or send their children to learn a skill when they're on holidays.

This will be of help to them in future because they have two ways to earn money for themselves either through their school or the skill that they learned.

Why government and parents should be the once that will make it a mandatory to their children is because many children are always shy in time of learning handwork /skill but if the parents and the government should put it as a mandatory and sanction to them ,I believe too will that they will take the challenge and learn the skill ,sometimes our parents fail to push them let the government push them ,I think they will tight their seat belt,some time their are some token government should pay just to motivate the people that are learning skill for more encouragement.

[Odusko]

First we need to talk about motivations in everything we do, entrepreneurship is much more like a vocational skills and for one to thrive in it, you need to build some level of motivation to start with since being a successful entrepreneur requires you to have enough skills and experience and if one dont have motivation for that you may lose out along the way, so we cant say that we mandate everyone to become and entrepreneurs in addiction to their education.