Kristi;2850039 said:
I'll be in the same boat as you come September. I will have a degree is Business Administration with a concentration in Management. Grab a paddle my dear, we will make it up this river -- I'm sure of it.
My plan is to open my own business. I don't have job experience and with no jobs anyway I think opening my own is the way to go. My dream is to open a nightclub, but that dream might come crashing down as I read in the paper this week that two of the bars that do "shows" in this town are not allowed to have all ages shows anymore. If that is the new city rule that could damper my dream. I could still make it work if I separate drinkers and non-drinkers on different levels, but this city has a big stick up their butt when it comes to doing anything FUN, especially for those kids under the age of 21. If those kids want to drink they are going to find a way to drink -- they don't want to do it at shows as 1) they can't afford it and 2) most are there for the music. I remember when I was a teenager and how many shows I wanted to go to at the Pomp Room, but couldn't because I wasn't 21. It shouldn't be like that. Music doesn't have an age limit!
I however have a couple other business ideas that I want to pursue and wouldn't be as big as the nightclub and would be good starter things for me to do. I'm going to look for a real job or some internships, but new businesses stimulate the economy and I have the balls and ideas to go through with it and make it work.
That's a great attitude and what I was going to suggest Jon consider doing as well.
If you have a degree in Business Management,
why not try your hand at starting up your own business?
Plus, at the age you guys are at, it's the perfect time to try something like that, because even if you fail, you still have plenty of time to recover. And I can promise you that even trying to start your own business is something that most future employers will look positively upon.
Personally, I look at that as a greater asset than grad school.
And if capital is tight, as I'm sure it is, then try a business that is less capital intensive, or try to find some investors who may be looking for investment alternatives outside of the market right now... I'd bet there are more than a few who might be willing to take a risk when the market itself is so risky these days. Just make sure you have a solid business plan to pitch them.
I quit a high-paying job and started up my own business back in August of 2001... less than one month before 9/11. I had a mortgage and my first baby was less than a year old. When 9/11 hit, I thought, "What have I just done?" But I stuck with it and it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
If you've got an idea and the fortitude to stick with it, I'd recommend to anyone to go into business for themselves. Professionally-speaking there's nothing more rewarding in my opinion.
