<p>As of lately, I've been very confused in terms of which major would benefit me more with my dreams of becoming an entrepreneur (particularly in the nightlife, real estate, and trucking industries). I want to double major in Communications, but I have to decide which type of business degree would be best suited for me. I hear Finance is more involved with numbers, analyzing, and statistics... Which could be beneficial for me in terms of acquiring the ability to help me decide what would be better investments for my business's. Yet, on the other hand, I heard Business Management kind of teaches you the generalization of business as a whole, not really anything specific. I heard though that Management is mostly for people that go on to work as managers and such at places like Target, which I have no desire to do. Plus, I rather study and be good at one thing specific, as if I were to study Finance, as opposed to going into Management, studying all things related to business, but taking away from it mediocre lessons since I did not spend my time focusing on one thing in particular and mastering it... But I don't know. Which major do you guys think would help me out more?</p>
<p>C’mon… 176 views and not even ONE piece of input from anybody???</p>
<p>I am also wondering about this. If anything, just be patient.</p>
<p>Management with a concentration in entrepreneurship. If you’re dead set on this career track, then look for schools that have this program.</p>
<p>It all depends on the caliber of school you attend. At high end schools, general management will prepare you to work an top-tier consulting firms, while finance will prepare you to work at bulge bracket investment banks.</p>
<p>Quite frankly, I don’t think you can go wrong. Finance will teach you more about the numbers side of business, while management will teach you more about people/culture management. In either case, being a successful entrepreneur requires a lot of real world experience. However, finance does offer a technical field for you to fall back on.</p>
<p>Target is a great company to work for if you plan on doing anything related to consumer goods. You learn how their inventory and operations is managed and then you can use that knowledge and apply to your own merchandise down the road.</p>
<p>For example, one of your passions is “nightlife”. By this I assume clubs or lounge?
If you are going to own a club or lounge you will need to fill and maintain inventory. Why not gain that experience from one of the biggest companies in the world and apply it to your club?</p>
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It might make a good part time job for a semester or two but it is NOT what most people envision as a career(the assistant manager thing). I worked there when I was in HS. I learned a lot, but I reached the point of diminishing returns quickly.</p>
<p>I would suggest finance as a major and then a few sociology or management courses on the side. The soft skills are more valuable than the hard skills, but they’re best developed on the job. Joining a few clubs at school and taking on a leadership role in them will help more than taking a bunch of management courses. I’d still suggest taking 2 or 3 though just for exposure, you get diminishing returns quickly after that though.</p>
<p>Also watch Stanford business school’s series on entrepreneurship.</p>