<p>I'm thinking of switching from finance to entrepreneurship. I only have a week or so left to decide before I need to register for fall classes. If I go with entrepreneurship, will it hurt my chances of landing a job (working for someone) compared to if I were to major in finance? I know deep down I want to own my own business someday soon, but if that doesn't work out, I want to be able to have other options. I would worry that the employer might see me as someone who isn't as serious about a "work for the man" career.</p>
<p>I'm not totally sure, but I tend to agree with you that some employers will look negatively at this. However, are you going to start your own business right out of undergrad? If so, entrepreneurship would make sense, and once you are a few years removed from undergrad, your degree won't matter as much.</p>
<p>If you don't intend to start a business until a few years after graduation, I would recommend majoring in finance, unless there is some other reason you don't want to major in it (ie you don't enjoy it, don't do particularly well at it, etc).</p>
<p>I don't have a business idea yet, but like I said I would perhaps like to do some business venture at some point. The courses for entrepreneurship seem more interesting and there is more of a selection, compared to finance. I'm not super crazy about finance, I picked it because I'm into the stock market.</p>
<p>I won't have a minor, because that'd take me another year likely.</p>
<p>I would stick with finance, more versatile. Atleast if your business plans don't work right away, you can still get a job on the side with the finance degree</p>
<p>I am currently an Entrepreneurship major at Northern Michigan University (NMU). I think you maybe have a slightly skewed view of an entrepreneurship major and what makes people who hold them valuable. Entrepreneurs are not only around to start businesses, they are also around to revitalize businesses and industries that already exist. If you think of yourself as someone who pays close attention to trends. Or, someone who notices their local market changes and comes up with schemes to find success, for instance, "A buffalo wild wings would kill (do well) in this college town that doesn't have a wings/sports bar." But also someone who notices something like "wow, this is a really killer (awesome) restaurant why dont people know about this place, the prices are low - the food is awesome - the atmosphere is clutch (good), the only thing they need is some marketing"... If you've been thinking. Yes, I do those things. Your probably a perfect Entrepreneurship candidate. Did I mention my minor is finance? </p>
<p>Fun Facts</p>
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<li><p>Entrepreneurship is derived from the french language and roughly translates to seeker of risks and reward...</p></li>
<li><p>There is no better time to start your business than right out of college. Most 1st businesses fail. If you fail while your young you have nothing to lose, if you fail once you have a family and stuff... your fed</p></li>
<li><p>Entrepreneurs are people willing to live a few years of they're lives like others wont, so that they can spend the rest of their lives living like others cant.</p></li>
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<p>*** May use the word roughly in an extreme manner.</p>
<p>The fact that you have to ask tells me that you have an aversion to risk, and therefore should not major in entrepreneurship and should stick with finance.</p>
<p>I admire people who start their own business and take a leap not on what they know, but on what they know they can figure out to make their business succesful. It's a learn as you go degree, given by the University of Life.</p>
<p>I would stay with finance and join the entrep. club at your school. This way, you can put the club on your resume and it will reflect your interest in the subject. IMO, you can lear to write a business plan by taking one class, you don't need a major in it. Learning how to finance and grow a company takes more classes, mostly in strategy, finance, and marketing.</p>
<p>We have a entrep. program at the school I go to. Most of the professors have strategy PhDs and backgrounds in M&L/LBO... Entrep. majors seem like a fad, and I would probably count them as BBA.</p>
<p>Japher nailed it.
"The fact that you have to ask tells me that you have an aversion to risk, and therefore should not major in entrepreneurship and should stick with finance."</p>