<p>I don't know what I should major in my Dad has a few businesses and he makes a good income of above 300,000$ a year. He wants me to work with him, but I don't know which major would help me the most some. Should i take entrepreneurship, finance, or managment? Some colleges I think i can get into is Fordham gabelli, North Eastern, BU SMG, Babson and some others.</p>
<p>Why would you need to major in something if you want to work for your dad? Sorry, I just find this to be an unusual situation, but ok. Ask yourself how studying will benefit you and your dad’s businesses. Businesses are all about making profit. You need to learn how to make profit, and this comes down to a few categories: Business models, marketing models, price fixation, perfect competition, etc. An MBA is a very broad major when it comes to business in general, but theories in economics, marketing and finance would greatly benefit you as well, which is why some go for a B.A. in either Econ, Finance or something related, then go on to pursue an MBA.</p>
<p>The advice above is excellent. Also, depending on the nature of the business, an appreciation of the product or services via an appropriate major means you e.g mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>To be honest, in your case you might be better served to go straight into employment with your father and learn the ropes from the bottom up as he will have done. If you or he see particular gaps in training or up to date knowledge is required then take a class to fill the gap and pass the knowledge back to others. </p>
<p>Seems daft to pay for college when you have a job waiting for you and doesn’t need any certification to screen you out of a selection process. Would save your dad (presumably) a lot of money but gets the job done the same. That’s pragmatism.</p>
<p>Really, it depends what kind of businesses your dad has, what role you see yourself playing in them, and if you want to take them over eventually. </p>
<p>Say your dad has a small construction company, you will probably want to go civil engineering so you can really participate in what the business does. Or if he owns a software company, perhaps computer science would be good. Again, you want to have some experience in the actual field before you take over.</p>
<p>If they are fairly large, you might envision yourself taking a certain role. If you like accounting or want to handle the money for your dad, finance or accounting would be good choices. If you want something more general to teach you business skills, Business Administration is it (although not recommended). This is a hard question to answer because we don’t have enough information to make an informed choice, but you do. My advice would be to get your undergrad degree in something the company directly does (engineering, farming, etc), get some job experience, and then go back for your MBA when you think you are ready to take over or have a management job.</p>
<p>I agree with next element. I also thInk Getting a degree is certainly worthwhile.
Good luck.</p>
<p>He owns gas stations and a banquet hall</p>
<p>Donald Trump’s dad owned a construction business. Since Donald had helped with the business since he was a kid, we went to Wharton and majored in Economics, just so he could say he did and it would stand out to future business partners. So maybe learn directly from your dad, and get a degree in something tough so your future employees and associates know you’re for real.</p>
<p>Did a degree in Econ help him at all with his actual business? Probably not. But a degree from Wharton impressed people he was doing business with. Just something to think about!</p>