Friday, August 2, 2019

I find a Career in Entrepreneurship very interesting. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Entrepreneurship, while I want to first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Entrepreneurship. It had been a while since I was researching about a Career in Entrepreneurship, when I came across: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20181004-0002/Commerce/Education Entrepreneurship/Career-in-Entrepreneurship/english 

Raunak Jain's perspective!

Raunak Jain invested 6 years in Entrepreneurship. Raunak Jain has worked in Entrepreneurship as Director in Tula's International School. In Raunak Jain's own words, this is how Raunak Jain got into Entrepreneurship: "After completing my education, I joined my family business and I am the Director at Tula's International School. As a Vice President, I am responsible for the external matters of Tula's." 

Career Video on Entrepreneurship

In a video, Raunak Jain has talked about various aspects of a Career in Entrepreneurship. Raunak Jain started by explaining Entrepreneurship as: "Entrepreneurship is the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. Edupreneurs are educational entrepreneurs, those who start schools, colleges, coaching institutions, universities or anything do with educational start ups can be termed as edupreneurs." It was a very interesting video and I enjoyed watching it.


In this video Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Entrepreneurship, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Entrepreneurship. Raunak Jain touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
  • Different Technologies
  • International Management
  • Marketing
  • Financial Management
  • Regional Knowledge
  • Norms of the Industry
  • Management

Raunak Jain then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Entrepreneurship:
  • Physical & Mental Agility
  • Planning Skills
  • Behavioural Skills
  • Leadership Skills
  • Oratory Skills
  • People Management
  • Communication Skills

Raunak Jain believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Entrepreneurship:
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Multiculturalism
  • Travelling
  • Continuous Learning
  • Strong Networking
  • Young & Energetic

And, Raunak Jain believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Entrepreneurship:
  • Vocation V/S Avocation
  • Exhausting Schedule
  • Age Barrier
  • Choosing Right Person for Right Job

In the final section of the video Raunak Jain talks about How a day goes in a Career in Entrepreneurship. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Entrepreneurship, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20181004-0002 

Similar Career Talks on LifePage

I continued with my research on LifePage and thoroughly studied these links to gain more perspective:
  1. https://www.lifepage.in/career/20180410-0001/Commerce/Education Entrepreneurship/Career-in-Education-Entrepreneurship/english

  2. https://www.lifepage.in/career/20171222-0003/Commerce/Education Entrepreneurship/Career-in-Entrepreneurship/english

  3. https://www.lifepage.in/career/20170706-0003/Commerce/Education Entrepreneurship/Career-in-Entrepreneurship/english

  4. https://www.lifepage.in/career/20181119-0001/Commerce/Education Entrepreneurship/Career-in-Education-Startup/english

Career Counseling 2.0

After having learnt about a Career in Entrepreneurship I was curious about LifePage. LifePage is Career Counseling 2.0 - while most platforms continue to use age old psychometric tests to identify hidden skills and interests of individuals. LifePage has turned the tables completely with an Awareness based approach. Read about them on: https://www.lifepage.in 

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