Summary: This more personal episode on the growth of entrepreneurs highlights many social aspects of entrepreneurship. Serial entrepreneur and founder of the Diverse Entrepreneur Network, Joel Graham-Blake serves as our life coach and guides us through five different aspects to consider when growing your fantastic venture. Listen to the episode in the player below. The five points we covered: How does a passion for business fit into your personal life? Entrepreneurism in the educational system – what’s missing? The missed potential in the grass roots Widening services of mainstream businesses to wider communities Mentoring and who should mentor. Here’s some quotes from the episode: ” .. don’t stop believing that you’ll achieve your business goals, but understand the impact and that there are consequences into every action you take, and you’ve got to be prepared to manage all of that. .. what I’m about to say really may.. well, will undermine education in the western world.” “.. when you come out of school, you are almost having to start again if you want to be entrepreneurial.” “Let’s be frank. There is a negative underbelly of enterprise as well, which lies in many grass- root communities, because a lot of times the finance is not there to execute an idea that they have.” “.. it’s about people understanding the wider concepts of entrepreneurism, not just seeing the modern fancy side of it, but also understanding the passion and the reason why..” “In business for me, if you cannot connect with that person you are doing business with, then the business you are doing won’t work, because people do business with people that they like.” “.. if we cannot connect with each other, how can we move forward?”
