Recently I was selected as one of 16 students at the Telfer School of Management to participate in the Entrepreneurial Culture Challenge. The school describes this event as:
“The Entrepreneurial Culture Challenge (ECC) is a one year competition through which Telfer School of Management students create and implement an action plan to develop the culture of success from Eugène Tassé. This culture of success or “entrepreneurial culture”, helped Eugène Tassé become one of the region’s most successful entrepreneurs.”
The competition includes four workshops with business experts, mentoring, and the refinement/use of an action plan to work toward your goals. Following the program, three finalists will be selected to make a presentation on their progress and goals for the chance to win $7,500.
As part of the application process I had to write a definition of what I think it means to “live with an Entrepreneurial Culture”:
To me, living with an Entrepreneurial Culture means three things. First, setting a goal and doing everything possible to work toward it. Second, facing situations of risk, uncertainty, and ambiguity head on, and taking actions to overcome those situations. And finally, doing something you believe in, something that makes you want to work, rather than feeling like you have to work.
Entrepreneurs identify the actions required to achieve their business goals. This same approach can be used to tackle life’s goals, anything that you strive to achieve can be viewed as an entrepreneurial pursuit.
This competition should be an excellent opportunity to develop a strategy for achieving my personal, academic, and professional goals, as well as work with some very interesting people!
