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    • How to Make the Jump for Corporate to Entrepreneur

    How to Make the Jump for Corporate to Entrepreneur

    • Posted by Ethel Cofie
    • Categories Blog
    • Date October 24, 2018
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    Originally posted on business insider

    • Don’t jump immediately.

    “I don’t subscribe that you jump immediately. There are certain skills you need to have before you jump,” Cofie said.

    [Looking to make the jump? , try Ethel Cofie’s Online Course to Help You On Your Journey]

    • Learn to deal with failure

    Ethel Cofie told a story of how she failed terribly when she started her first business. “I lost all my savings at the time and I was back to square one,” she said.

    She later started working for other firms “in an attempt to ensure that I could get back on my feet and start a business.”

    • Recognize the key skills you don’t have and work to acquire them

    You may be dreaming of starting a shoe manufacturing company but you also need to learn to market your products.

    For Cofie she admits that she did not know how to sell “I was a technical person, good at building software and consulting for my client on how to use technology to build their businesses.”

    “But if you can’t sell then you don’t have a business,” she added.

    [Advanced Startup School: Entrepreneurship 201]

    • Learn how to sell

    Start volunteering to help sales personnel on the field. Ethel said “you can start volunteering in your church when they go for fundraising drives. It is a good place to learn how to sell, how to convince people and how to negotiate.”

    She alluded to the fact that in the learning process it may not be comfortable but you must learn to sell “or you have a hobby, not a business.”

    • Learn how to be uncomfortable

    There is a lot of uncertainty in entrepreneurship. She advised that to do this you must do something out of the box. “So if you are a lawyer, ones a week spend time with your friend that runs a restaurant. It will give you a different perspective on how things are done.”

     Be a power listener

    “Listen to what the client is saying and be able to realise what the client needs and sell it to them.”

    To develop this skill you have to give full attention to what someone is saying to you and take your time to answer questions.

    All My Courses on Entrepreneurship and Intraprenuership can be accessed at www.ethelcofiestartupschool.com

    Tag:Business, Corporate, Entreprenuership, Intraprenuership

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    Ethel Cofie
    About Trainer There are many online course globally, many claims that don’t meet the expectation and leave people disappointed. My claim is simple my name is Ethel Cofie , In the last 5 years I have been named one of the Top 5 Women impacting IT in Africa, Ethel Cofie is CEO and Founder of EDEL Technology Consulting , an IT Consulting Company in West Africa and Europe who was recently named IT Consulting Firm of the year by the Telecoms and IT Industry. I am also Founder of Women in Tech Africa , Africa’s largest women in tech group with members in over 30 Africa countries and in the diaspora and growing. I created women in tech week, a global event which impacts over 10,000 people globally. I currently   sit on the Advisory Board for Ghana’s Vice President, helping to design Digital Strategy for Ghana, as well as sits on the Tech Advisory board for the Graca Machel Trust I have been featured on BBC and has had her opinion pieces published on CNN on the topics of technology in emerging markets, and women leadership. When I am not running EDEL or Women in Tech Africa, I am  advising and consulting on intraprenuership ,entrepreneurship technology growth in emerging markets and bringing more women into technology careers across Africa.  As you can see, I have built 3 successful brands including my own and my job here is to teach you all I have learnt on my journey across intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, brand and technology in emerging markets

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