{"id":342,"date":"2020-03-17T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2021-01-22T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T02:11:37","slug":"making-the-leap-from-employee-to-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/trend\/making-the-leap-from-employee-to-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"Making The Leap From Employee To Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"342\" class=\"elementor elementor-342\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59807f57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59807f57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3baf5205\" data-id=\"3baf5205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac9d1c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ac9d1c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Working for a large corporation gives you great insight into the inner workings of business \u2013 but the hustle and bustle of the corporate track can become overwhelming. Daniel Cowen, former corporate-lawyer-turned-founder of 3Doodler (a purveyor of portable 3D printing pens), was one such person who sought freedom from the corporate grind. However, transitioning from the corporate world to the entrepreneurial world is not without challenges. Here are three things to <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/hkstartupsociety.hktdc.com\/en\/perspectives\/transitioning-corporate-world-entrepreneurship\">think about when considering a change from corporate to entrepreneurial life<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Loss of corporate support<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a corporate employee, a number of resources are available to assist you with your work. Those support functions are lost once you leave \u2013 meaning you must prepared to handle or delegate all clerical work, finances, logistics, sourcing, marketing and even cleaning\/maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Don\u2019t sell yourself short<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cowen points out that many of his colleagues settled for unfulfilling roles after assuming their skillsets would be useless outside of specific circumstances. \u201cBeing a corporate lawyer requires intense focus, organisation, multi-tasking, research skills, and simultaneous attention to detail alongside high level, forward-looking thinking \u2014 all tools hardly considered obsolete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Don\u2019t dwell on shortcomings<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s nigh impossible to be a one-man army and possess every skillset needed to run a business. Trust in your colleagues and complement each other\u2019s shortcomings \u2013 when mistakes do inevitably happen, learn from them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Starting a business can be daunting, but the right resources provide an invaluable foundation. From networking connections and support services to funding and incubation schemes, check out HKTDC\u2019s <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/hkstartupsociety.hktdc.com\/en\/resources\">HK Start-up Society<\/a> for a head start with your business!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working for a large corporation gives you great insight into the inner workings of business \u2013 but the hustle and bustle of the corporate track &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","category-trend","tag-entrepreneur"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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