At 12:21 AM 8/4/2005, you wrote:
My college professors told me, you don't have to take the accounting
majors classes to be successful in business. But you do need to know
enough accounting that if the accountant/bookkeeper is cheating you.
I hope this advice helps you with your decision. Best of luck to you!
Penny,
That was very well written. Thank you for sharing that.
There is also something I would add, as a person who is both a degreed
accountant and a costumer. If you go into business for yourself, test the
market to see if your area can support your chosen work area. In fact,
along with accounting classes, take marketing classes as well, or hire a
marketing expert that can test your local market. Some campuses may offer
this at a lower rate as experience for their marketing students.
While my area is heavy into Renaissance faires, the people who are a part
of that community are too poor to support a qualified costumer on a full
time basis. So, now I have to modify my original costuming business goals.
But I spent a full year before I officially started my business just asking
questions of everyone I knew. My research, and experience since, has shown
that most people want to rent inexpensive costumes for one night or one
weekend, and even that is not supportable for a full time business, even in
my relatively large city. Unfortunately, I don't have the space to create
and store such a business, and my friend who did went out of business
because she could not support herself (she charged too low a price, but
that was only one factor).
Kimiko
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