How to develop an entrepreneurial mindset

Published: May 5, 2008, 6:41 p.m.

b'For this week\'s podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Schoeniger, founder of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative.\\xa0 Gary has a really interesting story -- from dead broke desperate handyman to successful entrepreneur. Over the last 15 years, he has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs to discover which skills are critical for starting and running a business.\\xa0 Many are not what you think. My favorite advice from the interview: \\xa0 "Find a problem.\\xa0 Figure out how to solve the problem.\\xa0 Find more people with the same problem and you have a business." I like that Gary\'s views make me think.\\xa0 I have been in "do what you love (and work and work and work and work) and the money will follow" mode for so long that the "problem/solution" model was very intriguing.'