I liked the website that you recommend. Maybe we should set up a similar site to go out and review all those self-proclaimed gurus and schools, except that I can’t do it.

Heavenly-Sword,

Thanks for the additional notes. If there are more to add, we should expand on this article. :)

DT,

Link added.

(1) usually they tell the potential target that he doesn’t need a good formal education and that they can be ’smarter’ than pple with a solid foundation in technological and/or business education. Usually the phrase ‘practical experience more important; theory useless’ is used to justify sweeping away their competitors who are much better qualified in terms of technical skills and strategic thinking.

(2) they’ll also say to the target that he must be ‘willing to work very very hard’, instead of making the enterprise sound easy, which will be less convincing. This has the ‘reverse psychological effect’ of making the target thing, ‘Hey sure! Of course I’m willing to work very hard!’ Thus he falls into the trap in his attempt to ’show’ that he is indeed willing to ‘work hard’.

(3) they sometimes also perpetuate what I call the ‘myth of the solo striker’: the lone ranger who miraculously comes up with a secret product that earn millions. I think more often that not, teamwork is actually better; more brains can often be better than one (e.g. an accountant + an IT expert and a product specialist, etc)…

So, here’re my three cents worth… :)

and the best thing if you carve your own path, is people will follow u…

nothing beats proper education.. a solid grounding in finance, accounting, business strategy…

anyone is much better off reading harvard business review than paying thousands of dollars to make other people richter.

entrepreneurs should find creative ways to educate themselves… libraries are full of books… use your NLB account and read the whole shelf of books.

that’s what i did in NS. my personal goal was to go to the library every 3 weeks and borrow the max of 16 books (mine, father, mother, sis’s cards). and push yourself to read them all.

in no time, you’ll find that there are only a few generic strategies or methods. even reading wikipedia .. read the entire business section can gain you lots of knowledge.

just in case you are interested to know more about your “gurus”.. do read this:

http://www.johntreed.com/Reedgururating.html

Reed has an MBA from HBS. That is the finest form of education in business you anyone get.