Networking vital to entrepreneurial success

It helps startups find workers, customers, suppliers and capital

Recently a top student in a local MBA program stopped by my office to talk about her career.

She has job offers to work with two large corporations.

One is offering her the opportunity to enter its management training program for two years — a career track that will give her great visibility within the company and a significant position at the end of the experience.

Her dilemma is that she really wants to work with a small startup or emerging company. The pace of change, the breadth of responsibilities, the dynamics of growing and adapting a new business to the market are all concepts that are more appealing to her than working in a large corporation. Her question: "How do I recognize and find the opportunity?"

By Gary Williams
Brigham Young University

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