>> I would suggest that anybody who's interested, who has that in their sights
to open their own business, I would get a couple years of working for someone else under my belt.
I would say 3 to 5 years, so you get the overview of how a business operates,
and it gives you a better idea of what type of person, what type of strengths
and weaknesses you have, because working for yourself is not as wonderful as it sounds
in many ways, because you have to know that you're self-motivated,
that you won't be easily distracted, that you'll stay on task,
and you may pull some all-nighters, you may have unusual hours, but the flexibility part
of it is what I especially enjoy.
But you need to have the background and the experience, because it's not just the marketing
and communications, it's the whole business aspect of it.
And you have to keep learning and keep up to date.
And I went back and got a Master's degree in actually public administration
because I knew I wanted to work more with nonprofits and government.
But we do a lot of the same things as an MBA offers, just on the nonprofit side.