About the job:
As an Entrepreneur, you find a bright business idea and then find ways in which you can launch it. This includes finding the money required to start the business and hire other people. You also find ways in which you can tell other people about your business or products.
As an Entrepreneur, you will have to:
- Remain competitive and motivated through difficult times
- Adapt to the lifestyle of not always having a regular salary
- Adapt to the loneliness of being self-employed
- Spend some of your time doing paperwork & other administrative tasks - until you can hire people to help
As an Entrepreneur, you will get to:
- Be your own boss and possibly become very successful
- Live with excitement as each day is filled with new challenges
- Work when you want, from where you want
- 50-80 hours per week
- 20-30% nights and weekends
As an Entrepreneur, you are your own boss, so you define your own work hours. But many entrepreneurs work very hard. At the start, they work day and night to launch their business and establish it. Once the business is established, they are able to hire other team members and have more relaxed work hours.
Are you the right fit?
- Economics/Business
- Economics/Sociology
- Understanding what you hear
- Understanding written information
- Expressing yourself verbally
- Communicating your ideas in writing
- Problem Sensitivity
- Good With Numbers
- Planning & Organization
- Leadership Skills
- Reasoning & Problem Solving
Will you make money?
Education stuff:
- There are no formal educational requirements if you want to be an entrepreneur. But you need to have business and marketing skills. You should also be able to write well. So it is preferable that you get an MBA degree. Technology skills such as creating a website and marketing your business online can also be very beneficial for your new business.
Video Description
When Daniel Kofdrali saw a major gap in the food ordering business, he took his savings and founded a startup. Now 4 years later, with nearly 400,000 users, this entrepreneur has experienced bumps, failures and ultimately success. Have you got an amazing idea for a new business? Could you take the risk and become an entrepreneur? Watch the Nooreed Insider Interview with Daniel for advice on how to build a successful startup.
Biography
Daniel Kofdrali is the CEO of Onlivery, Lebanon's leading online food deliver platform with more than 600 restaurants connecting hungry diners all across the nation.
Before launching Onlivery, Daniel held various positions in companies such as British American Tobacco, Danone and Nestle. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut.