From the course: How to Become a Project Management Entrepreneur

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Navigate from employee to entrepreneur

Navigate from employee to entrepreneur

- It can be scary to jump from the comfort of a steady paycheck to the certainty of being an entrepreneur. Fortunately, as a project management professional, you have the skills to make the transition as smooth as possible. First, remember nothing in life is risk-free. As an employee, you could be laid off or your company could go out of business. Being an entrepreneur might seem risky where you get to make your own decisions, the type of work you do, how you win a contract, when it's time for a change and so on. Another thing tend to think about are the downsides from overthinking a decision or impulsively jumping in. When you overthink things, you spend too much time making decisions and second guessing which could lead you to miss out on opportunities. On the flip side, under thinking increases your risk because you don't think about how you're going to succeed as well as what could go wrong. Like risk management for a…

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