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AME Q&A: Why should I encourage my young adult to become an entrepreneur?

By Mike Cheney, AME Program director 

First, we should start by defining entrepreneur.

According to Google, “entrepreneur” comes from the 13th century French verb entreprendre, meaning to do something or to undertake.  I think of the term as referring to someone who takes responsibility and authority over an enterprise and its results – usually someone who owns a business.

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AME Q&A: I’m in college. Can I still be a part of AME?

You may think that apprenticeship and higher education are opposites – choose one or the other. But not so! Depending on your chosen field, a college education may be necessary, and that doesn’t leave mentorship out of it.

Mentorship can happen concurrently with college studies, as it has for decades in fields such as law, medicine, and politics. With some students, mentorship will provide all the training a young person needs to be prepared; with others, a college degree may be necessary.

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AME Q&A: Why would I want to become a mentor?

Do you enjoy your field of work?

Would you like to invest in the next generation?

If you answered yes, then mentorship may be for you!

Mentors have the opportunity to walk beside young people who are pursuing God’s calling in their lives, investing practical and spiritual knowledge into the next generation.

When you become a mentor, you have the opportunity to share your passion for your field of work with someone else.  You’ll share your wisdom, lessons you’ve learned the hard way, and life experience, all of which will help kickstart them into their own work.

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Apprenticeship, Mentorship, College Alternatives in Family Economics – Mike Cheney

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Locally Produced Food – a Terrific and Tasty Investment

July 7, 2020

AME guest blogger Rory Groves lives with his wife and five children on a farm in southern Minnesota where they grow food, raise livestock, and host educational workshops on traditional skills. He is the author of the forthcoming book Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time (Front Porch Republic). By Rory GrovesAs we […]

Home-business + Home-schooling

June 18, 2020

Guest contributor – Shari McMinn The landscape of family living shifted significantly this spring when every school in our nation physically closed due to Covid19, with associated social distancing and ‘stay at home’ government orders. Public and private PK-12 schools, even colleges, transitioned students to learn at home, mostly on computers. Suddenly, working parents also […]

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