You are looking to fill an open position. Among your many job applicants are a few people who have been entrepreneurs, people who have started their own company or companies.

So the question that arises is whether you should hire an entrepreneur or not. As with anything, there are reasons in favor of hiring an entrepreneur and reasons not to.

Among the reasons in favor is the fact that entrepreneurs think strategically. They take a long-range view of things. They can see the whole as opposed to just a part. Since they have started businesses from scratch, they know how to raise money, do budgets, manage and measure, and handle marketing and public relations.

Entrepreneurs are always looking for ways to improve, to make things better. They are seldom satisfied. They have long-range goals that keep them striving.

Entrepreneurs are willing to take risks. If you want to start a business from scratch, yo have to take risks.

Entrepreneurs are good at establishing relationships because you need to be to start a business. So, they probably would have connections to customers and vendors that might benefit your company.

They are also avid learners and are constantly involved in their industry. They want to know what the latest trends are and what is happening industry-wide.

So, although there are many positives about hiring an entrepreneur, there are some negatives as well.

One is that they are more difficult to keep around. Because they are always learning, growing, they are always looking for new opportunities that will excite and challenge them. A full time job may become too routine for them over time.

It is possible that an entrepreneur may one day be a competitor of the company he or she is working at now. They may be using their current employement as a training ground for new ideas they may try out later.

There is no denying that entrepreneurs are good leaders. Some people, however, are not so sure entrepreneurs work as good team members. Collaboration may not necessarily be their strong suit.

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