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Scott Gerber
If you or someone you love plans to attend college, this is a show you must hear!
Many American families send their kids off to college these days without giving much thought as to whether doing so makes any financial sense.
In our view, the big question every potential college student should be asking is: What is my return on investment (ROI) going to be if I get a degree?
According to our guest this week, if you don’t know - maybe you shouldn’t go.
Scott Gerber is author of the book Never Get a “Real” Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke.
We think this book is a great read for anyone who’s in college, or plans to be. From the book’s website:
A twenty-something hustler, rainmaker, and bootstrapper who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial “real” job, Scott Gerber is the ultimate “Generation Y-er.”
He’s a self-taught serial entrepreneur who built several successful businesses without storied business connections, a business school background, executive training—or investment dollars.
And in Never Get a “Real” Job, he shows you how he succeeded so you can overcome today’s chronic conditions of mass unemployment, underemployment, and dead-end 9-to-5s….
[Scott's book] takes you off the unrewarding resume and cover letter cycle, while putting you on the road toward becoming a self-sufficient business owner.
Scott’s book is focused on encouraging college grads to proactively start their own businesses rather than sending out resumes while crossing their fingers.
But in this interview, he talks extensively about the biggest financial mistakes most people make when it comes to attending college in the first place.
More Information:
- Never Get a “Real” Job book website
- Scott’s current business, www.sizzleit.com
- Scott is also founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council
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