Tag Archives: 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Parent
Any business owner who has children will know the challenges that arise. To be honest, working from my home office, even though it is separate it still presents huge issues when the kids are home and want to play with Dad.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Spouse
When I wear my husband hat and then work in my business, I have a huge responsibility to my wife. Having the Spouse hat requires us to communicate openly to our other halves as if they actually are our other half.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Family Member
Oh, to be single and have no responsibilities or time barriers. Just think about how much work we could get done without the nagging of family commitments. Sound familiar? Well, let me share with you a secret. If you are single and have not yet started a family, you yearn for the day, and those, [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur –Non Executive Director
First let me explain what the difference is between an Executive Director and a Non Executive Director is and what their hat looks like. Any board of an organisation is made up of paid staff and outside consultants. The Executive Director heads the organisation; they have day-to-day responsibility over the processes and procedures of the [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Chairman
I was recently appointed to a management board of a Non Profit Organisation and duly elected Chairman. It has become an interesting journey finding my place as Chairman of a board of an organisation that I do not work in on a daily basis. What is the role of a chairman? What do the other [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Share Holder
Think for a moment how you would act or react if you had equity in another business? What sort of input would you like to have in the way the money is spent on R&D and marketing or wasted on yet another batch of pink T-Shirts for the next convention.
Bruce Wade is a survivor [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Manager
Every Business needs someone to wear the hat of the manager. This hat is the hat of responsibility and procedure.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce now runs the Entrepreneur Incubator; a member based organisation dedicated to serving those in the trenches of [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Technician
From the people I get to see and consult with each month, most are Techies. People who have learnt a trade in the industry and have gotten to a point that they think they now know everything or enough about what they do to start their own business. Technicians make great business owners, because they [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Entrepreneur
Our first hat we discuss is that of the Entrepreneur. This for me is the easy place to begin because it is my natural hat.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce now runs the Entrepreneur Incubator; a member based organisation dedicated to serving [...]
The 9 Hats of an Entrepreneur – Introduction
Every business owner and Entrepreneur has many different roles to play. Each one separate from the other, yet similar in many ways. Getting the balance right is an art, getting it wrong results in failure at work and at home. Over the next 9 weeks we will look at the various hats or roles that [...]
