Networking, Leading, and Navigating as an Entrepreneur with Jim McKneight

Jim McKneight is an Instructor in Entrepreneurship and Pre-Law Advisor at Butler University. After starting his career as a Tax Attorney at Ernst & Young, he grew three different companies as a CFO, including an ice business that was eventually sold to Home City Ice. Jim goes into detail on the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur, the smartest ways to network, and what motivated him to go back and mentor young business students.

Show Highlights:

3:23 - 10:23: Introduction and Jim's first big entrepreneurship curveball
10:23 - 18:23: How you can use the skill of networking to get out of your next funk, and what made Jim successful in his ice business venture
18:23 - 24:23: Jim describes what motivated him to go back and teach students Entrepreneurship and dives into the Real Business Experience Program at Butler University
24:23 - 33:23: Find out the bigger picture of entrepreneurship that a lot of people don't see, including how networking can increase your business knowledge and IQ
33:23 - 46:23: The art of delegating, rebounding from mistakes in business, and how Jim self-educates himself
46:23: McKneight's final word of advice for young people entering the business world