Today we’re going to talk about a 35-year-old CEO of a100 million company her name is Pinky Co she’s a CEO of the vegan now they are based in Atlanta however we’re not necessarily talking about the company itself we’re talking about her comments about she do not remember anything she
Learned from college however she still found it valuable so miss Cole went to Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta where col has prepared her well to be the CEO of her company the vegan they have 11 locations across Georgia New York in Texas definitely kudos to her and her team getting involved in the
Restaurant industry is a tough deal the fact that she’s been able to expand and grow her company across different states is absolutely a wonderful feat Miss Cole felt that many of the classes she took really did not help her in her day job but she says that does not make College
Worthless now I can connect with her on that behalf as someone who has went to college and graduated now there’s aspects of your degree that you take for example general education courses many of that most people don’t remember that she mentioned that I’m going to be transparent with you I went to college
All of the stuff that I learned I don’t remember any of it what I do remember is the relationships that I built along the way there’s many aspects of college outside of Education there’s student organizations building connections with people proximity of the Future Leaders of your particular town city region you
At the beginning steps so being able to be in that environment can really help you build report and grow those relationships organically over a period of time so she was involved in Delta Sigma Theta which is one of the divine nine sororities and fraternities at Clark Atlanta and she felt her time
Being in Delta Sigma Theta taught her leadership skills and professionalism the relationships that she made during that particular time she still connects with to this day whenever she go to business meetings conferences she’s able to rekindle those relationships because she already built the report with them those people that she have built
Relationships with are now Executives and CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the country but since she’s already built those relationships it was more organic and it and it felt more authentic now that’s something that I can resonate with big time there’s not many times once you pass college that
You will be in a concentrated area with that many people who are ambitious who have major goals for themselves and who will eventually be the Future Leaders and just been in that particular environment with such high caliber people and build up those organ relationships can really farewell later
In life Clark Atlanta has a wide range of alumni from pop stars the politicians there’s chances that she cross path whenever you go back for homecoming you know those conversations you’re able to find out what they’re doing with their life or you know what this person’s
Doing and from there it can lead to business opportunities and that’s not something that only applies to Clark Atlanta that is pretty known across many different colleges so College in general is valuable however it is your choices and your degree path that has a major influence on what the value of that will
Be post colle if you go to college and you go into one of the stem Fields you make connections with let’s say you were an engineering if you’re making connections with the engineering professors who have relationships with industry professionals now you can use that connection and leverage that to at
Least get yourself in front of some of these other companies who are looking for engineers and you can Leverage that to your advantage now if you go to college and you’re not very active you’re not putting yourself out there then you could start to see that it’s
Just you pay for Education when you pay for college you’re paying for the whole entire experience you know the Athletics is one part that many people likes to enjoy but it’s not just that it’s the connections it’s the organizations it’s the people that you’re in close proximity with that’s going to fare well
For you if you’re proactive about it this reminds me when I was an undergrad I was sophomore in college and I was in my cultural anthropology course now this is one of those courses that’s a part of your general education so you kind of have to take some type of course like
This first day of the semester you know everyone funnel into the class the teacher essentially wanted to set the tone he wanted to set the tone from the beginning and he essentially asked us a series of few questions just to gauge why we were there first question he asks
How many of you guys is in in college because their parents essentially told them you’re going to college parents paid parents pressured them pushed them along so now they in college so a few hands went up he ask how many of you guys in college because you want to learn higher
Education few more hands went up maybe like one or two not many and then he asked how many of you guys in college in hopes of making a lot of money it was like a gust of wind went through the room the hands went up so fast and essentially what he was trying
To show us is that college is not for the sense of making a lot of money you could hear pin drop in the room when he said that he said college is for higher education now that higher education can be leveraged to make more money post College however the whole intent is for
Higher education and if you pick the right degree you pick the right career field it actually can benefit you monetarily once you leave if you go to college for an intent and only making a bunch of money you could be disappointed if you’re not picking a field that’s
Highly marketable highly valuable in the marketplace postgraduation and he essentially said if you want to make a lot of money you should leave this class drop out and I go learn a trade the time you put in being a Tradesman can farewell income wise then spending your
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