DURING the second semester of my sophomore year at Pennyslvania State University, I realised exactly what I wanted to do with my life.

I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I marched down to the School of Liberal Arts and figured out how to create my very own major: entrepreneurship.

I typed up a proposal, choosing courses in marketing, accounting, communications and public speaking, among others. Since there was no actual entrepreneurship major, I figured that getting the most well-rounded, balanced education would be great preparation for my future career as a business owner. I would learn the basics of many different areas, but specialise in none.

My theory was: who needs to specialise when you can hire specialists to work for you?

Two years later, I graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting. Somewhere along the way, I bought into what everyone else thought a career should be. I had no great ideas to start a business, no potential partners, and graduating with a liberal arts degree in a major I created would probably not look good to potential employers.

Plus, everyone from friends and professors to my parents, told me that some real world experience would only help my quest to start a business.

I decided that a degree in accounting would provide me with the best all-round business background.

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