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You can also attend local entrepreneurship events to meet potential partners.
Great, you’ve read through how to become an entrepreneur — but now you have to figure out how to be an entrepreneur.
Gaining Experience as an Entrepreneur
There are two main ways to approach gaining experience as an entrepreneur: doing the work yourself or hiring for it.
Acquiring Experience Yourself
You can acquire experience as you develop your new business. The ways you can acquire experience yourself include:

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  Network with other professionals.
  

Professional networking will expose you to more professionals you can learn from or even find a willing mentor. You can join online professional networks, like LinkedIn, to find out about virtual or in-person networking events to connect and meet other entrepreneurs.

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  Conduct independent research.
  

Conducting personal research from reputable sources and former entrepreneurs will help you better understand your responsibilities. Not only will behavioral research prove useful, but finding resources to simplify your business operations will help you grow your business as you scale.

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  Take entrepreneurial courses.
  

Exploring entrepreneurial studies through a college institution or certification course can offer more in-depth knowledge about breaking into the industry than typical internet sources.
Hiring for Experience
Oftentimes an entrepreneur beginning a business will hire for experience to guide them in the right direction.
1. Work with a business coach.
A paid option to gain experience is to work with a business coach or consultant. They can offer you very different solutions as follows:

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  Business coach - This coach leads an entrepreneur toward solutions. This means that the entrepreneur is actually improving their own competency.
  
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