No doubt; combining studies with starting and running a business can be very-very tasking. However, the rewards are enormous.

These rewards are long-term and they make up the 2 solid reasons why you should run a business while still in school. They are:

Reason #1 - Opportunity to never experience unemployment

Reason #2 - Employers will fall in love with you.

#1 - Opportunity to never experience unemployment
Moh’m started selling fried yam, egg and soft drinks in a very small shop somewhere around campus while still in 200-level. Now in 400-level, he runs one of the most popular eateries around campus with 5 fulltime employees (4 waiters and 1 professional cook).

I asked Moh’m if he’ll be needing a job after graduation and his response was a NO.

Why should he? He already has one that pays very well. He will rather expand his venture and provide employment for more jobless graduates (by the way his cook is a graduate).

Do you know that many big companies of today were started on campuses by students? Talk of Google, Facebook, Jobberman and so on.

As a Stupreneur, the small business you start on campus today can grow big, making you gainfully employed that you might never need to go searching for a job after graduation.

Here is a good philosophy:

An excellent way to escape the unpleasant joblessness that many Nigerian graduates are in today is to start a business while still in school.

Also, the country is in dire need of entrepreneurs due to the increasing number of unemployed youths in the country.

And the most interesting part is this:

You can be a student who runs a business that employs graduates – trust me; I have seen it.

#2 - Employers will fall in love with you
Yes. Employers (most of them) love a graduate who has got some level of entrepreneurial experience; it tells them you are a go getter and an executor who is hardworking and not scared of challenges.

So if after running a business on campus you discover that you will rather become an employee after graduation, you will sure have a better chance securing a job when you include your experience as a Stupreneur on your CV.

This is so because employers know that running a business must have forced you to spend hours brainstorming since you needed to often times come up with workable ideas for your business.

They know that such brainstorming results to improved creativity; a skill they so much desire.

They can imagine how you had to juggle between academics, every other thing important and your business. So they know you've got some level of management skills.
Lastly:

Starting and running a business while still in school is a win-win. It can put you far ahead of your mates in many ways. It will teach you amazing lessons and the experience will be worthwhile whether the business fails or succeeds.

This post was copied from:
http://graduatewell.com.ng/advice/do-business-before