Ernst & Young Doesn’t Need Degrees, Neither Do You
Ernst & Young no longer requires degrees for entry level jobs. There’s an idea that jobs and income are an automatic and deserved reward for moving on the conveyor belt and jumping through all the right hoops. Many hope and believe that a degree will automatically entitle the holder to a good paying job. A degree […]
Want an Apprenticeship in Event Management and Planning? Apply to Praxis to Work for Voice & Exit
Here’s an opportunity available for an incoming Praxis participant: Voice & Exit is seeking an adaptive self starting, multitalented individual to aid with key areas of operation and with strong aspirations to go into event planning and marketing. About Voice & Exit: Founded by Max Borders, editor of The Freeman, and Seth Blaustein, Voice & […]
Why 99% of the Work You Do Doesn’t Matter
Here’s something that a lot of companies, creative projects, and people miss: the smallest details are the most important. One error in grammar can shut down the best written argument. One missing line of code can create a security nightmare. One mixup in color, labelling, or font can make a brand look childish. One stupid act can destroy a […]
Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Wilbur and Orville Wright
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” – Orville Wright Think science and innovation are closed to people without engineering degrees? The Wright brothers challenge that notion. Neither brother graduated from high school. Both were self-taught and well-read. The […]
Don’t Just Look Professional – Be Professional!
[optinform] Today’s post is from returning guest author Mathew Knudson, a first-year doctoral student at Vanderbilt University and recent Temple University Alum. You can contact him here and connect with him on LinkedIn here. For many young people entering the workplace for the first time, “professionalism” conjures up a set of very particular images and behaviors. They think about how […]
How To Think About Risk
“Risk is the potential for an irreversible negative outcome.” -Tim Ferriss The responses from family, friends, and acquaintances when I announced I was joining a startup were overwhelmingly positive. You would of course expect this from a supportive network. However, there have been many occasions when that positivity has been paired with a side of […]
How to Build Your Future
I was recently speaking to a young person (~Age 20 or 21) and he was telling me about his aspirations. He wanted to go work at a startup, see what it is like to found a company, and eventually go launch his own firm. He wanted to go and create value in the world — […]
Want to Accelerate Your Career? Burn Your Backup Plan
“If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.” — Mark Cuban Do you have something that keeps you going when things get tough? Do you have a vision you want to bring into reality? A lifestyle you want to achieve? A program to launch? An empire to build? A dream to live out? […]
How To Kill It In Your First Internship
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin Internships are a disagreeable but very real part of growing into a career. At least until we bring back the apprenticeship (we’re working on it), many young people may find themselves at some point in stereotypical coffee-fetching, copy-making positions in companies across the country. Still, […]
The Future of School (Here’s What School Should Look Like Ten Years from Now)
The following article is excerpted from our book, The Future of School, by Praxis CEO Isaac Morehouse. Want a free PDF copy of the full book? You can download The Future of School here! THE REALITY College is the dominant path for young people seeking to get into a productive career and fulfilling life. Many who […]
The College Mindset and the Entrepreneur Mindset: A Comparison
For the privilege of being turned into conformists, students (or their families) pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in skyrocketing tuition that continues to outpace inflation. Why are we doing this to ourselves? — Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future I had the opportunity to attend the […]
Business Partner Feature: The Morning Star Company
“Around here, nobody’s your boss and everybody’s your boss.” When it comes to interesting companies, few networks can beat the business partners with which Praxis participants have the opportunity to work. Praxis business partners are leaders and growing companies in industries like digital marketing, consumer tech, B2B tech, manufacturing, and even agriculture. The Morning Star Company is one such […]
How to Gain Credibility Without a College Degree in Less Than a Day
Today’s post was written by Casey McGoff of Killing College, a blog for young people seeking alternatives to college and success after opting out. Contact Casey at casey@killingcollege.com. One of the toughest things about dropping out of college is figuring out how to get people to take you seriously. Most people still see the bachelor’s degree […]
Meaningful Work is Worth the Work
“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.” -James C. Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t A major part of our mission at Praxis is […]
5 Signs You Might be too Good for College
There is a common myth that only Steve Jobs-like geniuses and cheese puff eating flunkies should opt out of college. For college to be a poor fit, you’ve either gotta be sitting on the next billion dollar startup idea or sitting on your mom’s couch. This is nonsense. There is a large and growing group of smart, hard-working […]