Being a self-made entrepreneur means you know how to work with people. You might have learnt the hard way, with very little in the way of resources, and you’ve built your business from the ground up. You have to learn how to deal with people so you can get the best out of them. While this works in terms of improving relationships with your employees or clients, maybe it’s time to start the next phase in how you work with people better. Many entrepreneurs want to give something back, so starting a business that is directly involved in helping people can be a very logical progression. Here are some ideas.
Care Home
A backbone of the healthcare industry, you could set up a care home that helps those with physical or mental disabilities integrate into society better, or start a senior care business that helps those later in life get around better, are considerably rewarding businesses to set up. We’ve all been touched by the loss of a loved one, and it’s one simple way to give back to those people who looked after our family members when they were succumbing to illness.
Counseling
The rise of mental health issues signifies one important thing: that we are talking about it more. Setting up a counseling practice, where people can turn their life around from a mental health condition like depression or anxiety is a substantial reward. Most of us have experienced a mental health condition at some point, and many of us lament the fact that we didn’t talk about it more. In setting up a counseling practice and providing various solutions, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, this will help people from all walks of life potentially open up when they haven’t before.
Charity
With all of the recent concerns about the behaviors of the Oxfam charity, people are now looking for a charitable organization that delivers what it promises. Now has never been a better time to set up a charity that delivers actual help to underrepresented communities, or gives aid to other countries. Setting up a charity in the modern climate shows the world you are willing to make a difference, but by starting a charity now, where there are supreme concerns with regards to morality, it will be met with some concerns. There is more debate as to whether some charities do more harm than good now, and if so many are all about making money than dealing with the causes they support. Beware of this.
The one big problem in setting up an organization as an entrepreneur now is that it’s all about the green. If you have set up a company that is in rude health, and you can afford to invest a little bit more in a charity or a medical practice that actually goes about helping people, and is not just hell-bent on making money, this is a balance that can take some time to get right. But if you can use your entrepreneurial skills to set up an organization that is dedicated to helping people first, and making money second, this is the humanitarian approach to doing business that everyone should aspire to.
