What is the best non-business degree for an entrepreneur?

[ajd]

I am about to start my sophomore year of college and would like to pick a major soon. I want to run my own business someday so the best major would be business management. The only problem is I can't seem to get past all the math classes. Between the calculus, trig, statistics, and accounting; I'll never pass them all. Math is just not my thing. So pretty much any major from the business school is out of the question. I have been considering the Leadership degree which has a pretty good business-y curriculum without all the math classes. I also think that college/your major is not THAT important when becoming an entrepreneur but it can only help. What is your opinion on this matter? Any majors to suggest? Thanks in advance.

Anthony

[XOLegato]

Unfortunately, as a senior finance major I'm of the opinion that you'll be missing out without a business degree- it REALLY helps. Then again, I've known several people who've successfully created businesses without one (including my roomate).

Have you considered majoring in marketing? I'm not sure what the cross-disciplinary requirements are between business majors at your school, but you can probably get away with not taking that much math, since marketing uses mostly soft skills. Other than that, I don't think it really matters AT ALL what you major in, since I can't think of a non-business major that would apply directly to entrepreneurship.

Also, consider this- as a future executive and business leader, you will HAVE to understand and apply those math classes to run your business well, especially accounting. No business can escape math- calculating margins, building financial projections to show investors, managing your books, etc.

I think you can handle those classes. Just believe in yourself and put in a ton of effort (reading outside of classes, asking professors for help). Even if it means sacrificing some of your social life sophomore year (it should never be all of it), just think of all the fun you'll be having when you're ridiculously wealthy by age 25.