Physics not business studies the key.

 
Students with a good grade in physics when this week’s A Level results are announced are the most likely to become entrepreneurs and run their own business, according to online business guru Guy Kingston.

The entrepreneur, who advises small and medium sized businesses and start-ups through his video and audio podcasts says physics rather than business studies gives young people an entrepreneurial edge.

He said a grasp of the science is a key indicator of a person’s problem solving abilities. But, with the number of students taking physics falling year on year talent is likely to be thin on the ground when this year’s A Level results come out on August 14.

“An A Level physics qualification is a sure fire way to sort out the wheat from the chaff,” says entrepreneur Kingston, who runs the Mind Your Own Business web site.

“Physics is all about solving problems from first principles and that basically is what you have to do in business. You have to have the ability to overcome obstacles put in front of you and think logically and laterally and the skills you learn in physics are completely transferable into running a business.

“Even if you don’t want to run your own business then A Level physics is a gateway qualification to a number of careers that make a substantial contribution to the financial wealth of Great Britain.”

Former stockbroker Guy made his fortune starting up Russia’s leading private postal operator PXPost, which he ran for nine years - one of the first successful private businesses in post-communist Russia.

He said: “Our education system is geared too much towards producing people to go into academia rather than producing people that will generate wealth for the country. With so many people now getting degrees business owners can not differentiate between candidates so they need to look at other criteria.

“There are a lot of courses based around business studies but it is more important to have basic analytical skills and numeracy skills than know lots of business theory if you are going to survive as an entrepreneur.”

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