Barclays Bank in collaboration with the Students鈥� Representative Council has held a seminar on Entrepreneurship for students of the Univeristy.
The seminar dubbed 鈥淩eadytoWork鈥� formed part of Barclays Bank鈥檚 corporate social responsibility to the University.
Speaking on how to become a successful entrepreneur, Mr. John Siade from Barclays Bank, said there were numerous opportunities for students to engage in meaningful ventures that would earn them income. He noted that what was required of was for them to identify a problem around and identify solutions to solve them. 鈥淏usiness opportunities are everywhere. You have to look for them and also create them鈥�, he noted.
Mr. Siade noted that if they wanted to succeed, they should not wait for opportunities to come to them adding that, 鈥渓ook for the ordinary things and turn them to make money鈥�. According to him, to become a successful entrepreneur, one must be self-disciplined, determined, purpose-driven, clever, motivated, and excellent at creating opportunities for making money.
He noted that preparation was a key to any successful entrepreneurship. 鈥淚f you fail to plan it means you are planning to fail鈥�, he stated. 聽He advised them always start a business with a plan as a guide. According to him one way for them to succeed was to do a thorough research about the business idea they want to implement.
Mr. Siade advised potential entrepreneurs to desist from the common habit of waiting to develop a perfect product before hitting the market. 鈥淢any entrepreneurs believe they have to perfect their product before the world sees it鈥�, he observed. 鈥淏uild the product, put it on the market and develop it based on customers鈥� feedback鈥�, he encouraged. He asked them to recognize their weakness and learn how to build their business on their own from other successful people.
He admitted that as an entrepreneur they were bound to face challenges however they must face it without stopping. 鈥淲hen things get tough get back to your purpose and you will get the courage to continue鈥�, he noted. He also advised students to dream big.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽
The seminar was introduced four years ago to help eradicate the canker of fresh graduates getting stranded in the world of work. It has two aspects that focused on how to get job as a fresh graduate and how to create employment themselves.