entrepreneur

i signed up for this talk "financial independence through entrepreneurship" which was to be held on wednesday at 7pm. there was suppose to be this guy who was to talk to us about being an entrepreneur and all. but something just din seem right.

firstly the timing was off coz i was to break fast at 7 yet the talk was scheduled at that time. so i thought, never mind, i shall sacrifice food for another hour (whats an hour after fasting for 14 hours straight right?). so me and daniel signed up for the talk.

then while i was takin the shower at bout 6.15pm and gettin ready a thought crossed my mind. wonder how good this talk is goin to be. singaporeans dun seem to understand the meaning of the word entrepreneur. to them, anyone who starts a business in singapore, is in their words, an entrepreneur. in that context, that aunty selling kopi at science canteen would be an entrepreneur. oh well. i hope this singaporean who would be giving the talk would have a minority thinking.

then when i got to the venue of the talk, something seemes amiss. i had to sign up for some great eastern life thingie which i did coz maybe they were the sponsors of the talk or something. i mean to get an entrepreneur who makes 100K per year mustnt come free and great eastern must have sponsored it in return for our information. small price to pay i say to myself. boy was i wrong.

upon entering the LT, it was actually a talk on joinin great eastern life as a life planner. in the words of the india guy who gave the opening, he said "nowadays its hard to make a living. you cant just start your own business and expect to survive. thus the only way to to be an entrepreneur and one way you can do that is by joinin great eastern as a life planner."

what a bummer. apparently this guy who gave the openin was just as dumb as most singaporeans when it came to the definition of the word entrepreneur. now i know its very very rude to walk out in the middle of a talk but i felt cheated and they get what they deserve and this within 15 minutes i was out of there.

just goes to show that most singaporeans dun know the difference. oh well. how on earth are they goin to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit if they cant even define it properly. there is a difference between startin a business and being an entrepreneur.

in case some of you are wonderin what an entrepreneur does, he creates a NEW service or product that is useful to the world and markets it out.

Tariq :: email ::
|8:05 pm|
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