...entrepreneur

one of the topics discussed during the conference was...transformational change across the university when faced with an economic imperative to build national wealth...3 speakers were invited to share their experience...Vinny Lohan CEO of OneBeep and Fady Mishriki CEO of PowerbyProxi...both were the product of University of Auckland SPARK program...and of course an entrepreneurship professor from UOA...SPARK is a very interesting entrepreneurship program created by UOA that encourages students to be innovative...and has so far produced a number of successful entrepreneurs...but what really interest me is the answer given by one of the speakers...to a question "what is the success rate of the program in nurturing entrepreneurs?"...while the entrepreneurship professor was a bit hesitatant to answer the question but the real entrepreneur (the speaker) confidently said 100%...(what? i said to myself silently) as an entrepeneur he said that he does not look failure as a failure but more of a learning process...entrepreneurs learn from their mistakes, so they keep on learning and become more innovative...hence he said the program is actually a 100% success...really like the answer...google OneBeep or PowerbyProxi to learn how innovative these guys really are...remember reading "the boy who harnessed the wind"...the story is so inspiring...the boy never gave up...when asked how he made the windmill, he simply answered "i try and i made it"...