Enterprise Week

During enterprise week, I attended to two events and the one that I preferred the most and found more interesting was the event called 5% idea and 95% effort. This event was presented by a man called Nicholas who is a very successful business man. He first started his business at the age of 22 and gained all his business knowledge from his family who were entrepreneurs. Nicholas himself was an entrepreneur and he came up with a product called "Letter Choc Box" and the whole idea of this product is to send chocolates in a ready made postage box. The chocolates can be sent for any special occasion such as birthdays, valentines days, and many more. At the front of each package there is an instruction leaflet, telling people how this product works and where to write a special little message for the receiver.
Later on during the event, he spoke about some of his achievements and the one that really inspired me was the fact that he is currently exporting in 20 different countries and he still has other countries waiting to purchase his brilliant product. Another achievement is that he is now at the stage of expanding his product by selling sweets in a box rather than chocolates because in countries where the temperature is high, the chocolates will melt and therefore will not do any good for them.
Towards the end of the presentation, Nicholas gave everyone some pointers about how to run a successful business and he told us that it would be very useful to create a business plan so you as the business owner can have everything in order and well planned out before starting the business. This particular event inspired me a lot due to the fact that this very man was a normal university student just like the rest of us and he managed to start his business at the age of 22. He came up with a simple idea and put it into practice, and today it is a very successful business. Another reason why he inspired me was because he told us that if we put our mind to it, we can just about manage to accomplish anything. He told us that if anyone has a good idea, it is always good to carry it out and see whether it is worth continuing or not. But no matter what don't think that it is impossible to accomplish something that you really believe in.
By attending this event, I have realised that I can open up my own accountancy firm and be my own boss, rather than working for a company. If I manage to come up with a good business plan, and clear aims for the business, it could lead to something useful in the future. Even though I might have to work full hours at the start, but then eventually the working hours will reduce, if the business becomes a success.