Students get tips on entrepreneurship
Morung Express News
Dimapur | November 18
‘ASPIRE 2016 Management Fest’ was organized on Friday at C-Edge College, Dimapur where the Executive Editor of Eastern Mirror, Wapongmeren Longkumer delivered a talk on business and management studies as the guest speaker.
An entrepreneur himself, Wapong dwelt in-depth about entrepreneurship and said that any entrepreneurial activity involves management. Given the cut-throat competition scenario, he said, one has to know something about everything and be masters in their primary field.
Addressing scores of college students from Dimapur and Kohima, Wapong sought to dispel the general feeling that the success of a business depended on shady deals. “Such old concepts are slowly changing” he said and added that people need to open up to new thoughts and avenues.
Pointing out that 70% of the state’s population was rural, Wapong said too much focus on urban population was less likely to yield entrepreneurial success.
He advised aspiring entrepreneurs to take calculated risks and remain motivated. “In life, without motivation, one cannot be successful,” he added.
However, Wapong said that motivation alone cannot bring success and that it must be accompanied with initiative to take action upon the motivation.
He also stressed on perseverance, efficiency, knowledge and quality of product, integrity, accountability etc as essential components to derive success in business.
Further, Wapong advised aspiring entrepreneurs not to waste their time on problems which were beyond their control.
During the programme, the students competed on activities like, mad ad, selfie ad, face off, business plan, painting and others.
The management fest was held under the theme, “Esprit De Corps.”
