INNOSPARKS 2010 BLOG SERIES: 000

InnoSparks 2010 BLOG SERIES: 000



For those who happened to be around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
YOU should be well aware of another upcoming entrepreneurial advocacy feat
-the Inaugural InnoSparks Entrepreneurship Challenge 2010!!!

http://secouncil.blogspot.com

This will be your first of a blog series marching up till your event next Friday, 15th October 2010.

Here's you'll get your sneak peek on what you'll be expecting in your SEGi's first intervarsity entrepreneurship feat.

Here's what I got to say about InnoSparks 2010:

TABLE FOR TWO

[An InnoSparks Presidential Foreword]

A bank officer once got stuck in McDonald’s during a morning downpour.

And it just happened that we shared a table.

Sipping on her hot coffee, she would talk about how terrible and unfair was her bank to her.

Soon, the generic opener came- so if you were given a chance, what would you love to do everyday? She showed me her pre-booked near zero fares AirAsia’s travel plans and her slated adventures.

Suddenly, the solemn persona brightened as she described her travels around Southeast Asia meeting new people and describing places; I; as a history-expert never knew. She told me her friends chickened out from booking tickets a year ahead due to their work schedule- she told me we have to commit to what we want- dare to make time and explore. Yet it’s the same person who explained she preferred to keep low profile in her bank, just does the minimum required and she still has a housing loan to pay- so that’s it.

‘It's the heart afraid of breaking; that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking; that never takes the chance.’

-The Rose @Bette Midler

Take a moment and ask yourself what is an ‘Entrepreneur’?

Is it someone who initiated a start-up? The gal who championed the fund raiser for saving the neglected children? Is it purely monetary based or is there such a thing called a ‘higher cause’? Then, what is the difference between entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship? If you answer any of the above, then high five folks! *laughs*

But NO. That’s not the ultimate answer. Entrepreneurship is more of a lifestyle than a job. If you’ve tried it, you should have now concurred with me. It’s about facing rejection after rejection by strangers saying you’re too young, too useless and totally ‘please go home and study kid’. It’s about having the courage to challenge the norm and courage to speak to a crowd and courage to do it day after day. It’s about following your Dharma, your personal mission, your obsession.

‘There's a bright light shining inside you. It shines out through your eyes.
Don't drown it away, don't be afraid, don't hide. Let it shine.’

- Shine @Plain White T’s

In the end it’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves as Edmund Hillary said; and it’s not the mountain that makes you the happiest but yourself as I testified. What could the bank officer be if she dares to defy, stand up and be counted? What could you have done differently if you were her? Have you done all that you could with all that you’ve?

That we shall leave to you, Entrepreneur!

***Welcome aboard to the inaugural

InnoSparks Entrepreneurship Challenge 2010!!!***