Entrepreneurship Awareness Program

Though I could able to explain about Entrepreneurship theoretically in my previous blog I did not start up anything practically yet and I don’t want to give reasons or excuse myself for that.

Since we (software engineers) have lot of time on weekends I thought of utilizing a portion of it and wanted to spread Entrepreneurship awareness among school children. In an attempt to do so I went to my childhood school where I studied last Saturday and I took a session on Entrepreneurship for tenth class students and the response form the students was great.

There were 20 students in that school and I started session asking them two questions: their names and their ambitions. Ofcourse I did not bother much about their names but their ambitions did bother me. I heard the same ambitions which I used to hear when I was in tenth standard i.e Doctor, Engineer, CA. Nobody wanted to start up a company or start up a business because they don’t know that there can be ambitions like that.

So I started explain them about the people who have started something on their own taking the examples of a theatre, a school, a shopping mall, an internet company and a software company. Finally I could able to explain them who is an Entrepreneur and what is Entrepreneurship about.

I took feedback forms for the students to know whether they like the session or not and all of them did like it.17 out of 20 students who initially wanted to become Engineers, Doctors wrote on feedback forms that they want to start software companies, hospitals. I don’t know whether they can start up companies in future but I felt happy as I could able to let them know about Entrepreneurship when they are in tenth class because I came to know about the word "Entrepreneur" when I was in B.Tech 2nd Year.

I ended my session telling them an inspirational story and giving some advice to them. The advice, which I gave them, is the same advice that I give myself i.e “Speak Truth” and “Dream Big”. I believe (superstitious) that there is logic between these two words. I personally believe that when we always speak truth, whatever we speak or think will become true eventually. So if we dream big and speak truth our dreams will also become true eventually since dreaming is a process of thinking.

The reason for which I wrote this blog and the thing which I expect from the people who are reading this blog is that they can take some time and can bring awareness among school children or any age group of people about any topic which they feel that they came to know about it very late.