The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Misamis Occidental with the thrust of enabling business and empowering consumers conducted a Go Negosyo Symposium on 14 October 2017 at La Salle University in Ozamiz City to reinforce entrepreneurial spirit of the students through educating them with different opportunities in the vast sector of business.
Provincial Caretaker Jane Marie Tabucan said with the theme “Tala Magnegosyo para sa Mas Maasensong Nasud Pilipinhon,” students are treated to a day filled with fun and learning, as well as motivation to improve their lives by means of entrepreneurship.
“Being an entrepreneur knows no age, background, nor gender. Many Filipinos dream of becoming an entrepreneur,” said former Governor Loreto Leo Ocampos turned entrepreneur during his talk in the symposium.
He added, “Anyone can be an entrepreneur given the right mindset and attitude, knowledge and skills, and the passion and creativity to do it. It is the character and values that matter in putting up and running a successful business.”
Meanwhile, Victor Madlangbayan, one of the invited speakers advised aspiring entrepreneurs to choose life’s work according to what excites you, and as the saying goes, “you will never ‘work’ a day in your life,” because it simply won’t feel like work, it will feel like the pursuit of passion.
The search for the right business or work may vary and is really different for many but at the end of the day, it is all about fulfillment in the things that you do, he said.
The symposium was a half day event that featured different topics in business in the forms of plenary discussions. It enjoined the participants to develop a positive change in their mindset, and empower them with relevant entrepreneurship tools and concepts as their key to success specifically in pursuing a business venture.
The symposium aimed to inspire students and aspiring entrepreneurs to look at business in a different way and possibly encourage them to start their own business ventures by featuring young successful and inspiring entrepreneurs. (SMRN/PIAMisocc)
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