Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Chief Executive Officer of Pelican Valley Estate, Dr. Babatunde Adeyemo, has urged the students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, to start thinking and acting like entrepreneurs before graduating out of the institution.
To him, there were no more white collar jobs in the country waiting for students to grab after graduation, advising them to explore entrepreneurship in the early stage of their lives by investing in land and other businesses and not wasting their time on frivolities.
Adeyemo, who spoke on the topic “The evolution of Entrepreneurship and Benefits of an Entrepreneur in the Society,” at the 22nd annual symposium of Excel Assembly Foundation, a student based club, charged them to invest in their future rather than buying Brazilian hairs or iPhones.
He admonished the students that despite the seemingly tough business climate of the country, it is still possible for one to start some businesses such as real estate, products marketing or distribution among others and become an entrepreneur with zero capital.
The real estate entrepreneur said faith in oneself, integrity, honesty, goodwill, perseverance, I – can – do – it spirit, trust and focus, were characters they needed to start zero capital business and attract producers and manufacturers, whom he said, were looking for honest person to push their products and services into the markets.
He added that good grades or academic excellence alone were not enough to succeed in the world of today, charging the students to pay attention to their characters, take advantage of globalization, information age, technology to become entrepreneurs and launch their ideas, invocations and creativities to the global markets