Okay...let me get it straight. I come to the technopreneurship workshop to fill up some of my gaps in entrepreneurship knowledge. Really, I personally feel the entrepreneurship is a bit exaggerated in a sense that it is an acquired skill, not so much a privileged trait or inborn trait. Some people may think that in order for them to be an entrepreneur, they must take a course or two on entrepreneurship or perhaps, a degree in entrepreneurship. Only then they are qualified to be entrepreneurs.

Well, I believe an entrepreneurship is an experience of achieving independence in the sense of economic choices and lifestyle choices. All these boil down to the issues of values. What values do I treasure most in my life? Maybe some of my readers have figured them out by reading this blog. Goals driven by the values are so much easier to achieve despite the hardships which come along while indulging myself in business. The inner drive is very much important before the external drive.

I feel blessed to get to know new friends here in this workshop. Some of them are mature enough to share their entrepreneurship experiences with me. I still consider myself as green in this area. There are much to learn and to absorb their knowledge.

The only way to become a better entrepreneur is by taking calculated risk or chances and learn from my past mistakes. Mistakes are costly indeed, but do not ever lose the lessons. Or else, I will be same ol', same ol'.

Yesterday I met with Christoffer Erichsen and we finalized every little details before I commence my service to his company as sales consultant. I just realized that the job is pretty much intense but exciting at the same time. There are some prospects that I may fly to Dubai, Singapore and countries in South East Asia to promote and look for market for their services and products. I think it's awesome job to do. Challenging enough to make me look inside the mirror and ask this question; "Am I ready to Grow?"

On the same night I also took the opportunity to connect with a professor from USM, discussing his technology on production based on herbs. The discussion was great. We managed to bounce the ideas and I was some sort of proposing him an idea of bringing his product to the real market. I have an idea on how to push this idea into the market. I also quietly identify who are the people I want to hire or maybe engage for their expertise in this market segment.

Of course IDEAS are great but they are just ideas. What is more important is how to source for financing the ideas? That was the juice of the discussion that night. That issue I keep in my mind for further investigation and research.

I just want to finish off this night with a reading from Bakri Musa on 'Enhancing the Role of Private Sector in Education', an excellent article about our education dire state and the need to integrate private sector in education policymaking mechanism. Good reading I say!