Wake up

How strange! It is always easier to examine others, but very difficult to discover ourselves. To harness
the talent that is hidden within ourselves is always a challenge to entrepreneur…
The success stories of Ramlal Golcha who came to Nepal with a piece of loincloth and brass pot “Lota” in
his hand and who founded Golcha Industries; Nunkaran Das Chaudhary who sold cut pieces now he runs
a trusted and reputed Chaudhary Group; Maniharsha Jyoti, a coal mine labor contractor, who founded
the Jyoti Group of industries; Siddhi Bahadur Sakya, an orphan, who became the second common man
to buy a Rana Palace in the country were not less jaw-dropping than the amazing entrepreneurial
journey of a tenth Grader billionaire Dhirubhai Ambani, the father of two richest men of the world and
Henry Ford, the automobile billionaire who never saw the four walls of a school but build the Ford
Motor Company and become one of the richest men that ever lived.
Business world is full of myths and legends of amazing entrepreneurs and their journeys that exist in
every nook and corners, untold and unheard of.
What is the making of a successful entrepreneur? Is it education, wealth, or is it their upbringing and
culture? What is it that makes a businessman tick? The only answer is their effort, endeavor,
perseverance, dedication and commitment. However, knowledge, education and skill are important
attributes of entrepreneurship, but how important is the role of education, depends on the type of
The indisputable fact is that we don’t learn real entrepreneurial skills in universities. Practical business
skills are generally picked up on the streets. Therefore, to try to luck in entrepreneurial foray, it si
advisable first to start a small business that will bring to light lot of information and practical
experiences, with respect to running a business as well as improving business skills. Once a business is
established, ongoing situation teaches us to update newer trends. While learning from mistakes, we
streamline our business protocols to enhance productivity.
Richard Branson once said, “I wasn’t really interested in becoming an entrepreneur, but I soon found I
had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.”
Business is ever changing and never ending venture that passes through different stages of progress.
Before a stage of saturation comes in business, we have to add required amount of appropriate solvent
in the liquidness of the enterprises.
Business is not a one-man show. We have to utilize and mobilize the power of appropriate human
resource development. For novice, while launching business, he also needs an experienced mentor who
could provide him external support in terms of advice and ideas to develop his business. It helps to
involve and improve business brand, deploy proper time management, efforts and resources to develop
unique business proposition.