Becoming an entrepreneur is a great way to live your dream and vision of having your company, own time structure, and building something that is YOURS! 1 Stay energetic. Starting a new business requires hours of dedication and sacrifice. You have to believe and be excited about your product as if you not who will someone else be? Your energy will transfer to everyone you meet and speak to about your business, and this will lead to growth. 2 Be impatient. Many people say stay patient and good things will happen. The people who say that are the people who have yet to achieve what they want. The more inpatient you stay the quicker your business will grow and succeed. 3 Take risks. The most successful entrepreneurs like Branson and Trump didn’t get to where they are by playing it safe. As an entrepreneur, you need to take calculated risks to move your business forward. 4 Surround yourself with success. Whom you surround yourself with is who you become. Drop the deadweight of people holding you back and seek a new circle of influence. Being around these people will let you grow, learn, and see what it takes to be successful. 5 Partner with experience. You may be young, energetic, and bold, but you also need experience to guide you through the journey of being an entrepreneur and running a business. Seek out knowledgeable council from friends, associates, and successful businesspersons and get them to buy into your vision so you can both move forward together. 6 Become an expert at marketing. You might have the greatest product or service in the world but if nobody knows about you will never succeed. When you master the ability to market your product, company, and brand – you will have customers and partners flooding in to join you. 7 Listen twice, see twice, and speak once. As a young entrepreneur, it is more valuable to listen to what others have to say first, and when you have something to say make it memorable so people will always remember who you are.

It is with humility and deep sense of respect that the Gertripreneur Initiatives and the Enugu state SME Center invite you to their Entrepreneurship Summit. This summit will open an economic opportunity for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs as it promises to highlight on the following • How to access SME funds • Distribution of SME fund Materials • How to raise funds for startups • How to access business trainings • And many more. Lots of business gift items will be shared and it promises to be life changing as it is unprecedented in the history of our dear cultural zone. The event schedule is as follows Date: Saturday, 20th December 2014 Venue: TS 1/Macglade Ogrute, Igbo Eze North LGA Time: 12 noon prompt Ensure that you identify with the GTE/SME for follow up even after the summit. Hope to See you and your subject to the life changing business summit.

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