Muscat: 'Entrepreneurship - Essential Elements' Workshop by MCCP
by Clarence Pinto
Daijiworld Media Network - Muscat
Muscat, Feb 18: After successfully organizing one of the most enthralling and entertaining Mangalorean Day event in the recent times, Mangalorean Catholic Center of the Parish (MCCP – Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Ruwi) is all set to organize one more innovative and inspiring workshop for businessmen of the Mangalorean community in Muscat.
Ivan A. Fernandes, Past President – Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd. (KEL – Dubai) & TiE Dubai, Chairman and Mangaging Director of Ducont FZ LLC (Dubai Internet City based organization and a leader in providing corporate mobility solutions to the customers in the Middle East) will be presenting a thought provoking workshop for the aspiring entrepreneurs and successful businessmen of the Mangalorean Community in Muscat on Friday 20th February 2009 titled as “Entrepreneurship : Essential Elements” (EEE).
In this workshop Ivan Fernandes will be supported by Daniel Fernandes and Dorothy Fernandes, lead members of Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd, Dubai. Daniel and Dorothy are Managing Partner and Director – Strategy & Planning of Dafnia Electronics LLC, Dubai, Dafnia Com-Tec FZCO - Jebel Ali, Today Electronics – Dubai and Suleyum Al Kiyumi Trading LLC - Ruwi, Oman respectively. Also, Oswald Soares past president of Mangalorean Catholic Center of Parish (MCCP) and lead member of Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd., Dubai will participate in the presentation.
The workshop will begin at 10.30 am sharp in the main Parish Hall of Sts. Peter and Paul Church Ruwi. Registration will begin at 10.00 am. It is expected to conclude at 1.30 pm. Lunch will be served immediately afer the workshop.
KEL’s Dubai’s current president Albert J. Rodrigues will be the guest of honor for the workshop.
Ivan Fernandes
“We are expecting top officials of KEL Dubai to be present at the workshop and to inspire our young members with a desire of venturing into business field” says Clarence Pinto, current President of MCCP. “ This workshop will be a great opportunity for our members to interact with some of the bright and successful Mangalorean businessmen of UAE. The success stories of successful businessmen will be a great motivation for the members. Ivan Fernandes is a sensational achiever in his field and great winner with his hard work and dedication. Daniel, Dorothy and Oswald Soares will be presenting their own success stories and also, answer all the queries of the participants.”
www.daijiworld.com Muscat team contacted Ivan A. Fernandes to have his views and thoughts on the workshop and he answered them as follows :
DW team : Kindly brief the highlights of your presentation, Entrepreneurship : Essential Elements workshop in Muscat.
Ivan : The presentation is meant to provide glimpses of what it takes to be an entrepreneur. You will see video clips from several successful Indian Entrepreneurs on how they all started and their views.
The first part of my presentation is on definition of Entrepreneurship from various successful entrepreneurs, Global Entrepreneur statistics etc.
The second part is focused on essentials – Entrepreneur traits, enabling environment and the basic requirements for starting a business.
The third part is on my journey into entrepreneurship – how it started, how some of the essentials were followed and the key elements that led to my success
The last part is focused on Entrepreneurship – Promotion and Support. Here I will focus on KEL and TiE – their activities and how their support potential and budding entrepreneurs.
DW : What are your thoughts about coming to Muscat and about workshop?
Ivan : The thought of coming to Muscat was based on MCCP President’s invitation only. However, the topic is very close to my heart and I never hesitate to speak on this subject. The reason being simple. Unless we have more entrepreneurs in our community – our community can not develop. When we have more successful entrepreneurs – we have a stronger community with more jobs for others. If we have to be economically stronger, we have to have jobs for every one and this is only possible if we have more and more entrepreneurs. Charity is a short term solution, jobs are permanent solutions.
DW : What are your expectations in MCCP's workshop ?
Ivan: There are no direct expectations from the workshop. If it helps those who are in two minds of getting into entrepreneurship then this workshop could be a good opportunity for them to clear their minds. Talking to other entrepreneurs solves lot of issues then reading from books. If there are individuals who need some support to become entrepreneurs, then KEL is available for this purpose. If there are several members interested in entrepreneurship, then we can even look at starting a chapter in Oman to support them.