My Adventure to Entrepreneurship

  This is week 13 of the course of Introduction to the Entrepenurship. This week my Church leader taught about the gratitude. We should reflect and thanks those who have been helpful to us such as father, mother, teacher, friends, and especially God. After that I had to answer questions for my assignment. Question: How did being a lifelong learner benefit Haykin's career? How could it benefit yours? My Answer:  Kaykin is a lifelong learner and his lifelong learning benefits so much to his career. He went to study at Harvard Business School. He focused on entrepreneurship and technology. His professors persuaded him to get experience in sales and dealing with customers so that he would become a leader someday, and he took the advice. He learned from his responsibilities as a Multimedia Developer Program manager. He had to do many tasks starting from development until product delivery and to work with many people. He learned to notice extra opportunities.  He learned a...

  In week twelve of my course on the introduction to entrepreneurship, I was required to read chapter nine of the book titled “The Field Guide for the Hero's Journey”. This chapter is about r esting. Taking rest is important, yet many people, including myself, ignore it because it is not urgent. If we don’t take a preventive measure of taking rest while it is not yet urgently necessary, it will be medically and urgently necessary one day. I personally want to improve on this. Taking rest is also important to business. If the people or equipment are not allowed to rest, they will be discouraged or broken. How do I apply the principle of rest into my own business? Resting allows our bodies to recharge, refresh, reflect and re-motivated. Going back to the old testament, Genesis 2:2 reads “And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.” Then, verse 31 reads “And God saw everything that he had made, a...

This is an interesting week fo rme. I received an assignment to balance beween work and family.   The first task is to balance between my daughter first performance and a client who surprizes and threantens my business. The client wants me to meet him and cancel my daughter's performance. I can do that.  It can be very hurtful and the memory will last for a long time if I suddenly change my mind to go away from her event. The  girl will feel that her parent does not center around what she is being proud of. Her heart will silently break deeply and it will take a long time to heal the wound. If I choose to leave her behind, she will leave her family behind and center herself around money which is misguided pursuit of happiness. I think it is enjoyable to deal with client who does run into my only when there is a crisis. It is more satisfying that I deal with client who is open to my team, instead of only want to secretly deal with me. I want to succeed as a team. ...

Recently I talked with a businessman Mr. Chhiv Earn who has multiple businesses ranging from mini mart, gas station, fresh fruit shop, café, call center, lab equipment trading ….. Among these businesses, lab equipment strikes me the most. The reason that I chose to speak with Mr. Chhiv Earn is that he understands well about market opportunities, and he has an interesting but applicable perspective about Cambodian farmers or producers. According to him,  Cambodian producers should focus on meeting local demands, instead of trying to export. Mr. Chhiv Earn said that Cambodian agriculture is finding its hard time to compete against its neighbors in terms of export. Therefore, Cambodian farmers and producers should instead focus on producing for domestic sales and improving quality to fight against imports from neighboring countries. Standard and quality improvement is a key to promote domestic products for domestic needs. With his large networks and acknowledging the needs for qua...

  Recently I talked with a businessman Mr. Chhiv Earn who has multiple businesses ranging from mini mart, gas station, fresh fruit shop, café, call center, lab equipment trading ….. Among these businesses, lab equipment strikes me the most.   Cambodian producers should focus on meeting local demands. Mr. Chhiv Earn said that Cambodian agriculture is finding its hard time to compete against its neighbors in terms of export. Therefore, Cambodian farmers and producers should instead focus on producing for domestic sales and improving quality to fight against imports from neighboring countries.   Standard and quality improvement is a key to promote domestic products for domestic needs. With his large networks and acknowledging the needs for quality assurance and promotion, Mr. Chhiv Earn links between producers and testing equipment from oversea. The stronger links he has, the higher quantity of orders he enjoys.   Education helps producers understand the importanc...

   This week I learned about the challenges of entrepreneurs in the journey. I have read and listened to the talk of President Jeffrey R. Holland that titled “However Long and Hard the Road”. I also have read the “Naïve Networking”. These materials strengthened me and made me humble, but the concept that resonated me the most is the talk of President Jeffrey R. Holland. The advice that reads “Just hand in there” is powerful and uplifting to me. There are many times that I want to quit things, but this word helps me stay and continue on course. It helps me to stay on the same place, instead of sliding back, with hope that situation will improve or opportunities will open. His message about victory at all cost and that we shall never surrender makes me think deeply about challenges faced by people who lived on the earth from past. They fought so hard that we don’t have to fight. The fought for national peace and security, but people who did not have to fight in that war mu...