7. ENTERPRISE WEEK

During Enterprise Week there were several business events conducted at our university. The event I attended and enjoyed the most took place on Wednesday 25th of November 2009. The event’s title was 5% Idea, 95% Effort. Nico Nicholas of LetterBoxChocs, a young entrepreneur talked about his business idea, how he started it and the help he has received. He explained to participants how difficult it is to establish own business and manage it properly to get satisfactory benefits.
The event was conducted as a lecture. Sitting in the lecture room and listening to the speaker appeared as a very interesting activity. He has greatly improved my knowledge about business and management topics. He also put appropriate emphasis on practical use of given learning.
The activity effectively referred to establishing of own business. The founder of LetterBoxChocs widely explained all inconveniences and efforts connected to starting it. I did not realized there was such a surprising number of matters and people involved in a venture, which can be seen as a relatively simple. The managing of the own business is difficult, but with appropriate knowledge and experience background can result with worth of it success and well-being. Nico Nicholas’ idea for sending chocolate boxes by post as a nice, simple gift was very simple, and what decided about his triumph were effort and passion he has put in it. After satisfactory start in England, Nico is spreading his product all over the world now. Everyone loves it!
He firmly handed knowledge about establishing new business gained from own experience. His event was conducted with confidence and resulted with big interest paid by listeners. That is why I perceive it as a very successful.

At the university I am doing Business and Retail Management course, therefore I put great attention on every single Nico’s word. His speech was important for me. I would also like to establishing my own business in the future so his knowledge will be useful. Nico’s case is just amazing. He should be an exemplar for everyone who thinks about opening a new business.
His example has changed my way of thinking a bit in terms of business establishing. He proved that to achieve great success there is no need for special, extraordinary ideas. The only thing is simple inspiration, little invention, which can help people and make their lives easier. This easy step supported with great devotion and passion is very likely to lead to grand business success.