It was Tuesday again, on June 24,
2014 at 8:00 – 11: 00 am we met again for our subject Technopreneurship. Another day of featuring the talents of those
who always came late and another day of recalling this day to create a
reflection. For me it was a good and really great day because I came early and
never be late again. But before our class was started our facilitator always
had that routine to pray before we get started. After that we seated and then
he started to entertain those who came late. As usual they performed again just
to sing until our facilitator satisfied. Since they are few who came late last
last meeting our facilitator noticed it already and he decided to change the
consequences that instead of showcasing their talents which was very common
like always singing and singing again, they should feed the stomach of their
classmates so that we would be happy because others might have no breakfast
just to came early in class so at least the feeding maybe a big help. For me as
a student and an early comer sometimes I would be happy that someone will gave
me some food as a reward of being responsible and one of the early Eagle not
bird in the USEP, no just joking J. As one of the beneficiary of course I
prefer that kind of punishment to those who came late, thanks for our
facilitator hahaha. And also no one will dear to come late again because I know
it is not easy to feed more or less 50 persons with just your own
allowance. Afterwards, we also agreed on
what our facilitator said about the consequences. By then at my seat I realized
and worried about next meeting that what if I’m the one and only one will came
late? Am’ I really going to feed everyone? Oh my! A big suicide. Hahaha…Anyways
for my own good it’s better to wake up and came early to avoid those instances.
During that time, after our
facilitator tackled about the new punishment, he then proceed to have an
activity and that was on what can we say about the three images that he
projected , on what we saw and what are we going to feel if ever we are in
their situations. But before that he instructed as to prepare a short bond
paper to answer the activity, which we didn’t think that he will require it. At
that time I was so worried because I don’t even have a piece of it. All I did
was to turn my neck 180 degrees just to find someone who will offer me a short
bond paper, so sadL. After a few minutes on seeking for a short bond paper
fortunately, we have those Local Counsel Officers who offer us to buy their
short bond paper which cost 2 pesos each. Since they have a lot of it I’m not
the only one who bought from them but almost all of as. What a wonderful day !
J It seems that we were not a college student who always ready for everything,
but I admitted that we enjoyed it and that part what I liked most about.
Back to the activity, since we
already had our own short bond paper our facilitator said that each one of us
or individually, we must write our own understanding, feeling, and solution
about the three images in a technopreneurship manner or way of thinking. Those
images have different situations and each of us must have a group. Our
facilitator said that we should divide into three groups to assign those three
images. Since inside the computer laboratory have only three rows, then our
facilitator just decided to keep those who seated at the same rows as our group
for the activity. I’ am so happy then because I belonged to the group where I
already know everyone which was so easy for me to communicate. Then our
facilitator follows that after answering the activity someone in the group
should collect our papers and collect some general ideas about the selected
image that we should describe, understand and give a solution. Before anything
else I would like to recall those three images.
The first image of the group one,
there was a father who seated in the street with his little son that seems
begging for something because they looked like a beggar; they looked so
helpless like they don’t have any food, clothes, and shelter. Obviously the
father doesn’t have a work or job to feed his family that’s why they ended up
as a beggar. This scenario I really liked the least, because seeing the father
which is so helpless and has no job was very a heart breaking for me. For me it
so sad to realized and to admit that this is the truth about in the real world,
that having no work or job will make us suffer and will grave us to death. Even
if everyone will see you dying they still cannot help you because in the real
world we are very practical and we must just focus in our own family to give or
provide them the living they wanted to have. It so sad that in this world there
always that inequality of giving opportunity to those who wanted to have a job.
It’s very disappointing that there’s always a gap between those who has a
degree and those who were illiterate. Companies, businesses, and other
establishments who made job opportunities now a day’s don’t easily give a work
for those who determined and hardworking people because they have that high
standards to those who will be qualified that’s why it so sad to see that the
truth was like that.The father on the image was so helpless in providing the
needs of his child because he don’t have a job, a job that will gave his family
and children to have a good living. Seeing the image of the father, for me he
still have the less opportunity to have a work because he is not disabled, he’s
body can worked still. Knowing that he can still work or can do something for
his family I think he can grab a job that will fit him even if he was
illiterate person. I think the lack of those who don’t have a job was they
don’t have the guts or confidence to showcase their skills and having a
strategy on how they will convince the company or employer to hire them. Being
a job seeker you should also have that strong personality to prove them that
despite all of your weaknesses you still have the hard work and determination
to learn and cope up with them. These are just my point of view on what was the
image all about. Back to the group one, their leader collected their general
ideas and came up with an idea that having no job means you are very
unfortunate one especially if you have a family to feed on. Knowing that you
don’t have a job because you didn’t have a diploma to present that you are
graduated on a certain degree course, people must realized and planned about
having a family. The problem to those people that has no job was they still
giving birth without planning and realizing on what life their children will
have in this world. Fortunately even others didn’t graduated they do have work
because maybe they have that mind set to avoid giving their family a helpless
situation. The group one also discuss on what they can contribute or help to
their parents if ever they don’t have a job. According to them they are willing
to teach their parents on how to use computer and after they know about it they
will teach them about creating a programs,on how to be a developers and make it
as they asset or skills to have a home base work. By that according to them
their parents will learned how computers will help them. They also willing to
teach them to be a technopreneur or entrepreneur because knowing it already at
school was need to be shared by others to help them and made it as their
default mind set to have a better life. They also said having less than three
or two children will made their lives easier.If my parents don’t have a job
then as an Information technology student and having a technopreneurship
subject I will insist to them that it is better to invest our own business
because having our own will make our lives easier and I think it’s more
comfortable to work and manage it well. Of course the business will not going
to grow if I will not teach them on how to deal with it and what does an
entrepreneur characteristics and personality should have. In general the image
one shows only what does our own country and government lack in providing their
fellow men a better lively hood. That now a days in the Philippines even if you
are a graduate of a 4 or 5 years degree you cannot assure that you will get a
job because of the independent standards and qualification of the companies
that government
In group two which I belonged, we
were given images which there are three ugly girls who already graduated in
their respective courses. Of course being a fresh graduate they should be able
to compete with those who also seek for a professional job or position. But
it’s so sad to know now a day that other companies seek also for those who have
a pleasing personality. So in this case unfortunately these three girls don’t
have that qualification because they don’t have that what they called a
pleasing personality. When we assigned for this kind of situation I thought
that it’s simple for me to explain how we are going to defend the situation of
the three girls, on what solution we are going to contribute and what can we
say about that “pleasing personality” that they are seeking to an employee, but
I was wrong that I can explained it well because of the time limit. During the
activity I only wrote a little, which are those I importantly can say and
contribute. When the time ups I was panic to finished my reflection about the
assigned image and then they collected and discus what general idea that we
will present in front. After we gathered a general ideas we ended up to choose
our own opinion on what can we say about their qualifications (pleasing
personality) that the companies searching for aside from the skills of an
employee. Our leader went in front and she said that the company has a point on
including the pleasing personality to their qualifications that an employee
must have, because we all know that in business or company or any works there
is always a situations that the employee needs to present or face their clients
in a very presentable way including their natural beauties. Having a pleasing
personality is one of an asset that a person can give to the company especially
when they are going to present or have a meeting with their clients. Then our
leader followed that of course aside from being gifted to have a pleasing personality,
well skilled person and passionate to their works is more counted and companies
needed to have. Hence, the most important is the skills, hard works and passion
of an employee. For me this also the part I liked the least for it shows that
other companies are so harsh to include that qualification which others don’t
have. I didn’t mean all companies are cruel but all I want to deliver was what
if that person doesn’t have that quality? What if she or he only has that high
skilled and hard working person? So it means still he or she is not qualified
for the position or job that he or she wanted to be in? Oh! Come on, what an
unpleasant reason that he is not qualified because he or she had no pleasing
personality. For me it’s so unfair, it shows inequality of human rights that
they also strived hard just to graduate to have a right or good job. If that
would be the case then it seems that our government is useless for they don’t
even do something just to fight for the rights of those who are craving for a job.
We all know that having a job will sustained and composed our lives just to be
alive in this world. If I were the companies the pleasing personality doesn’t
matter because as far as I know the purpose why I need to built a business and
hire an employment is to made it more developed and has a good services to
their clients or costumer and let everyone knows that we have a high skilled
employees that they are very brilliant and productive to make my company
popular not because of we have a pleasing personality employees but because of
the job and worked well done. Back to the discussion on how she delivered our
general idea in this kind of situation. According to our facilitator our group
delivered the ideas well that he seeks for. Aside from that our leader also
said that if that would be the case that one of the biggest percentage in the
qualification of the companies are having that kind of pleasing personality
which you don’t have then the option would be is to apply what does
technopreneurship subject wanted us to do and that would be to invest our own
company or business so that there will be no pleasing personality
qualification. For me it’s better to
invest our own so that no one will judge us on how we are going to manage our
own business. It’s better that no one will complain about what qualification
that I’m going to implement. But of course if you have that pleasing
personality and high skilled person and always determined to work you are very
fortunate because lots of opportunity will come into your life. In real
business even if you are ugly it doesn’t matter what your appearance should be
but the things and work you contributed must be highlighted. I as a human being
and not a perfect one I believed that God created us equally ,that no one is so
much ugly and will surpass the beauty of others. Humans are just the rulers on their own
that’s why they can freely criticised others and each of us became judgemental
to everyone not considering that even us has a defect of being human.
The last image was in a group
three, it shows that many people or workers are protesting just to get the
attention of the government officials to make their salaries or wages increase
not just always or forever in a minimum wage. As a worker they have also the
rights to increase their salaries because they worked hard even if in their
tough situations just to get an income every month to provide the needs of
their families. This one also I liked the least because people and workers are
seeking an attention in the government official just to grant their wish.
According to group three leaders instead they will murmur and shouting or
protesting in front the government it’s better to made a plan in their own on
how they will get out and earned more money to have a higher income that they
wanted because it seems like they protesting for nothing. And aside from that
they are just complicating their lives on doing that kind of stupidity and
shameful actions. That they must realized that instead of spending their time
on protesting they must think to invest their own business so that they will
provide the demands that they wanted to be in hand. Knowing our government corrupt and lots of
issues about the funds and money those people should realize that even our
government crave for money so it is impossible that the government will
immediately provide the demands that they wanted to implement. Let say the
government will say that they will increase their salaries the question is, how
long they will going to conduct it? Or when will they are going to start it? So
that’s it, those questions are just a reminders that our government is so slow
on giving and delivering our needs and demands for they are the only one can
control and manage our funds. That our government will only provide as always
late if not late they will provide us problems or nothing at all compared to
the other countries that even those smaller one has a high propelling economy
compared to us. Back to the demands that the workers wanted to increase their
minimum wage like those teachers that we all know they sacrifices alot on
teaching the student to be educated in the near future and has a good work to
have. Giving an example like them needs to increase their salaries yearly , if
we were going to compared from other countries it seems that Philippines has
that slower propelling economy because of the official government way of
thinking and managing our country and people. In that case workers should
realize that our government is useless, I know not forever but at this time our
government is getting worst. In general on sharing the group three’s opinion
and suggestions workers should also think for an alternative mind set like
investing their own business like a technopreneur always in mind.
Subsequently, after we shared the
ideas in each group on what we can suggest and contribute to avoid or help that
kind of person in the images I became then more interested in the
technopreneurship subject, because it made us see the real world to make some
money. What I liked the most during that third meeting were we able to listen
to their sharing about the three images. I liked when the group one shared
first their thoughts on what can they help to their fathers that has no job.
Then our facilitator commented that , that’s not the thing that he wanted to
hear from them but what they can innovate to the situation. So by then our
facilitator was not satisfied about their answers. Then I liked also the most
was our grouped sharing which is group two. I liked about on how our leader
Deannie delivered our general ideas about the assigned image and how can we
resolved it. Then our facilitator at that time commented that, thats the point
that he wanted to heard about because it really fits the situation on how we
are going to contradict their default mind set.
I liked also the sharing of the group three because they also have that
idea which is not right that protesting is a way on getting out from poverty,
still we individual can solved our own problems. Hence I liked the most that we
shared all the things in our mind about the three images. What I really liked
the least was about the reality that in our country inequality of human rights
are always present , liked even if you are dying and you don’t have a money
because you are poor no one will help you because you are like that. That our
government only sees those wealthy peoples problem not anymore the poor one.
That in reality world poverty is getting worst not just to other country but
including us.
As what I can see in the deeper
understanding of being a technopreneur they are the one who is the key and can
propel the economy of the country. To set aside that thoughts back to the class
during that meeting our instructor also started to discuss about what really a
technopreneurship subject on how we were
able to learn and apply and what those important thing that we must remembered.
For me as what I thought technopreneurship is a good way on doing some start up
business for you to be an employer not an employee. First of all let me refresh
your understanding about Technopreneurship. What is Technopreneurship? -
Technopreneurship is a process in the formation of new businesses that see
technology as a base, with the hope that the creation of strategies and innovations
that can be put right later on technology as a factor for national economic
development. It stated that technology is the main subject that the
technopreneur must create and must be implemented so that people may use it to
their purposes. By that, the what they
called High Technology will exist and that will help later on our economy
progress. Technopreneurship concepts as disclosed basically integrate the
technology with entrepreneurial skills (Enterpreneurship skills). In this
Technopreneurship base concept entrepreneurship development starts from the
invention and innovation in technology. An innovations and invention that will
help not just individuals to their own needs and work to be easily done, but to
reach also the goals of our country or even in our own local areas. It also
hightech ventures in ICt, electronis, internet, life sciences and BIOTECH. Like
for example ,CISCO, Nano Tech. Service firm also is involved where technology
is critical to their mission, business that provides services. And Delivery or
designs of hightech products like computer hardware or any devices. It is also
use of technology in the delivery or conduct of normal business activities.
Marketing and launching the technology to all business company that knows the
significance of technology is also one of the Technopreneurship do business.
What does the role of a
technopreneur?- A person who destroy the
existing economic order (creative destruction) by introducing new products and
services, by creating new forms of organizations and by exploiting new raw
materials (Schumpeter, 1934). Technopreneur is Someone who perceives an
opportunity and creates an organization to pursue it. The Person who undertake
risks ( by creating an enterprise or business) that has a chance of profit or
success technopreneurship distinguishes themselves through their ability to
accumulate and manage knowledge as well as their ability to mobilize resources
to achieve a specified business or social goal (Kuemmerle, 2002). A person that
has a bold, imaginative, deviator from established business methods who
constantly seeks the opportunity to commercialize new products, technologies
processes and arrangements (Baumol, 2002). Technopreneur distinguishes logic
from tradition, common tradition from prejudice, prejudice from common sense
and common sense from non sense while integrating variety of ideas from diverse
groups and discipline (Manuel cereijo, 2002). A person skilled in applied
creativity thrive in response to challenge and lack for unconventional
solutions. They experience challenges, creative visions solutions, build
stories that explains their visions for and then act to the part of the
solutions. They forget new paths and risk failure, but persistently seek
success (Dorf and Byers, 2005). A success that no one will take us from them.
They are those business mind set people who usually create and deal with those
interested one about their innovations.
During our facilitator
discussions I realized that how do I see myself as a technopreneur? This
question also sinks in my mind. As an Information Technology student and
obviously it is our concern to know what really technology is, on where it came
from, and how it was developed and was known by the people. Since technopreneur
is part of our study it is also important to us to learn and how to be a
technopreneur. As a professional someday and become a technopreneur, for me it
is very important to be wise and more intelligent on making decisions to deal
with those business tycoons. Aside from it, I know that being a technopreneur
requires logic, techniques, comprehension, smart decisions, strategies, and
confidence. First I should have that logic to understand more about technology,
on how I’ am going to create new form of technology that soon will be familiar
to everyone. A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step
by step manner about how a problem can solve. Logic that has many basis
principles including that what they called scientific method. I should have
also the techniques to present and prove to them that my innovations are very
useful or unique to everyone. A technique that I can practically bid my clients
to have my innovations. I think I can also comprehend some instances in
innovating a technology. As a technopreneur its normal and needed to comprehend
a particular situation that may affects your business field because your
business might place into risk. I might someday have to be a smart person to
make decisions to come up with a good result in my career. Being smart in
making decision should be in a right place and right person to deal with. For
me as a technopreneur, seeing myself as a smart one might really gave me a big
change and opportunity to have a good and a lifetime career in the near future.
Since I wanted to exhibit my social ability or cleverness I should be smart
enough to be a smart one. I think I should have a strategy to set all my goals
into reality. As a technopreneur I need to have a plan of action intended to
accomplish a specific goal. I think my confidence will develop more because I
know that in every deal and experiences that I will encounter may boost my
skills to show them that I can do my best. As a technopreneur balancing between
the work for technology and for the family and friends must manage well. As a
one that works and involved with developing, innovating, and inventing
technology I should have the right time and right place for it. If it is work
or job it should be it ,nothing more nothing less, being professional is
necessary so that limitation will do exist between some important things like
family. As a technoprenuer family must also recognized despite all of the
things related to my work. For me, busy in a business is not the reason why we
are going to neglect our family because abandoning them may either can affects
me in my attitude doing my work well. Friends also important to me because
sometimes whenever we need someone to talk to or someone that we need a help
they also can be a big help. I know that having a start up career in being a
technopreneur there are those times that we don’t even know who we are right
now, or time that we need to find our self first especially when we are at the
peak of our success and those times need as to be alone but we must realized
that family and friends are always there for us to help. They are just waiting
you to feel them that they are still part of your life even in your hard or
tough times. And lastly as a technopreneur myself I will going to pursue my
work to meet my goals in the field of Information Technology industry. I know that every individual has its own
dreams and that dreams must become true. Of course to come up with that dreams
it is part of our life to pass all the risk, all the challenges, and all the
tough times in our lives to become strong and fearless on what may future will
bring to us. Having a dream in real life is the same with aiming a career that
we should deserved to have. A career that will show our real skills and passion
on doing a job that can made us happy. A career that may bring us in a life
that we never expected or highly imagined that will become true. A career that
everyone will inspire and motivate to have the same too. A dream that may move not just everyone’s heart
but also life to deserved more. All
these are dreams or careers that individual should have. As I know before you
already captured your dreams you must experienced first those hard times, those
hopeless times that you think no one can’t help you. But the truth was only
yourself can help you to find all those possible solutions of the problems in
life and that is by trusting yourself to do things that you wanted to do,
trusting yourself to show others that you are able to stand alone even without
them. Trusting yourself on what you can do is the best traits that we need to
have to reach our careers in life do come true.
In general, that day it was fun
and amazing to heard about the new consequence that our facilitator said and
changed. For me that meeting is worth sharing for because of the facts about
those three images that we had as our activity.
It was also very interesting to see that all what we did those times are
just reflection of us right now. I really liked the most was when our
facilitator started to discuss about the technopreneurship on what
characteristics and personality does a technopreneur must have. To end our
journey at that day what I learned from our facilitator was we don’t need to be
intelligent or smart just to be a technopreneur, the only thing that we must have is an idea
to innovate something new. Then, he also said that we will not having our
meeting next week because he is going to go to everywhere which is also related
to his work. And it is also the part that I would like the most. I’am also
looking forward to those whom are going to came late in the class to provide as
foods as a punishment. That’s all I was remembered about.
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