A JOURNEY TO A BETTER TOMORROW

 

As I start this journey, let me be an inspiration to everyone who thinks they cannot do the same. Live your dream. 

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

-  Walt Disney

We formed our team and decided to know each other first. I make used of my first and second week through planning with my team for the business proposal and who might be our target market. The questions we made are intended for students to address their problems and difficulties they have been during the start of class. We choose to interview the eight (8) students for two weeks, they live in different places and studied different courses yet their problem is totally the same. According to them, it is hard for them to catch up their lesson especially in this pandemic wherein classes are held online, lessons are hardly explained by the professors/instructors that would lead them to self-study instead. It does affect their emotional, mental, social, physical, and spiritual health cause they sometimes breakdown of too much pressure and need to comply the requirements and sometimes force themselves to do the tasks even if they are too drained or feeling hopeless bombarded with so many tasks which is totally detrimental for them.

After gathering the answered interview, the team observed the most common problem of the students nowadays that needs to be addressed; no internet connection and not having appropriate devices. So, the team plan to solve their problem, if providing them a sim that has internet connection already for online class purposes then the problem of having no internet is already solved and no reason for students to not attend google meetings unless the internet is slow.

The team decision on first week is to solve the internet problem by providing the students a sim including the better internet connection since provision of device is too ideal.

We have two options on problem, (1) give a solution to internet problem (sim with data internet connection), or (2) give students a device to use or ask teachers to lessen the workloads but this is hard since both party has problem. The team planned to choose the option on providing a place where students can do their online class and can rent a gadgets or devices. We decided to establish a store that will serve as a study hub for the students. A study hub is a share place that provides an environment that is good for learning for all students, an/or teachers. This hub will provide study spaces, internet connection, rental of devices as well as products for sale (like school materials and foods) to generate income for internet and electricity bills. Those students who wish to avail the services of the place but does not have enough money for the study hub, they can opt to render services by helping to maintain the cleanliness of the hub during weekends of their free time.

I have learned that as an aspiring entrepreneur, I should know who is my main target market. Know their needs and wants in order to plan and organized the proposed business that would surely attract the chosen target market. We must be passionate, resourceful, persuasive and future-oriented to achieved our main goal because entrepreneurs do not shy away from the challenges and conflicts being encountered. The team realize that willingness to learn is not enough to survive in this academic year. We must be resourceful enough and be flexible in terms of managing our time. The team also learned that virtual world is too broad, managing is pretty hard since it is still developing and some of the things are uncontrollable. Despite all the challenges, we should not forget to think for the brighter side and ask guidance from God.