St Helena : Business News from St. Helena
Submitted by Saint Helena Herald (Juanita Brock) 23.11.2005 (Article Archived on 07.12.2005)
Tony Green told the St. Helena Herald about Entrepreneurship in Summer School.
BUSINESS NEWS FROM ST. HELENA
Entrepreneurship Summer School
An Article in St. Helena Herald (18/11/05)
Seven people attended last Wednesday night’s meeting at SHDA to talk about the training programme in January that is designed to equip the private sector with the entrepreneurial skills to start up a business. Three persons who were interested but had other commitments that night sent in their apologies.
According to SHDA, five people have indicated their wish to go on this training and two mentors have offered to take part. As the course is likely to accommodate between ten and twelve persons, there will still be an opportunity for others to apply.
At the meeting it was wondered whether there might be difficulty finding enough mentors as it could be seen as developing your own competitor. There were also views on the shortage of time in the lead up to the course; that people may have the desire to start a business but not have an idea, and that stepping straight into the Entrepreneurial School could be a daunting prospect.
As can be seen from a separate advertisement in this paper (page 23), SHDA has responded by proposing to run a one day Workshop on 8 December. The Agency will also look at the terms for persons who will participate, and organising a separate brain storming session to help identify business opportunities.
The meeting highlighted that some people already have ideas of possible business opportunities and are taking a very positive approach towards change in St. Helena.
Information from this meeting has been fed back to the organiser of the course, Adam Burdess, so that the course content can be finalised. It is expected that shortly formal applications will be invited from those wish to be considered for the Entrepreneurship Summer School. Meantime, please call SHDA on 2920 if you would like information on the proposed Entrepreneurship Summer School scheduled for January 2006.
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