Reflection 3 - Elective 1

Last June 24, 2014 our third meeting in Technoprenuership also known as IT Elective 1 (Technoprenuership). Before we start the discussion or continue the last topic that we did not finish, our very own facilitator he said that the punishment of late or in his interpretation is called “immortal sin” that he want to change the consequence or the punishment in his class, last meeting he said that if someone is coming late in his class that person coming late is have a punishment is to treat the class a breakfast but that breakfast is not only to feed us in a small amount of food, but that person or a group of late they need to fill our starvation or to fill in the breakfast that we did not take in that time because we want to come early in the class and to be aware to come in late in that class because of that consequence that need to feed the class, so moving on that discussion about the change punishment on the late.  And this time I would like you to share this kind of experience in this and moral lesson that we get when our facilitator start the discussing about the topic and our topic all about is the importance of a Technopreneur and what are the things that we are going to remember just to be a good and professional technopreneur. A good technoprenuer is someone who had an participation in the place where that person live and his birth place, we all know that in business that they have an tag line here or a quote that in business “No friends, No family”, in that quote is very hard to say but we as a technoprenuer student in this stage we must find a way on how we change that quote and for the rest of student we wanted in business to fast learned on this field of technology era. First we talk about the promotion of technology in our society and the importance of technology on how big the impact that it will cause. We all know that technology had gone a very high impact to everyone, that technology become one of our daily needs and it became a routine in our daily lives. We have been thought on how important it is in our society in how technology run the lives of everyone. We have been taught that the importance of being a true technopreneur is a very high in demand now and we will be able to use it to start in our career as an I.T student. We have been taught that how powerful information is and how great it was. And that information makes us being aware to the society that we can create an ideas how can we resolve the crisis in our society? Being an Information Technology student I liked being like this, because in the technology we can think or create a device and program to help our crisis here in the society.  A device that makes s relaxation and also less abuse to our mother earth and now I would like to share some things or a lecture day makes us amazed to someone else.

As we start the discussion on the topic our facilitator he show a picture, three picture that we need to understand in our observation on that picture but before we give a task or an activity our facilitator, our class he divided into three group because sir wants to get the different ideas and I tell you what picture it is. The first picture was about a father who does not have a job, our facilitator said that think as the father, that you do not have a job and you have a family to feed, what will you going to do now. We need to think as a father and as a technopreneur. The first picture was awesome because it’s all about father’s when I was a child my father left me early because he died and I flash back to my memory, I saw my father was very responsible father that I want and he some job to get a money for us but my father now is in heaven, in that picture makes me felt about father being like that father don’t have any kind of work or even a small business, I thank to my dad that when he is alive or live in this planet, my father do a lot of things to get some foods even though he is tired he cook for the family and hopefully that my father proud to me that my dream is to pursue a dream that it would be possible to reach and I hope I reach that limitations. The second picture was us, just graduated from a good university three years from now and applying for a job, but the problem in the picture was you are not that good looking person, that you are not appealing even though you have the skills and knowledge for the job but you are not good looking because of your appearance or simply say you are ugly, what you will going to do if you are that person, how will you do a job that fit from your resume? What will you do as a graduate student and as a technopreneur? We a student if there something that our employer don’t or we don’t have a pleasing personality we need to tell them in a manner section that the pleasing personality is cannot raise the company if they have a mind us well we have in as friend of mine some of my friend that have personality but in their brain don’t have any skill in the work, I have a skill and don’t have a pleasing personality I rather find a work through internet and homebase work. The third picture was about the protesting employees who are currently employed but not satisfied because of the minimum wage or even lower than minimum wage them receiving. If you are that employee what will you do instead of protesting, what will you do? Being a student and audience to them while they protest in the street, I rather to work hard or find a new job if we really want the job or the wage that we get in every end of the month or every fifteen – thirty (15 - 30).  So when I was a child and until now I clearly witnessed the things that some Filipinos are easy to persuade and they think it must be must easy to get an income because a lot of people are need only to disassembled the works of our government. If in that situation small wage and the work are regular, I rather to work hard rather than protest in the streets we that the if we protest our body will be income as we all know the real “wealth is our health”, so if you don’t want your job and your wage it must better to resign than you stay that work you have a heartache to that company or the man who give you a wage every payday.

In these three pictures were current issues that given, it was currently happening in our country and that’s why we need to watch the news to be aware in the what is happening in our society and environment and our facilitator wants us to be updated on what is happening so that we can help if our time comes, if that time comes we take the risk anytime because as a student we really can do a task or finish it well even if we are student, that’s why our facilitator wants a proposal or anything ideas in our mind that can help to the society and to make sure that ideas or proposal is marketable and it help the community and society. So he gave us a time to reflect and he gave us time to discuss our reflection with the other members of the group the after a few minutes to make sure that everyone of us has different vision to picture and goal on the situation and it could be nice because everyone are participate in that task that given by our facilitator, our facilitator asked for the spokespersons to come in front and share the whole idea of the group in front of the class, so in our group Ms. Mesina is the spokesperson, and told everything that it would be nice to hear and the idea that want of the listener of what we to hear them. So every picture have there row the first picture was assigned to the group one, they said that their idea is to taught the father how to do programming and in that way after they will learn, they can have their own business as a programmer and they can teach other fathers who are jobless programming and when they fully understand, he can recruit them as part of his business. They said that they will be an investment because you teach them and he can have them as workers in his business. Then our facilitator interrupt the reporter of group one, our facilitator asked if the idea was from them or from the father? And they said it is from them, and our facilitator said that they were wrong, they need to think as a father, what they should do to get out of the situation, our facilitator and the group one convinced that there was a miscommunication between them. The second picture was assigned to group two, the picture were graduate students who does not have the pleasant appearance applying for the job, yes they have skill and knowledge but not a physical appearance, what will they do to earn money from their skills. The group two suggest to have a part time jobs, because they said that part time jobs are not very strict in appearance so they suggest it. And another suggestion they gave was to build a business, but they said that if we do not have the money or the capita to invest a business then part time jobs will help to make money for our business then with that you can have your own business without worrying your looks and appearance because you will be the one they will be looking up. The third picture was assigned to us, it was about employees who are currently employed who are not satisfied with their salary because it was just in a minimum or sometimes lower the minimum. We suggest that if you do not want your job then leave, instead of joining some unimportant protests that will just waste your time, why not look for better way to earn your desired wage. Build your own business, just like what group two suggested to do. And also we suggested to limit the export and import in the country, since our country is rich in natural resources then we should be the one using it, we should be the one using our resources and not the other people who belong from other country. In these three topics, I would like to connect the ideas that involved the importance of technopreneurship in the society that I am living. Inorder for me to be able to fulfill the goals that I have stated in the three images, I have to know the different importance and significance of technopreneurship in the world as of the current situation. According to what had been discussed, some of the importance of technopreneurship are the following; the employment creation, the local resources, the promotion of technology, capital formation and the promotion of an entrepreneurial culture for the decentralization and diversification of the Business in the industry. Since this technopreneurship is defined as the high-technology venture in the ICT, the electronics, the internet and many more technology related resources then it would not be difficult to help improve the lifestyles of every individual, the variety of business firms that uses the nature of technology and most especially, the progression in the economy of the country. Since technopreneurship is the entrepreneurship in the use of technology, so this will make a big changes and will give effects on the changes in the meaningful image shown on the screen. With the help of the SEED model which stands for the self-mastery, environment mastery, enterprise mastery and development of business plan which is stated by the facilitator to us. Just like with what is shown in the image or picture one, which is about the poverty, I should be an environment mastered person to be able to start up for a possible solution. Through different ways such as serendipity walks, observed crisis and trends and many more environmental observation, then generating business ideas will come up together with the seeking of opportunities out from what is seen on my surroundings. To be more understanding the seed is. SEED is a kind of abbreviation that everyone need it we can really want to make our lives happily and relaxing life, this is one of the famous SEED that we hear or we read, SEED means Self Mastery, Environment Mastery, Enterprise Mastery, and Development of Business Plan. Self-Mastery means knowing what you have, knowing your limitations and knowing your skill and knowledge, it will help you as a technopreneur, knowing what you can only do, and it is the way knowing yourself and if you can think of as a technopreneur, as technoprenuer we need to take a guide that can protect or strongly straight our path and faith in God in every step we take us well to company business that we want to build, build business it would be hard to do because we need to found out where are we or what are we mastered and control our emotion and feelings it would be advantage to us if our self we mastered  because if you know who you are, you know what to do, and you know what you want. Being a self-mastered person does not need to have a high intelligent quotient, even emotional quotient or adversity quotient. However if you are a self-mastered person it is either you are the boss, the manager or the leader we really what things we and it’s be pressured because all the decisions is comes from you or us (if we are the boss).  In the other side the Environment Mastery means it is about you generating business ideas. In this point we need to create an idea or a startup business plan, we know everything in this world we to take plan for sake and in case of emergency that we need to tackle all thing are possible that it would change to the plan and by creating an ideas our facilitator said it is about you walking around, familiarizing everything, think about something innovative, think as a businessman, and think as a technopreneur. It is like instead of complaining, protesting about your problems in life to the government, wasting your time shouting, why not waste your time on more productive way. Our facilitator told us an example why not selling some ice candies or ice water in that rally, which was already entrepreneurship, you are already an entrepreneur, you are earning. Also in the National Bureau of Investigation our facilitator told us that it has a long line, so what can we do to have our wasted time productive? Sell something and earn simple as that and that simple is makes us proud if that business is raise in a many years and growing until it would be known by the other country and also here in the Philippines. Environment Mastery means that you need to know about what was around you, your target consumer, what they needed. Walking around would be very helpful for you to think of an idea, just like our facilitator said a serendipity walk would needed. You need to tour around and help yourself look for an idea that you will benefit and also everyone will benefit too. Having ideas is not that bad as long as it is the best for all and it would not affect the many. Knowing where you are and where you are planning to put your ideas is a big requirement. So in short when talking about Environment Mastery it talks about generating ideas and knowing what is happening around, just like our facilitator said when there is a crisis there is an opportunity. What does an Environment Mastered person possessed? In the slide of our facilitator, the first thing should be you understand the industry, which is more in technology. Our facilitator told us the equation of IT which was IT = hardware + software, that is IT, and it is the industry of IT. When you want to be an Environment Mastered person you need to think always about people, why? Because if there is no people then it is useless, all of it, your ideas. An Environment Mastered person always look for opportunity and not problem, because there is no good to bring of problems, we need to think all the possibilities and think positively. As an Environment Mastered person as I said above, you need to know what is happening around you. The next one was the Enterprise Mastery was not discussed by our facilitator because it will be discussed this coming second semester, the first two which was Self Mastery and the Environment Master was discussed for first semester while the other two is for second semester. Our facilitator said that the two remaining is a very long discussion and it also involves already accounting, marketing and many more. Now what is my reflection to this part, why I liked this part, it simply because it explains everything about how to be a technopreneur, and how to engage in the world of technopreneurship. First is the Self Mastery, right, knowing yourself is the best key to know what you need to do, because if you do not know yourself then what is the point? Knowing one’s self is very important especially if you are putting up a business or starting a business, because if you so not know yourself, then you would not know if you can handle the pressure in having a business, if you can make your business successful, so it would good in our country and can help to improve the running industry in the Philippines, and if you know your limitations it would be nice because they said that limitations is one of your enemy in a near future if yourself in a under pressure or in a risk maybe you out of controlled to yourself but we can’t let that happen that’s why this SEED is very useful to technoprenuer, if you know what to do and not to do. Starting a business is really hard, but as long as you know yourself even if you are not smart don’t have a high emotional quotient or adversity quotient like mention above you will least likely fail, having a fail in the plan it’s very nice to make us competitive and make us stronger and to more experience of having that is getting more ideas and master the environment of the business technology. The next was the Environment Mastery, this is also a very important one, since before putting up a business, knowing your environment is really important, you do not just build your business there without knowing what is in there, what kind of people are in that place, what they like, or what they need some questions like that should pop up on your head first before putting up your business there. That is when you do the walking around time, knowing the place, the people, the environment to be particular, study it and make sure to do some researches. And when you mastered already the environment part then that time you can have you business there, that will be possible if your result on the study of the environment was good for your business then it will be a go but if not then you need to try to some other places that would fit your business, do not push your business to the environment that does not fit, that is why studying the environment first before putting your business would help your success. It was a good part because this steps will be added to my list when I will put up a business someday.  And the last one that I liked is that how sir encourages us to be a good technopreneurs, I like how sir made us laugh that time, how he will discipline us, and be strict in every rules and regulations of him. I like how he wanted us to know everything through his sharing of knowledge, he wants us to know from him, he wanted to learn and apply it in our lives. He wants us to be a technopreneur someday, he wants us to build a business and create more jobs, and he wants to know everything about technopreneurship.

In this generation we that everything is impossible but our very own country why it’s coming late to this kind of upgrading country and some country is more high-tech than to our country we student that’s the reason why having like this subject to get some ideas how can upgrade the things or mindset of our country not only to compete them but for sake as a people here in this country we need to much secure land and country that nobody can make us puppeteer to help us upgrade we must learn how we can technoprenuer in this country and find more ideas that make in the marketable power item that everyone is bought our item and they patronage this item, to make my decision if we can’t that person in the street sitting there always doing there nonsense things like doing bad description to someone else that they didn’t know these some plans for that. Why can’t we just build a school that can help people find a job easily that there will be no pleasing personality requirements and there will be a high salary added and give an ideas for what technology is for the out of school youth and for them to help their selves. The government should think about the very usual things right know that may help both the economy and the people for us to resolve the crisis in the country and I can be nobody right now but I wish to be somebody tomorrow who will help those individuals who needed me to lead and inspire them. Since this is the thing that I liked the least, I really have the thought that I do not want my parents to experience the kind of situation where the first picture had shown. I does not want to one of those new graduated person who will be discouraged and looked smaller of themselves just because they do not possess the pleasing personality needed in the job and for my future I do not want to experience that same situation as those employees rallying in front of their boss’ offices and even companies. After seeing the reality of life, I would like to think of it as an inspiration so that I will strive hard to myself to be successful in the future, by being a self-mastered and environment mastered individual I would like to think and use my observation to my advantages and use it in a positive way rather than having to think of it in a negative way that will just pull me down. Especially with my situation right now wherein I am an information technology student, I have the opportunity to learn this technopreneurship thing and most of all, I have the opportunity to prove myself that I can use that learnings by applying it and use it to my community. These things such as the alternative mindset, the SEED model and those ideas that comes into our mind as a technopreneur may just be an idea but it has a very big impact to the society where we are staying in. The government should have built more business firms that had been accepting client who has the ability and have the skills of a programmer. The government should educate the people and teach the people how to program and how to use the computer. As we all know that technology is a very high demand now in the world that there are so many people who had been having their job right on their house only and receiving a high salary. Why can’t we share to them the good used of internet and the good work that we can offer to them. This will be the answer for all this problem and this will be the way to propel the economy of this country. The government should have also a program that will help the people and building businesses that is all about computer programming in order to have the people land for a better job and teach them to be a true programmer and we need all person here in our country have free tutor for a technology no age limit, it must better if every knows the technology and what working technology is and making a business. As what our facilitator said that if there are so many business opportunities, there will be a lot of works. We should always think that in every problem there is always a solution and in every difficulty there will be a reward awaits on you. All we must do is to be persistent and not do not lose hope of what we have been believing. We must continue our goals and love what we love to do. We must not stop believing in ourselves and continue to fight in our dreams. Things may hard on us but we should always remember that there are lot of opportunities that is waiting for you and we should not let it go, for every door is a new opportunity and we must deal with it no matter what. We should keep trying and trying and stand as tall as a tree, a tree I think it can produce a lot of seed if that tree really have a tender, love and care as far as I know you really did not pass if your only just waiting or something that can help you I think, we really want a success we to strive hard and make a step to the reason of success and make an inspiration to everyone. Another one I liked in the 3rd meeting of the subject was our facilitator talking about his students. Our facilitator said that there were nothing to be proud about the USEP, the facilities were poor, the school is a flood area, the computers are Jurassic even the library is old, there is nothing to be proud of about the university, even our facilitator himself, he said when he go outside, he do not speak about the university, he does not talk about it with other big people around him, he is not proud of the school. But the thing that I liked about what our facilitator said, he was not proud of the university but instead he is proud of the students, it is not the school or the name of the school you need to be proud of it is the students itself, it is what the school working, it is what the school need to be proud, it is what the professors or instructors should be proud of, not the facilities or anything a school had, because it just only a things our mind or ideas maybe not in good but it’s only to make our school proud of the student because we have our own mindset and we just creating ideas and we’re number one. The students are the foundation, producing high quality of students is what the professors or instructors should focus, because some days the students that they were teaching now will create big names in the future and in that you would be proud of, that’s why we school here because we know we have a lot of experience and ideas can get in here and developed in this school. That is what our facilitator wants to tell us, that he was not proud of the university but instead he is proud to his student, his previous students that already been made to the top and the current students, and that path wants of our facilitator, and that he hopes will make a change someday and that he would be proud someday that he can tell other people about his students, so we now we’re to create and develop a non-existing ideas and applicable to everyone and marketable item or an application and hopefully this proposal accepted by our facilitator. Hearing that from him gives you an inspiration to work hard, and to pursue what you really want to do in your life, his kind facilitator he always doing good for and to make us understand the meaning of that topic and situation always he share and I’m happy because a facilitator like that he give everything stories that can inspire to the student.

Being as a student of Information Technology and to become a technoprenuer here’s some guided becoming a true technoprenuer and successful technoprenuer or a business man a wise technopreneur must have a mindset of being sensual in comes of his environment. A good technopreneur must have all the abilities that can help the company specially the ability of being a hard worker and knows how to balance their job in times of business problems. A good technopreneur must had to have a self-confident to himself in order to communicate to his people or to his clients. He must not able to be ashamed on the things that he feels down. He must have the courage and strength to fight every problems that they will going to overcome. A good technopreneur must be persistent in times of trials that even how hard it is and even how the world judge you, you will able to be fight and continue believing that you’re gonna make it and you can do it. A good technopreneur must have also the ability in delivering or know how to demonstrate a good initiative in times of working. We must think that not all the time that we were be able to instruct or guided by someone, guided someone so we if we wanting someday a technoprenuer our facilitator is a best instructor and hoping that it would be success, but we must know how to stand in our own and we must know what is our role in this industry, which we are going to fulfil and having a quote that “Don’t be afraid to follow your” God bless us !