13.02.2020 Ankara
The Presidents of the Provincial Young Entrepreneurs Councils of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) convened with TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu hosting the event.
TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech here, advised young
entrepreneurs to become role models for young people and asked them to tell
them about their own achievements.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
emphasized that they should be effective locally, “Universities have the
biggest potential. Universities are a treasure for you. They're all young,
they're all worried about what to do in the future. Encourage them to be
entrepreneurs. There's at least one university in every province, if there's no
entrepreneurship club, you're going to have it built up. If you have any, stay
in close contact with them. You need to make them the most active among other
clubs.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
also urged them to work in cooperation with academic advisors.
Asking
young entrepreneurs to design projects together, “TOBB is the business
organization with the most effect on the public administration. It is our duty
to contribute to the design of public policies. Everyone in Turkey has
discovered entrepreneurship. If entrepreneurship is being talked about in
Turkey, the role of TOBB is number one here.”
TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that they’ve begun organizing training seminars
for the development of young entrepreneurs, and urged them to participate in
these trainings.
Emphasizing
that Young Entrepreneur Councils should visit its members, Hisarcıklıoğlu said,
“We cannot be role models from where we sit. We must learn their troubles and ideas
by visiting them in the field and listening. You must hold regional meetings.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that there is no shortage of resources, and that there is an abundance of
resources if one is acting strategically. Hisarcıklıoğlu touched on the
importance of the effective use of social media and local media to promote
their work.