08.10.2010 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with TOBB ETU students in 'entrepreneurship and leadership' class. Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that entrepreneurship is the key to wealth, “The handover is not capital, but the transfer of reason. To be an entrepreneur, it takes dreaming, setting goals and working hard. The world's most valuable land is the screen of your mobile phone. The whole world is on this screen.”
M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of
Turkey (TOBB) and Chairman of the TOBB ETU Board of Trustees, shared his views
on entrepreneurship and ways to succeed with TOBB ETU students in the 2021-2022
Academic Year “Entrepreneurship and Leadership” course.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that the wealth of countries passes through the wealth of people.
“Natural gas and oil make states rich. The wealth of nations is created by
entrepreneurship. Note the example of Germany and Japan. These countries, which
were destroyed in World War II, rose up thanks to their entrepreneurs and
became some of the greatest powers in the world.”
Pointing out that where
there is entrepreneurship, there will be competition and quality, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “Ideas, not capital, are important. The world's most valuable land is the
screen of your mobile phone. The important thing is to get a place in this
precious land. The whole world is on this screen.” Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that
900 students who graduated from TOBB ETU started their own business today and
said that he was proud of this tableaux.
- Entrepreneurship begins with dreaming
Emphasizing that the
project he most boasts about is the establishment of TOBB ETU, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “Look, let me just give an example of our recent success. TOBB ETU
students were the world's first in the competition organized by the American
Aerospace Institute.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu, sharing
the secrets of entrepreneurship with students, explained that it all starts
with dreaming. Then, emphasizing that it is necessary to set goals within these
dreams, the TOBB President stated that hard work came afterwards.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said: “Set out to make a brand. When you become a brand, both
your reputation and your earnings increase. Then make a good team. I'm from
Kayseri, but I'm never upset about the money I've given to wisdom. Embrace a
partnership culture. Remember, birds fly with their flocks. And we have to be
innovative. We weren’t raised to invent, but you bring new customs to the old
village. Never be afraid of failure and set your own principles. Get out of
your comfort zone. It doesn't matter how old you are, if you're surrendering to
comfort, you're old. Be conscientious and fair in everything you do, in any
environment you are in. Work for a world where the right are strong, not the
opposite. And be honest. Because honesty is the trick. And don't miss life.
Travel, learn new cultures. Never stop reading or researching. Be the hero of
your own story, not anyone else's.”