•Pelican Valley CEO, Ambassador Adeyemo and members of Excel Club on Thursday.
Foremost real estate entrepreneur, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo, has advised the youth to start early in life to become entrepreneurs and not fritter their resources away on frivolities such as Brazilian Hair or expensive Phones instead of investing it wisely in land or business to build their future today.
The Daily Crucible reports that the price of Brazilian human hair wig, depending on the brand, quality and length, is between N80,000 and N500,000 while the price of some Phones fall between N350, 000.00. and N1,250,000.00.
But speaking on the topic, “The evolution of Entrepreneurship and Benefits of an Entrepreneur in the Society,” at Adejumo Hall, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta on Thursday, May 9, during the 22nd annual symposium of Excel Assembly Foundation, students based club, Adeyemo warned that there are no more white collar jobs in the country waiting for students to grab upon graduation from tertiary institutions, urging them to start thinking and acting like entrepreneurs before it is too late.
The Chief Executive Officer of Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, the multiple awards winning Nigerian real estate firm behind Pelican Valley Estate Laderin Abeokuta, Pelican Brief Estate, Pelican Ecostay Apartments and Pelican Greenish Acre Farm Estate at Kobape area of Ogun State, said that despite the seemingly tough business climate of Nigeria, it is still possible for one to start some business such as real estate, products marketing or distribution among others and become an entrepreneur with zero capital.
He said what it takes to start such zero – capital business are faith in oneself, integrity, honesty, goodwill, perseverance, I – can – do – it spirit and focus, recalling that in his real estate practice, he had paid someone a commission as high as N10,000,000.00 for bringing clients who eventually subscribed to the Pelican Valley range of products.
He said there are still producers or manufacturers – local and international, looking for just one honest person to help them push their products and services out to the market and urged the students to start working on their integrity, character and build trust as they are the greatest capital they will need to begin any worthwhile venture in future and succeed in the absence of start-up funds.
He identified the benefits of entrepreneurship as jobs creation, wealth generation, innovation and creativity, community development, problem solving and being identified as critical factor in nation building and societal growth.
He noted that good grade or academic excellence alone is not enough to succeed in the world of today, saying character is very important and urged the youths to pay attention to their character, take advantage of globalization, information age, technology to become entrepreneurs and launch their ideas, invocations and creative work to the global market.
Earlier in his remarks, the Premier of Excel Club, Mr Akinbami Olawale, an accountant and vendor of accounting softwares, harped on social capital – building or cultivating quality circle of friends and acquaintances as well as integrity in order to succeed in a world of business or entrepreneurship.
