Hi dear students,
This is Alejandro Villegas' background. He has kindly accepted to have a chat with us to share some of his experiences and knowledge about how to become an entrepreneur. According to the dictionary, entrepreneur means "a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money” or “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” But I want you to understand that being an entrepreneur is not only about busines or money, it has to do with attitude, decision, responsibility, creativity, intelligence and willing to do great things. That's why I have invited Alejandro to speak with us!
Who is Alejandro?
Regarding my background, I am a mechanical engineer graduated with honors from the University of Queensland, Australia. I started my degree en Colombia, but interrupted it to go to Australia. Regardless, I consider myself an engineer from the UNAL.
During my days as student, I worked as draughtsman in a small company of machinery, and later as a tutor at the University of Queensland. I also had to work packing clothes in trucks during night shifts and sometimes cleaning offices and glass windows at the beginning, when my language skills were not strong enough to enroll at uni. Surprisely, I was able to pay my tuition fees with those part-time jobs!
Once graduated in 2014, I moved to Dubai, as the lure of working in the aerospace and automotive industry with cutting edge technology and top notch technical personnel was greater than the financial benefits of working in the mining industry in Australia.
In Dubai I realised that the dreams that I had back in Colombia of having my own company of research and development of materials could be indeed achieved. Somehow I grew up with the wrong idea that coming from a Latin American country would be a barrier, but as most of the barriers, they are only in our minds.
Homework assignment:
Please, write in comments the questions you have for Alejandro
Please, write in comments the questions you have for Alejandro
Hello, my questions are:
ResponderEliminar1. How many semesters you studied at the Nacional University?
2. How long you enrolled to the university of Queensland? After going to Australia
3. Do you have a wife?
4. Do you have sons?
5. How old are you?
6. You already fulfilled his dream of having his company of research and development of materials in Colombia?
7. For you it was difficult take to decision of travel Australia?
8. When you was last visit to Colombia?
9. How long did you learn english?
10. Is expensive live in Australia?
Manuela Velásquez Restrepo
hi, my question are:
ResponderEliminar1. how long you took to learn the language?
2. what materials developing in your enterprise?
3. which attitudes are necessary to developing an enterprise?
4. how did you do to study in australia?
5. did you live lonely in australia while you studied?
David Alejandro Lopez Betancur
My questions:
ResponderEliminar1. It is clear that a high competitiveness exists on the managerial market and that to do that it prospers a PIN together with its business idea turns out to be a quite difficult and overwhelming challenge. What do you consider who does of its business idea a successful project to future?
2."English opens many doors" an expression is much an appellant in the academic field, but: do you consider, from its personal experience, which certain project or professional goal one can see destroyed if a suitable handling of another language is not had, especially of English?
3. What do you think are the bases for the good manero of language? What strategies considered optimal for achieving a good level both in understanding, orality and writing?
4. With regard to the experience of coexisting with a foreign culture: Which do you believe that there are the advantages and/or fortitude of being a Colombian?
5. What do you think has been his best anecdote in the labor field?
6. The human being must be comprehensive and must ensure the success in all aspects of your life do you consider that the reach a good level economic and academic requires sacrifice of growth in the other stages of life, in love for example?
7. Are you in agreement with the idea that "it is the student that is made into a good professional without that strictly dependent of the academic institution that is preparing", either public or private?
8. Which believes it is the best advice that can give us to cope with the difficulties that we present the academic and professional world?
CATERIN JULIETH ALZATE
1) Do you think that creative processes of each person are innate or acquire throughout life?
ResponderEliminar2) Daily occupations like University were a hindrance or delay in the development of his idea of entrepreneurship?
3) Do you consider that the university was a real support for you?
4) At any time you were afraid to share your idea with others?
5) Do What were the requirements to be met in the early stages of developing your idea?
6) Does your idea of entrepreneurship is a life plan or complement your work?
7) How was the proposal made to investors for its first prototype?
8) Have in mind a retirement plan?
9) Was born the idea of entrepreneurship as a personal or collective project?
10) Do you think that money is required to undertake?
Hi!
ResponderEliminar1. What was your motivation for work in Australia?
2. What do you like of Australia?
3. What are the differences of cultures between Colombia and Australia?
4. Why did you travel to Australia and not to other country?
5. Which are your expectatives in the future?
6. What are your habilities?
7. What is the best food in Dubai?
8. What country have the best food, Colombia or Australia?
9. How is the culture in Dubai?
10. Between Colombia and Australia. What country think you, have more possibilities of development in the engineering?
Questions:
ResponderEliminar1. How importante is the discipline for you?
2. What caracteristics do you think a entrepreneur needs?
3. What strategies did you acquired during your stay in Australia?
4. How much support did you recived from your family?
5. What are your goals right now?
6. What impulse you to create your own company?
7. Which or what are the benefits of having your own business?
8. What kind of company do yo want?
9. What kind of social help will you offer from your company?
10. What was the event that promoted you to go to Australia?
Sofía Rengifo Erazo
1. What was your biggest motivation to create your own company?
ResponderEliminar2. Did you think that your project would reach such success?
3. Did you participate in a research group in the university?
4. Did you need a lot of money to start your business?
5. What places have you visited thanks your profession?
6. Is there much difference in the level between universities in Australia and Colombia?
7. What is your work in this moment?
8. Would you like to return to Colombia?
Camilo Andres Cabrera M.
1, What is your motivation ?
ResponderEliminar2. how long it takes to create a company ?
3. who advised you in the creation of the company?
4. What is the key to success?
5. who can create a business ?
6. to create a company is required English ?
7. from when you want to create your company ?
8. why you want to create a company in Colombia ? why not in Dubai or Australia ?
9. What are the characteristics of an entrepreneur ?
10. what are the goals of your company ?
Natalia Ávila Moreno
1. who was your help in Australia?
ResponderEliminar2. why decided travel to Australia, what was the motivation?
3. how has been your live in other culture
4. what adventages know english, for your formation as profesional
5. how is your job in the company?
6. do ou live with your family in Australia?
7. do you have children?
8. Do you know other lenguage?
1) how did you carry out your projects?
ResponderEliminar2) do you have a mentor?
3) why did you choose australia?
4) how old are you?
5)what do you consider is the most important aspect in the Australian culture?
6) what do you like more about Colombian?
7) what do you think are the aspects similar between Colombia and Australia?
8) what is the most similiar food between Colombia and Dubai?
I am Julian
Eliminar1) Do you consider a business man or an entrepreneur? Why?
ResponderEliminar2) How long you did not come to Colombia?
3) How old are you?
4) Which side turns the toilet water at this part of world]?
5) Discipline, talent or luck?
6) What style of car do you have?
7) Do you have time to enjoy?
8) What are your hobbies?
9) What do you miss from Colombia?
10) Do you have any advise for us? Which?
Hi!
ResponderEliminarwhat is the best strategy for that an entrepreneur can compete with the monopoly of the industry?
what are the bad aspects of be an entrepreneur?
in your opinion, what is an entrepreneur?
why do you think that you are an entrepreneur?
until now, what are the goals that you have not achieved and why you do not have achieved these goals?