Mr. Prassanna Dixit
Introduction:
On 2nd May 2009 Mr.Prasanna Dixit of Mahaveer Info Way limited (MIL), Hubli and Bangalore based company came as a guest lecturer and shared his valuable experience with fellows. Since from ten years he is working with MIL and handling business development and operations. Before this he was associated with many companies like, Welmade Systems, Datar switch gears, Fine blanking and Cinicinnati group.
The company is involving an IT service from last 10 years and looking after 12 different business of IT like telecom services and product sales.
While addressing the fellows he mentioned that ‘where there is will there is way,’ along with his business he is also taking part in more than 8 social organizations. He is not having any background in his family about social entrepreneur, but he became. Through this he makes sure to fellows entrepreneurial skills we can grow in us it is not only skill which comes by birth and passion very essential.
Speaker also explained that any individual wants become identifiable icon in this world she/he should choose profession or job where they are enough confident. He also quoted that you are now in learning stage ‘you can make mistake but don’t repeat mistake’ and ‘child will fall down and again stood up.
He explained about challenges faced while setting his business and how he has considered it as opportunity, how they are protecting themselves from recession doing some different business.
Question Hour:
Various following questions asked by fellows.
a. How increased your business network?
He explained that in their business they are three partners from different professional background so automatically there is no challenge to build network. He also spelt out that having and working with different kind or different mindset people is very difficult. But to run a business different angle thoughts are very important.
b. Before setting up your business, how many years work experience is required?
He answered that in his case the job helped to settle down in life. To start an enterprise passhion is required and strong will power is very essential. Ten years back there was no scope in Hubli and enough inputs to him to start an enterprise but still they have strived a lot but now so many efforts are doing by organization like DCSE now it is very easy to set up an enterprise directly.
c. How you take care of marketing?
He replied for this marketing is strength of MIL and they distribute duties in the team.
d. What was the reason for failure and how you faced challenges?
For this he explained that it was not a failure but we were not able to make profit because other companies were reduced product cost.
He told one biggest challenge they have faced in their business when they were setting up their business in Hubli they were not able to get electricity connection to their firm in this movement how they have got the connection. And also he said that they have faced so many bureaucratic challenges.
Like this so many questions asked by fellows and he answered very effectively. He also emphasis more on following points,
· Whatever work you do, do it for your satisfaction and for other satisfaction.
· Marketing process should have pull and push system.
· Social enterprise should have strong social cause.
· Presently MIL is in good position in market.
· Do entrepreneurship not for your shake, do it for a cause and this should involve interests of people and country.
· Don’t depend on spoon feeding (Don’t depend on DCSE much)
· Whatever you got from society give back something to society.
· Have three obligations in life,
-Obligation towards ….. Parents
-Obligation towards ….. Nature
-Obligation towards ……Society.
Finally the session ended by vote of thanks by one of the fellow and photo session with Mr.Prasanna.D
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