A little tittle about Enterprise

Hi, Chris here.

This week I spent a few days up in Edinburgh, at the “International Enterprise Educators Conference”, representing Banter, our Enterprise Society at Bath.

It started on Wednesday with a dozy 4am wake-up call and forcing Will to get up and drop me at Bristol Airport and after negotiating my way through security (I think it was the suspect Aquafresh that held me up), I was allowed some time to ponder upcoming few days.

Not entirely sure what to expect (“enterprise” can take vague meaning these days) and being the person I am, I was sceptical about the prospect of listening to people talk how enterprise could be “educated” and leaving the farm for a few days, even if the prospect of not having to cook for a few days was rather appealing.

There is that whole discussion of whether entrepreneurs are born or raised, and to be fair, I’m still in the born camp. It was an interesting experience for me to understand what makes people tick and how other universities are organising their enterprise activities. I even reluctantly developed a sympathy for some lecturers and the problems of trying to attract other students to events.

Anyway, I thought I’d mention this as I had a great time and I think enterprise is pretty important. What other way are we, in this country going to get out the mess that we’re in? Oh, and at least enterprise is a pretty fun way of doing things.

I’m part of Bath Entrepreneurs this year and looking to develop some exciting plans, as well as attract some great speakers and have a go at some fun projects. Check us out at www.bathstudent.com/banter .Hi, Chris here.

This week I spent a few days up in Edinburgh, at the “International Enterprise Educators Conference”, representing Banter, our Enterprise Society at Bath.

It started on Wednesday with a dozy 4am wake-up call and forcing Will to get up and drop me at Bristol Airport and after negotiating my way through security (I think it was the suspect Aquafresh that held me up), I was allowed some time to ponder upcoming few days.

Not entirely sure what to expect (“enterprise” can take vague meaning these days) and being the person I am, I was sceptical about the prospect of listening to people talk how enterprise could be “educated” and leaving the farm for a few days, even if the prospect of not having to cook for a few days was rather appealing.

There is that whole discussion of whether entrepreneurs are born or raised, and to be fair, I’m still in the born camp. It was an interesting experience for me to understand what makes people tick and how other universities are organising their enterprise activities. I even reluctantly developed a sympathy for some lecturers and the problems of trying to attract other students to events.

Anyway, I thought I’d mention this as I had a great time and I think enterprise is pretty important. What other way are we, in this country going to get out the mess that we’re in? Oh, and at least enterprise is a pretty fun way of doing things.

I’m part of Bath Entrepreneurs this year and looking to develop some exciting plans, as well as attract some great speakers and have a go at some fun projects. Check us out at www.bathstudent.com/banter .