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Swedish team holds entrepreneurial workshop at Rustaq CAS
Rustaq, February 5, 2011
By Mohammed Al Khalili
A dozen students of the Colleges of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, participated in a workshop held here by Daniel Linde and David Wincent, partners in Swedish company Knutpunkten. The six-day workshop that began on January 29 on ‘How to be a Global Entrepreneur in Oman’ was meant to inspire Omani youth to launch their own businesses.
“I hope that my 14 years of experience can inspire and help the students to get started,” said Mr. Linde, CEO of the website building and servicing company Knutpunkten.
The workshop, which concluded on Thursday and was held at the Rustaq College of Applied Sciences from January 29, set out goals that the students were expected to achieve over the six-day period after which they made presentations to the group. The program was a combination of developing ideas and doing practical tasks.
First, the students were made to focus on how to work with ideas and the introduction of an idea book. Teams were formed to start developing those ideas and after the ideas were presented, it was discussed how each team could give of their skills to other teams. This was then followed by team-building activities. Project leaders presented their results and final products at the end of the workshop.
Making a presentation about Knutpunkten company during the workshop, Linde and Wincent shared their experience of building their business. Their first project was an advertisement magazine in the local community back in their town, which they then transferred to the Internet. Their first customer was the Swedish Workers Union and they sold their first web product to them for a significant amount that launched them on their success route.
Aziza Al Ghafri, lecturer at Rustaq College of Applied Science, who helped to arrange the workshop, said: “It is my pleasure to be one of the initiators of this project, together with the Swedish party. Our goal is to help the CAS students to be global entrepreneurs and benefit from the Swedish experience in this field.”
Ahmed Al Dhuli, a student, was excited about his achievement at the workshop. “In the knowledge society project, I set out a vision, the mission, prepared a website and got the planning going for my project,” he said.
“We worked in a team and we exchanged information and experience. Our trainers were flexible and gave us useful information and knowledge about business society,” said Hamed Al Owimeri, another student.
*The writer is a communications student of Sur College of Applied Sciences
Rustaq, February 5, 2011
By Mohammed Al Khalili
A dozen students of the Colleges of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, participated in a workshop held here by Daniel Linde and David Wincent, partners in Swedish company Knutpunkten. The six-day workshop that began on January 29 on ‘How to be a Global Entrepreneur in Oman’ was meant to inspire Omani youth to launch their own businesses.
“I hope that my 14 years of experience can inspire and help the students to get started,” said Mr. Linde, CEO of the website building and servicing company Knutpunkten.
The workshop, which concluded on Thursday and was held at the Rustaq College of Applied Sciences from January 29, set out goals that the students were expected to achieve over the six-day period after which they made presentations to the group. The program was a combination of developing ideas and doing practical tasks.
First, the students were made to focus on how to work with ideas and the introduction of an idea book. Teams were formed to start developing those ideas and after the ideas were presented, it was discussed how each team could give of their skills to other teams. This was then followed by team-building activities. Project leaders presented their results and final products at the end of the workshop.
Making a presentation about Knutpunkten company during the workshop, Linde and Wincent shared their experience of building their business. Their first project was an advertisement magazine in the local community back in their town, which they then transferred to the Internet. Their first customer was the Swedish Workers Union and they sold their first web product to them for a significant amount that launched them on their success route.
Aziza Al Ghafri, lecturer at Rustaq College of Applied Science, who helped to arrange the workshop, said: “It is my pleasure to be one of the initiators of this project, together with the Swedish party. Our goal is to help the CAS students to be global entrepreneurs and benefit from the Swedish experience in this field.”
Ahmed Al Dhuli, a student, was excited about his achievement at the workshop. “In the knowledge society project, I set out a vision, the mission, prepared a website and got the planning going for my project,” he said.
“We worked in a team and we exchanged information and experience. Our trainers were flexible and gave us useful information and knowledge about business society,” said Hamed Al Owimeri, another student.
*The writer is a communications student of Sur College of Applied Sciences
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