If salary was not a factor and your living expenses were covered, what would you do for a living and how would you spend your time?
The above question brings to memory some of my interactions with quite a few of the rural Small-To-medium Business (SMB) entrepreneurs, who, as yet, face challenges relating to financing and growth to global scales of competitiveness. I often admire their courage, determination and ingenuity watching them create and sustain successful businesses with limited capital investments. The strongly collateral-driven approach followed by the banking system often makes it difficult for them to fuel further organizational growth. If salary is not a factor and living expenses are covered, I will invest my time in empowering the rural community by facilitating entrepreneurship in rural areas through business ventures/projects/micro-enterprises. To a significant extent, this passion for solving business problems also corresponds to my Long-Term Goal of establishing a Strategic Business/Management Consulting Practice.
I would like to replicate what Dr. ABC has created for us – From the outset, the DEF Revolution was conceived and implemented as much more than a Dairying program. Rather, dairying was seen as an instrument of development, generating employment and regular income for millions of rural people. Dr. ABC brainchild “Brand Z” is now the country’s leading brand for a range of dairy products. It has transformed the situation from tremendous milk shortages to a profitable surplus and several profitable dairy products.
The under-funded government with inefficiencies in funds allocation does not allow the development of rural communities in terms of education and quality of life. A very high percentage of rural population moves to cities looking for employment leaving behind a huge untapped potential. Huge entrepreneurial talent resides in the rural communities; however, the standard of living has not yet risen because of absence of exposure to the global market.