My First Experience as an Entrepreneur

To be an entrepreneur, one really need to have a good communication skills and a high level of confidence so that they could catch the customer's attention. Besides, he/she also need to be determined and willing to take risks in order to be a high-achieving entrepreneur. As for me, I really need to admit that entrepreneurship is not my cup of tea as I am not a talkative person and I find it hard to get along well with people in a short period of time. But fortunately, in semester 4, I got the chance to experience how does it feel like to be an entrepreneur.

As a requirement for the subject Entrepreneurship, I need to sell 20 bottles of sea cucumber oil. The oils were provided by my lecturer a week before my mid semester break which is during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Aside from selling them, I also need to repackage the oils to attract customer's attention. Instead of putting them in a plastic bag, I had repackaged them by putting them in a small pouch. The pouch could be used again to store jewellery, stationery or even mobile phones. Basically, by buying the oil, the customer will be able to use both oil and also pouch. 

The oils that had been repackaged.

Closer look of the sea cucumber oil and the pouch. 

Since it was my first time, it was hard for me to sell these oils. Lack of confidence, limited time and insufficient skills were some of the problems that I faced. Luckily, my uncles and aunties were kind enough to support me by buying these oils. They encouraged me and even gave me some tips on how to sell these oils. Most of them are entrepreneurs and they have their own businesses so they know better. Besides that, I also promoted the oils to my friends through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Finally, after promoting and struggling to find customers, I managed to sell all of the oils. Through this activity, I realised that being an entrepreneur is not an easy job. It takes time and patience. Although I managed to sell all of the oils, I know that I still need to learn a lot in order to be a good entrepreneur and I believe that there will be more opportunities to learn it in the future.