A big thank you to everyone that came last night to our 11th Drink Entrepreneurs Gathering.
For those that are curious about what we are about;
Drink Entrepreneurs is a laid back get together of like-minded passionate people over drinks. With the aim to Foster Entrepreneurship & Build Life-long friendship. And to grow a community of entrepreneurs in Kota Kinabalu!
A lot of people asked, what is our definition of an entrepreneur?
For us,
An entrepreneur is a problem solver & innovator. They find a problem and develop an innovative approach to solve it by creating a venture out of it.
Two important traits we look for in entrepreneurs are PASSION and VALUE.
We look for people with passion. For e.g. You can be a banker in the day, that is your work, but you could have a passion for creating things that brings value. Passion in baking, passion in boardgames, passion in arts, passion in design, and the list goes on. That is how we pursue our value from there.
Why value? Because value is something providing something great to society. Value through our expertise, skills, & actions we are able to provide a value exchange in the community. One thing great about value is that you can learn and grow this over time but you still need Passion to drive it.
For me, I may work as a Business launcher/ Marketer. But one of my passions is to grow a community of entrepreneurs. That is what drives me.
Kota Kinabalu has always been my home and I've grown up in different communities. I have my tennis community, school community, church community &, etc.
I left for Singapore at a very young age of 16 and had been abroad for over 7 years.
Being away for while has brought a longing desire to be back home to my communities
When I return, I noticed that the community I grew up with has somewhat dispersed or were not that same as before.
We all need our communities. That is one reason why we run Drink Entrepreneurs.
We keep Drink Entrepreneurs as an open platform and informal because we want people to create networks NOT base on what you work as but what value you stand for.
What value you stand for is your passion or drive that motivates you in living on this earth.
We believe that we are place on earth for a finite time and we are all here for a reason
Imagine if we can have a community that collaboratively can create something greater than ourselves!
So we end by saying "Find your Passion and Value". In the end, rather than being a person of success, it's more important to be a person of value.
Provide Value First.