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Green Projects



Name: Mary Catherine O. Canoy

Section: BSIT3e


Projects are made to proposed best solutions for complex problems that a certain company, establishment and even areas like cities and countries have currently experienced. It won’t exist if there is no need of a new development for better benefits of the company. Somehow, the purpose of projects is to provide an enhancement of the functionalities in the day to day business transactions. It will let consumers see more reasons of implementing and indulging on to a certain project if it has a good impact to the society and to their life, just like reducing the use of their current sources for their transactions, fewer expenses to be short. People will also pamper to an idea of every project if this show a more advance stage to increase the profit.



In such case with proposing solar farms project, more positive impacts are delivered than the negative. Aside from it is considered as “green” class project, as part of its derivable benefits, it attracts solar power companies to initiate them because of their ability to generate profit. In some point, having solar farms reduce dependency on electricity generated by plants that use fossil fuels. Through that, the lengths of transmission lines will be reduce and will also decrementally change the cost of project. In that manner, the project manager will be confident to pursue such project. However, the government restricts this ideate because it is not applicable for the farms with class 1, 2, or 3 soil which means a more fertile farm land. This type of problem is no big deal, because the project manager can easily change the target clients for solar farm project. The best place to implement this type of project is in a very rural area where in farmers have the difficulties of caring their plants just because of the absence of electricity. Furthermore, the Canadian Solar Industries Association which is the association that really fights for the project have assert that using solar on the farms will not harm the fertile farmland. Instead, it even helps those ploughed but left unseeded to regain fertility.



Now, everything seems to be alright but another problem exists. There are no stakeholders that could support the project in such account purposes. The project needs to be exposed and must gain popularity just like a superstar actress having lots of avid fans that whatever movies she has, it will always be put on a star list for many have watched and supported it. If this solar farms project could have a higher public profile, it is easy to gain and find stakeholders and to have that public interest, and the association must demonstrate every repayment that this project could give. Nonetheless, they must prioritize those net present value and internal rate or return that this project can burst out for the government and get an approval from them.



In this type of situation that solar farm project is encountering, I conclude that no matter how environmentally “friendly” the proposed project is, still it will undergo a closed examination. More and more flaws to be discovered but that doesn’t mean that it signifies failure; everything under the sun can’t be perfect. Perhaps every criticism labeled in a proposed project is a purpose to make it more than the best it can to show that it is really proposed for a great development and not by another options to take.

What type of company I wish to set-up?

There maybe times at my age right now, 19 years of age, it’s hard to decide and make things clear in just a blink of an eye. In my legal age, I am very much exposed to this world, witnessing all those both good and bad situations happening in our country and even experiencing crisis, calamity and other problems. It’s kind of difficult to think of what a company I wish to set-up, if given the chance. Well, who would say that they never dreamed of owning a company? As one of my prerogatives in life says:


“Dreaming of things you want is for free but no one is obliged to grant it but yourself.”


During our Technopreneurship1, last semester, when our Prof., Mr. Randy S. Gamboa discuss to us about the common mindset of every student attending at school is just to graduate and find good job to provide their necessity in life. Indeed, I was enlightened that in spite of being an employee on prestigious company, it is better to put-up your own business because all the profits would goes to you. Unlike, being employed your income would probably goes to all of your expenses and not by earning enough.



Perhaps we would say that it’s not easy to put up or build starting business coz’ we doubt at first if it will grow or click in the trend of every generation. Somehow, as my answer to that problem, is you must be wise enough to choose a type of business you wish to set-up. But how, in what way? One thing I couldn’t forget during our Tehcno1 is that you must put up business that is unique, can be an innovation, still it’s better to think of a business that is new to everyone and that your product is a lifetime needs of everybody. One tip given to us in our Techno1 in thinking of business is the serendipity walk. Through walking and walking you would realize something out from what you have observe in the surroundings and in that way you will come up with a good idea of a business plan.


Pieces by pieces, we made a whole. From point to another point we make line and from centavos to peso we earn millions.

Everything under the sun begins with a small and tiny cells, become a grown up one when they’re combined. Just like putting up a small business becomes an enterprise, have branches or franchise then begun to grown up and make a name in the industry as one of those successful company. Without any bushing, straight to the point, what I often dreamed of is to set-up a company for all IT experts and computer literate people. I wish to name that company with “ELITE WORLD OF IT”. I’ve remember, during my second year life in college my colleagues and I used to talk about our frustrations of having our own village where all of us, IT people, lived. We dreamed of having a design of fantasy type collaborating with technology like a wall appearing between our palace when we need privacy and an invisible social hall for us to have party. Those are part of the things we wish to have in the near future and many of them I wish to tackle will take time for me to mention all. Well going back to my wished company, I was thinking that it would be nice if all IT experts in the Philippines will be combined into one great dimension and begin to explode their specialties.

I wish to et-up this company not just for the reason of evolving life with technology, though it’s part of the idea but my main point is make a center place for IT graduates. They don’t have to apply in different company and have a work which they haven’t undergo in their study life. Although some of us would say ‘we never know we might excel in different phase’. True! But the time you indulge yourself in technology, it is assuming if you would say that you fill fulfilled with just owning and seeing those technologies that slowly approaching to one of our desire in life.

Furthermore, my wish company would also give services such as programming, developing system, web developing too, designing a system and many more. It takes time to enumerate all services that I wish to have in a company because IT world is a fast approaching one and will always grows. It goes deeper every bit of our pulse.



Not by saying goodbye, but this moment I would say:



“Till’ then”.

What are the lessons that you learned after reading the commencement address of Steve Jobs?

A unique life story...

Steve Jobs' commencement address is on of those unique life stories I've known and heard. This is full of excitement, amusement and emotions. Everybody knows that Steve Jobs is a well-known successful technopreneur but not all of them care to know the root of it. I admit that I was one of them. All I do was to watch the movie pirates of the Silicon Valley and judge him accordingly. But then, a great realization has strike into my soul when I’ve read his commencement address. My perceptions on him as a human being have changed. I started to feel guilt about the words I’ve spoken against him and finished it all by sympathy and love to his unique life story.

An intriguing question was drawn out from my mind:

“How did he manage to accept great failures and stand up again?”


That question is running in my mind over and over again. Though I’ve read Steve Jobs’ full commencement address, my question is not yet answered. Maybe this time I should learn to apply that question to myself and find the answers to that unconsciously.


Admitting mistakes is easy to learn but hard to maintain…

In my last post where in I was asked:

“Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?”

Then I answered:

“Bill Gates: Success is a menace. It fools smart people into thinking they can't lose.

As I read this line I have settled my mind not to follow the road in which Steve Job has take. Why?
He is not worth it to be respect by people around him.

When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were just starting to sell their little cute computer, I can clearly remember these lines from them:

Steve Wozniak: Where's your beard?
Steve Jobs: In the bathroom sink. I shaved it off.
Steve Wozniak: Well, how come?
Steve Jobs: 'Cause banks don't like beards.

In this part, Steve Jobs made me amaze with the way he shows his eagerness to be a respectable person and at the same time he knows how to lower his pride as a human. For in fact, what bank would dare to let him loan money with the unpleasant and cannot be trusted aura. Suddenly, when he became a rich man everything in the past becomes part of his artificial enrichment to the world. He pays to the bank with beard in the lower lip and wearing short cut-jeans. It cannot be called the simplicity of a person because as people tolerated him it seems like he loves the way he wears like that. He used to come at the office without proper attire or just a simple formal long jean. Yes funny to be watched but I feel it more like disputable. “


In that statement, looking back to the time tat I have not yet read Steve Jobs’ commencement address, I feel mad at him?! Somehow, angry and even hate him for being a ridiculous person. Now, different things are being different. From being mad to delicately admitting my mistakes of labeling him like that as a person.


Confirming to myself that I shouldn’t write that statement against him does make me feel neither sorry about it nor regrets, because IF THINGS HAPPEN TO BE PERFECT AT ITS FIRST EXISTENCE, THERE CAN BE A SPEECHLESS FLOW OF LEARNING. An incident in a series of incidents, let me narrate my own mislead perceptions and update it with a right one.

My Purpose is to...

My purpose in life is to put things in its right place and feel the true happiness of life.


Given a chance to make changes on my ‘way back life’ makes me feel empty, miserable but happy. I fell empty because I know that in a short period of time I’ve done something good in my family, in school, community and to the world. If things such the better one would be vanish or make change, life would be nothing and goes the different way. At the same time I would also feel miserable for if I id not study hard, failure on my subjects would probably happen. Still, I am happy. Why? , because it is one of my impossible wishes in life, BEING REBIRTH.

Life that is surrounded with people who knows how to understand, to love and to care for you. People truer than my past life and people who can live simply with humility in spite of their wealthy. And life living in the world of equality.



Taking this opportunity to express changes or shall I say a renaissance of my life; let me emphasize it his way:


FAMILY

· A better daughter and grand daughter.

In my 19 years here in the world, I can say that al better things or remarkable deeds I’ve done for my parents and relatives are not enough. I want to make more of it and make my parents feel that they are special to me.

My purpose also is to bring back the time to when my grandma is still alive. Spend longer time with her, take good care of her, love and cherish every moment with my ‘lola’.

· A more responsible daughter.

Seeing my self too dependent on my parents when it comes to money is a frustration. Then, I will find better jobs and support my personal needs.


 SCHOOL

· A simple student with high grades.

In my student life, I know I’ve been a good student with good remarks on my grades and do attain honors. But during my 1st year high school, for the first time I’ve got a grade of 79 in my Araling-Panlipunan subject. I do know that it is my fault of not studying because honestly, I found it colorless. In contrast, I have gain back a grade of 95 during the 2nd periodical. Good! I lift up the track.

· A normal school girl.

Simply, I would love to eliminate all of my weird characteristics. For they gave me headache and most of the people cannot understand me. But as of now, I can’t help not to do it again and again. Those are the things that are out of my control and I can’t manage them.

 COMMUNITY

· A youth leader.

I love to experience of becoming a leader of the youth. Implementing good circumstances in the community and showing to the teenagers that life is more meaningful at young, so better enjoy it in a way of feeling fulfillment through doing well in their life and community.

· A more active GKK member.

Serving God with all my heart and will feels must better than going to mall and go for shopping. Material things are always been the greatest frustrations of people but then it vanishes and changes in such a way that they loss their worth. But with God, our life and soul becomes the most valuable treasure as our own.

 WORLD

· I always keep on my mind and in my heart that I am a 1% development provider of the world. I may not be as good and intelligent as the others, but I can assure to the world that I will take good care of her.

Reflections/Insights on my Personality Traits Test

Personality, in my deepest understanding, is like a painting put on the wall. It portrays a scene of life that was given reality by the colors. Colors that signifies emotions, feelings, happenings and even miracles. Somehow, the painting shows a life size occurrence of an excessive enthusiasm of humans living in the world of madness. Personality is unique; it is definitely our differences from the other. It is absolutely a distinctive part of us as His children and precisely the greatest peak of our soul. Nothing can ever be compared to our own personality, either good or bad, we was born to have that grace to be called as “inborn”. And no on is abducted for ransom because of his/her personality, for personality is the only shiniest diamond we could ever have that is not shown directly unless everything around you is TRUE. Personality does really matter with who we are and where we are. Personality is also treated as our own asset as a person. This can be our key of entering the kingdom of success and might be the password to open and touch a protective heart of someone else. Endlessly, personality is such an up bringing air for us to continue life despite of many trials, problems and difficulties.

When we have our personality traits test in IT Electives [Technopreneurship1] subject, I was more like afraid of what the result would be. I don’t know why do I feel like that, but I am really doubtful if I would pass my own test or not. The personality traits test that we are taking at that moment is a kind of test that determines if we could be a technopreneur or not. Then just when I found out that my score is 41. Gladly, my result to that test state that I’m quiet good to be technopreneur. Indeed, I am happy! I was happy not because I got high score but because I have found new confidence within myself that my personality is a great help to become a, somehow technopreneur. It is amazing for me to know that I have the chance to be a technopreneur someday. So for me, that just means that I have business skills. Skills that I can use in the future and are either can lift me up from poverty or give me stability in living. On the other way around, may be my result for that test means that I am better in handling business works than programming. But then, that test won’t affect my goals in life otherwise if I let it change me, there is a possibility that I will doubt myself for taking up BSIT course. Nevertheless, I do not treat the test as a bad effect for me, what I am trying to say is that, it is just one of those different tests that measure our capability, ability and skills. So for that, I would still believe in my self of what I feel or perhaps I can take it as part of my learnings but not as one of my guidelines in walking through the road of life because only God knows what we can be in the progressive days.

Strangely, I have described and stated my personal interpretation of what a personality is and my understandings regarding on the result of my personality traits test, in contrast, I have not made mentioned of where did I get my personality or from whom did I have develop it. Merely, it comes from my parents or an inheritance and development with the surroundings I have. It is more elaborated when I was just a small girl depending on the decisions and words of my parents. With what I see and comprehend of how my mother and father handle their selves. It is rooted of the warmest love I feel from the people that surrounds me and a luminous image of my kins. Also my personality is an assertion of how my parents brought me into this world. It is how they showed me the true happiness of life, contentment of God’s love and the eagerness to be a good person and citizen of our country. Somehow, my personality also captures my attachment with the people around me and the aspect of the kind of living I had. Another is that it is also my earnings from saving respect for my parents and investing incomparable nobility for myself. It is always good to give exuberance happiness to everyone but we must always remain a candid love for ourselves. It is not selfishness; it is a perennial self esteem.

Now that I have delightedly depicted the existence of my personality, I will start introducing who is Mary Catherine O. Canoy is. Possibly, others might not believe of how I’m going to introduce myself but that won’t matter because most of the people labeled a person as to what they see and not by knowing them sincerely. I will begin it with my private life including my family. I am born and grown up with a small and happy family. We were happy in spite of many problems like the very common one, financial problem. Honestly, I am very overwhelmed with the parents I have now. They might not be as well educated as the others but they we’re the most gracious conquest I ever have since I was brought here. I am fortunate enough to have a complete family, understanding, caring and loving parents. When it comes to my mother and father, I am very different. I used to be weak and slow. I am weak in fighting against them and slow in judging them. But then, I am the strongest person if somebody hurts them, I do really fight for them. And I can do things modestly when I’m with them and is feeling contented. Pressures in schools are covered directly and seems like nothing is more worth my time but spending it with them. Comfortably, I can say that I am truer when I’m by their side even though my parents are not that open and expressive. But with the effort they have shown and given to me just to provide me the necessary love, care and understanding apparently, I am filled enough.

Relationship with our parents is more likely as 24K gold, forever be genuine. We cannot hear words against our mistakes but the outspoken words of wisdom, hope and consideration. The advice for our safetiness and secureness is an assurance for us to be better. Nothing is going to be graded with what would be our response for them because unconditional love is always there.

At this time, I’ll let you indulge to know my personality when it comes to the relationship with my friends. I generally make friend easily enough although I mostly don’t go out of my way just to demonstrate a positive feelings toward others. Yes! I have lot of friends but I only let few of them to stay beside me. Friends that are trustworthy enough and are loyal to me. For I usually assume that people are honest and fair, however I hold back form trusting them completely. The world is threatening place for everyone, I need to look to authority for comfort and security. I prefer to have few friends that many with an artificial concerns. I am a type of a friend that is candid, frank and sincere. I express my cared and loved for my friend frankly because I see no need for pretense or manipulation when I’m dealing with them. I usually make friends who can easily relate with the other side of me and honestly give me warnings with my mistakes. I am open with my feelings and mostly I express my true happiness and sadness of my life with them. In reality, I am much true person to my closest friends than the others, because I am afraid to give must trust, love and care for everybody and nothing comes back. I am not a choosy person when making friends, neither judgmental nor disloyal. But then I don’t want to have friends that are pretentious, fake, feeling like a rich and too much dependent. Honestly, I easily get annoyed with a person who acts like a millionaire but in reality they’re not. What I’m up to is that, I want friends that are realist and does not live in fantasy. Also, I hate friends that are too dependent on me. It is not that I don’t want to help, what I want is that a friend with dignity, can stand alone, having its own decision and is matured enough to balance things. I also don’t see nay regret of making or having friends that are not physically blessed, because in contrast with the blessed one, they see life more deeply, live it meaningfully and always have humility in their soul. For those, people who are not attached to me eternally, they find me strict and clumsy. But then I am still happy of how they see me as a person because that just means that my existence affects theirs.

For a moment like this, I would also love to introduce my real and true personality when it comes to studies. Boastfully, I am a type of a person that fully believes that I have the intelligence, common sense, drive and self-control necessary for achieving success. I am a well-organized student and like to live according to routines and schedules. I strive hard to achieve excellence and to be recognized as successful keeps me on track toward my lofty goals. I sometimes become single-minded and obsessed with my paper works or in programming. But as tomes goes by I continuously understand the world that everything is invasive and confusing, so I need the opinions and ideas of others. Becoming more mature, I learn to be wise when it comes to studies because not everyone around you is happy when you’re in success. There are always people who would try to pull us down. It wouldn’t be in a specific action but I have to be careful in choosing the person to trust and work with. As a person, in studying I always look forward to the future for I believe that the world is full of opportunities and options. So, I take time when making decisions and will deliberate on all positive consequences and alternatives. There are also times in my college life that my eagerness to let people believe in my works has gotten me in trouble with them. It might be my mistakes to let them depend on me but to think that those persons are matured enough to do things on their own, I don’t think it’s my loss anymore. Another side of me as a student is silent type. I used to be silent when ideas are running in my mind. And that side of mine is often misunderstood by my colleagues, for sometimes I tend to be seen as arrogant by other people. Again, I don’t mind it for it is not true. I couldn’t blame also if some of my classmates won’t understand the way I handle my studies. I have my own world in studying but I’m trying to reach out with them. I always want to be ready and aware when coming to school so despite of not having my own computer I tried to go to internet café everyday and download all lecture slides and study. Yes! I sometimes hear words of discouragement from people around me that I’m too “gahot daw” and selfish. Perhaps they just don’t understand my situations. I have to be ahead in doing projects and assignments to cope with them. I understand their opinions and judgments, I will always be open for that because in that way I find more reasons and strength to strive hard and aim for the good.

But then, I am very much thankful to Lord for giving me such wonderful friends who used to be my group mates and partners in doing projects and assignments. We shared thoughts and ideas enabling each other to understand the lessons.

Those are my personalities but others I might not make mentioned are can be easily predict with what I have stated above. Personality is definitely an unfrailed one. Cannot be change but can be developed. There are circumstances that people might like us because of our certainty and others may not. We cannot please everyone but we must always put in our mind that we are not born to do stupid things for them instead we are born to live life to the fullest.

Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

 "We didn't do three years of research and come up with this concept. What we did was following our own instincts and constructs a computer that was what we wanted."

- Steve Jobs in Fire in the Valley

                   Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 film based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine. It is a made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke which documents the rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft.

                 Steve Jobs is a guy with great dreams in life. Good, yes, he is definitely an inspiration. He became the CEO of Apple Computers. And his company was given birth out of Berkley in the days of beards and love beads. With his hard work together with Steve Wozniak, he had made Apple as the most number one company that guarantees good computers. But as time goes by, Steve Jobs has shown changes with his attitude. Seeing him as an acid-ripper, drug-user and hippie was not new at all. But the effect of their dosages has turn Jobs into an abusive employer, primal screamer, demanding and deadbeat dad. In turn karma has been hitting his back. In a way that he never notices that IBM Company was doing inside job anomaly with their connection that leads to the alliance of Apple Computers and Microsoft.

 Bill Gates: Success is a menace. It fools smart people into thinking they can't lose. 

As I read this line I have settled my mind not to follow the road in which Steve Job has take. Why?

•  He is too arrogant to be a rich man.

                Even from the start when there was a computer expo, at that moment Apple Computers was not that popular. It was the time when he shows his weakness side, being blinded by fame and wealth. He ignored the presence of Bill Gates who was just introducing his self as the unknown CEO of Microsoft. And never notice or even think of asking about what Microsoft is all about.

•  He is not worth it to be respect by people around him.

              When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were just starting to sell their little cute computer, I can clearly remember these lines from them:

Steve Wozniak: Where's your beard?
Steve Jobs: In the bathroom sink. I shaved it off.
Steve Wozniak: Well, how come?
Steve Jobs: 'Cause banks don't like beards.

               In this part, Steve Jobs made me amaze with the way he shows his eagerness to be a respectable person and at the same time he knows how to lower his pride as a human. For in fact, what bank would dare to let him loan money with the unpleasant and cannot be trusted aura. Suddenly, when he became a rich man everything in the past becomes part of his artificial enrichment to the world. He pays to the bank with beard in the lower lip and wearing short cut-jeans. It cannot be called the simplicity of a person because as people tolerated him it seems like he loves the way he wears like that. He used to come at the office without proper attire or just a simple formal long jean. Yes funny to be watched but I feel it more like disputable.

•  He is a self-centered person.

              He was abusive in a way when he yells at everybody just to work more and more. He only thinks of the development of the company and never cared for what would people around him feels. He keeps telling everyone to concentrate on their works and stop having fun but, in contrast, he was the on who makes fun all the time when he feel stresses. He keeps on having meditation in way of administering drugs into his body until he gets self destruct. Steve Jobs minds only for his own survival.

•  He is so careless.

            Steve becomes so careless with all the success he had reached. At first he was good and even wiser on maintaining the growth of his company. All of a sudden, it was blown up like a bubble; gone in the air. One main reason for that is his being self destruct. He tends to forget to give much focus on his connection with other companies. Another is that he was too confident that no one can deceive his victory. That’s why Bill Gates had succeeded to take all the control of his company. But no matter what, he was enlightened at the latter part.

•  He does not know the real meaning of love.

             As a person, it is by nature that the gift of love was given. His girlfriend, despite the fact that he becomes a rich man does not take the chances to gain profit from him or get a share from his success. If truth be told, the girl was very supportive with all the steps he does. Out of blue, Steve became so insensitive. Refusing the gift from God, a baby carried by his girlfriend. He doesn’t even let the girl explain and talk to him regarding her pregnancy, what he did was to reject the girl’s complaint.

                Those are the main reasons why I decided not to follow his steps. But I’m not saying that I’m following the road of Bill Gates. I acknowledge the success of the both of them. One thing that discourages me is that both of them have made a trick to outwit each other and even do software piracy just to provide their selves the frustration of success. I would sounds hypocrite if I don’t admit that I also aim for success but then, that doesn’t mean that I have to be in a hurry to overtake someone or even outsmart once knowledge and to pirate someone’s work. I guess a moderate driving in the road of success would possibly lead me to the satisfactorily place of success. And I would prepare to make my own ways to be successful in life rather than following the steps of other people. Because the road of life was not made to look back the past instead it was for us to keep on moving forward. So whatever is waiting for me or us in the future road, let’s just be patient and trust everything to HIM. God will always be a provider of a good path.

How do you see yourself as a technopreneur?

“Dreaming of things you want is for free, but no one is obliged to grant it but yourself…”

-Canoy, Mary Catherine O.

           As I take-up this subject course Technopreneurship, nothing is really coming out from my lexicon. Even great ideas that would come from my own perspectives of what Technopreneurship is. This is really new to me, but I know that this is something that was derived from the word TECHNOlogy (involves gadgets and new inventions that lessens the burden of humans in doing different tasks) and entrePRENEURSHIP (field in the business that aims to gain large profit by risk and initiative). Not until our professor has tackled some of its goals and objectives in entering the world of Information Technology and Computer Science. One of the things I’ve learned from our first discussion is the phrase “GOES BEYOND THE LIMIT”. Actually it is part of our first quiz on the first meeting which I got the wrong answer. This phrase has enlightened me, honestly!


           When I chose to take-up BSIT, I thought that everything would be smoothly flowing in my accordance desire. But I was wrong; I have under estimated the field of computer. I’ve discovered that the world of computers is very wide that it will not happen that I should or I can limit my expertise on just a piece of its delicacies. Then, I experience the different types of programming language and strategies on making a program and web designing. In this particular moment, worries, consciousness and being clueless were covering my heart and brains. I was afraid of the reality that if ever I did not master every bit of the codes of making programs, where would be my future fall. In my mind is that there will be no sense of finishing this course if I cannot use it as my professionalism. Until TECHNOPRENEURSHIP was introduce to us. With out any biased, this is the only subject that gives me the other way to dream of becoming successful someday.


           From my own understanding on our lesson, Technopreneurship is a field or subject that somehow deals with business collaborated with technology to broaden the society of IT’s and to give great opportunities for aspiring IT graduates to stay and work in the Philippines. Amazingly, I have concluded that our skills in wide analization could be useful not only in programming but also in business fields. In deed, I feel lots of excitement regarding on what I have learned on the first part of Technopreneurship. Great ideas have already been flowing into my mind about sort of business plans to start with my co-IT studs. It is also a striking realization for all IT students and graduates not to limit their selves in just focusing in front of the monitor of the computer, planning to work abroad and limiting their selves to be a call center agent as the primitive way to get a work. With Technopreneurship subject, I have also realized that as an IT student I should not be frightened of the reality that it is harder to find good job in the future. For technopreneurship can help me and the sooner graduates of IT and CS to open and make opportunities for ourselves not just by the codes, creating programs, designing websites but also investing our skills and abilities in a business with the collaboration of technologies. But then I do admit that I’m also afraid of those possible stages that we IT and CS students must take first to pass this subject. We might encounter hardships, still, in the end; I believe that we can do it.


           As for now, I can see myself in the future as one of those Technopreneur. In this age, I cannot directly state how would I be handling business as a technopreneur or whom will I be in the field of technopreneurship. But given the chance to say how I would see myself as technopreneur, these are the things that follow:

As a technopreneur, I would like to have a business that, of course, involves computers in different good ways;

As a technopreneur, I would prefer to have a business together with my classmates right now;

As a technopreneur, I want to build a business in the location where many IT and CS students is staying or studying;

 As a technopreneur, I would like to see myself on the desk of a narra table checking properly and manageably all those transactions that are coming in and out of my office;

As a technopreneur, I would like to see myself as an employer or as an owner of an aspiring star company;

 As a technopreneur, I would like to see an environment in my business where everyone is enjoying their works;

As a technopreneur, I would want to have a business where everything is affordable, specially for those IT and CS students that needs less amount equipment for their projects and requirements;


As a technopreneur, I would like to see my self as an active member of Technopeneurship;

As a technopreneur, I want my to see my business as one of those upgraded businesses that would easily response to the seasonal needs of the customers;


As a technopreneur, I would like to see myself being awarded as “THE MOST OUTSTANDING TECHNOPRENEUR OF THE YEAR” ;

 

As a technopreneur, I would like to see myself as a rich person and with all humility I want to own a big mall;

As a technopreneur, I would like to be living here in the Philippines beside my parents;



As a technopreneur, I want to see my parents being happy for my work and that they are comfortable with the life I gave to them;

 As a technopreneur, I would like to see myself as a primeval model or inspiration of every people who wants to attain success in life;

And for most, as a technopreneur, I would like to see myself happy, being contented, with GOD and being an object of joy, graces and blessings to those who need help.

          With in my thoughts, it is easy to say all of those things that we dreamed of or desire. Sometimes we exaggeratedly voice out everything that has strike into our mind with what we want in the future. But no one is being urged to pay for his/her dreams and ambitions. Let’s just continue dreaming under the rays of the sun and spoil out the sweats and make our dreams come true. Striving hard and rowing the boat moderately and constant would be much better than sitting on the bench, waiting someone or some good things to arrive and make our life comfortable. As I’ve said “Dreaming of things you want is for free, but no one is obliged to grant it but yourself…” .

What are the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur?

  In different manners of life, humans experience success and failures. Success is a part of our evolution as a person and it is undeniably the greatest frustration of everybody. However, there can be no “success” if there are no failures. Failure, as people, we take it as the saddest moment of our life. But others with great understanding find it as a challenge. A challenge that was destined for us to prove how strong person we are and how great is our faith to HIM.

            Going back to the movie “PIRATES OF THE SILICON VALLEY”, as a viewer, I have reflected with the different scenes shown in the film. Particularly, in the events where Steve Jobs has experience success and failures in life.

Factors that contribute to his SUCCESS:

• ENTHUSIASTIC - Steve Jobs shows a good manner of being a keen businessman. He is raring to go higher and higher and that he is wholeheartedly wants to attain success in his business together with Steve Wozniak. Amazingly, Jobs find ways to sell their little cute computer (that he and Steve Wozniak have invented) despite of many rejections he had encountered. Then finally, a company had offered them big enough amount of money to buy their invention. And that was the starting point of their Apple Computers Company.

• WISE – Building a better future for a business starts from a wiser strategy. Absolutely, Steve Jobs is a wise man. He knows what the necessities for his company are and that he wants the best out of it. In fact he chooses those persons that are eager to work for him cleverly but suddenly it was kind of filthy way. I, myself know that his intention on asking question “ARE YOU STILL A VIRGIN?” on the applicant means that what he want was a person that is not new in the field of computers and businesses. It seems that Steve wants an employee that has lots of experiences and is reflexive enough to follow his instructions. This particular line has strike me of thinking Steve Jobs is really a wise man:

Steve Jobs: What is this? This is like doing business with a praying mantis. You get seduced, and then eaten alive afterwards?

• PERSON WITH AUTHORITY – Although Steve is a type of demanding employer, nevertheless, he handles everything on its right position. He talks with authority that he can easily negotiate with other businesspersons. Noticing him as businessman/technopreneur, I can clearly identify that his strategy on talking with other people is quite admirable. He knows how to make the flow of conversation defend his sides and make the opposite person believe him. What he did is good for having or proposing a business plan. 

• RESPONSIBLE (AS A BUSINESSMAN/TECHNOPRENEUR) – I was lured with the way of Steve’s handling a business. Funny but cute ideas have come up into my mind seeing his every action on all the process of the development on his Apple Computers. Others might say that he’s so abusive when it comes to his employee but then for me the way he did it is not blameful one. You might say I’m crazy, but Steve was just self destruct at the moment he acts like that because of the meditation (administering drugs into his body) he does. But I’m not saying that being an addict is good. My point is that if Steve was not self destruct he might have been so good to his employee, nevertheless, Steve still have to be blame on taking unprescribed medicine/drug.

Factors that contribute to his FAILURE:

• PRIMAL SCREAMER - Steve Jobs becomes a primal screamer in the time that his Apple Computer has boom. He keeps on yelling and shouting on his employees and asking too much from their work. There are times that he feels like he knows everything and that he should be followed by everybody regarding on his demand for the company.

• PERFECTIONIST – Everything that comes in and out of his company should be perfect in his eyes. His expected perfection should start from the works of his employees up to his own categories of hiring a new employee or applicants. It is indeed good to be a perfectionist sometimes, but he should have used it or put it in a manner where everything would be smooth and fine. Like no one would get insulted or abused.

Steve Jobs: Maybe fun is just fragments of existence with better packaging.

• ATTITUDE– For me Steve Jobs, in the film is occasionally undergoing a personality disorder. From the time that he became successful, everything has change in him. No one can predict how he would act in some precise occurrences of different happenings. I can also say that he become so impulsive with the things that are triggering on his company’s downfall. Still, in the latter part, he was not able to manage it according to his desire.

• INFORMAL/CASUALITY- Without doubts, everyone whom has seen the film would say that Steve Jobs is a type of a person with informalities. In the way he goes to his company or office, it seems like he’s just going to his room. He dresses like an untailored wears, dress in a short cut-jeans and bear footed with an apple carried on his hand. I excessively say that he is so disgusting. In addition, I can notice that he has no proper etiquette. Interviewing a new applicant with his feet lying on a long table and asking question out of no where like “ARE YOU STILL A VIRGIN?” . It might be that Steve is affirming a different meaning of the question, but still it is unacceptable as part of those necessary things that an employer must know about his employee.

• DEADBEAT DAD – I might find this thing harsh as labeled to him. But this is my observation regarding on how he rejected his girlfriend that is currently carrying his baby inside her womb. In the field of business, Steve Jobs has greatly reach the torch of success; he shows the essence of responsibility on handling a certain establishment and even guarantees good products to his customers. But then great disappointment comes into my heart after seeing the particular scene where Steve Jobs refuses to accept the commitment driven out from the new formed cells in the womb of his girlfriend.