Interview with #107. President Entrepreneurship Society
by Julien Marchand
1. What
1.1. 1st Event Coordinator
1.1.1. Logistics
1.2. 2nd President
1.2.1. Old people left
2. Businesses
2.1. Carbon Crusade
2.1.1. Low margin
2.1.1.1. stopped business
2.1.2. still on Facebook
2.2. Orthopedics
2.2.1. didn't like the field
3. Degree
3.1. Law degree
3.2. 5 years to get the opportunity, it's time to conclude
4. Hero / Mentor
4.1. Nicky
4.1.1. Ex UTS student who created 99 dresses
4.2. I surround myself with people who are a few steps ahead of me
5. Attributes
5.1. Not a perfectionist
5.2. Control Freak
5.3. I am a 1st generation migrant, we are more willing to work harder
5.4. Was introvert, became extremely extrovert
5.4.1. New node
6. What I would change
6.1. No business degree
6.2. no law degree
6.3. I learned to do something I love, not loving the idea of doing it
6.4. I would love to learn hard skills like programming
7. Motivation
7.1. I want to keep the association going because it is important to me
7.2. At first build up resume
7.3. Good people came to present
7.3.1. I want to help student like it the way he enjoyed it
8. Start
8.1. 0) Professor pushed him to check out the society to build up his resume
8.2. 1) Attended an event
8.2.1. didn't do much for a year apart from reading
8.2.1.1. TED
8.2.1.2. Entrepreneurship related
8.3. 2) GFC: couldn't get an internship so really got involved at the exe level
8.4. 3) Participarted Young Achievers Australia
8.4.1. randomly saw an email
8.4.2. started a business for 6 months
8.4.3. TIPPING POINT
8.5. 4) Met friend Adam
8.5.1. explored entrepreneurship constantly
8.6. 5) Hackaton
8.6.1. 2 days for developing a business
9. Results
9.1. Built up a huge network
10. Serendipity
10.1. I made sure to prepare for the opportunities I got
10.2. Professor who told him to check out that society
10.3. YA program
10.4. I did not plan to attend my 1st ACES event but I was at Uni on that day
10.4.1. eye opener