IE Ukraine steered the debate on the topic of Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship. Whether that is something that can be learnt or the talent we are born with. As well as whether entrepreneurship can be nurtured inside of big corporations and how.
IE Alumni, students and candidates met in cosy informal atmosphere to debate. Tetyana Kretova, IE Country Representative in Russia and Ukraine moderated the talk highlighting how IE makes entrepreneurship an integral part of all educational programs. The event has been hosted and co organised with StartUP Ukraine, the most significant in the country incubator and educational center for star ups.
On the second hour the originally planned as an hour event moved into the informal dinner. The key idea and take out became that according to Anna Petrova, CEO of Start Up Ukraine ¨en
trepreneurs WANT to do something¨. Oleg Koss, Global Executive MBA continued that entrepreneurship is definitely a talent stressing though that if he knew back then what he did years ago he would do it differently primarily referring to the financial and business planning of the business.. However, all participants have agreed that the WANT and the TALENT need skills to make things happen.
Natalya Stoyanovych, IMBA alumni, joined MBA from her own company saying that she wanted to learn how to grow the 50 people start up into the several hundred people company. And that´s probably when without the skill and the knowledge you can not move.
Iryna Vovk, Global Executive MBA student from Microsoft Ukraine, said that probably ideas seeking and passion are the fundamentals without which you can not move even a step.
At the end the discussion turned out to become a powerful exchange of thoughts and first hand insights from Samsung, Zara, Electrolux and definitely entrepreneurs.
Next debate to follow soon!
About the author
Tetyana Kretova, Regional Director Asia Pacific at IE Business School is an experienced executive with over 14 years of professional experience in international development, marketing, sales and integrated communications. A native Ukrainian she has worked, studied and lived in the USA, Eastern and Western Europe, the UK, Central Asia and now Asia Pacific. Tetyana is a well versed professional with strong academic background acquired at American and European Institutions, as she holds a BBA from an America-based International Christian University with emphasis in Marketing, Diploma from the UK Charted Institute of Public Relations and an Executive MBA from IE Business School. After a dynamic corporate career with one of the world’s largest retailing groups METRO Group, she left her executive position to pursue her entrepreneurial journey combined with passion for making the world a better place. Since 2013 Tetyana has served as International Development Director in Russia and Ukraine, later in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and now as Regional Director APAC. Tetyana is a speaker on Career development and Personal Growth and served as a personal advisor to over 500 managers seeking to change their lives. As a strong believer in equal opportunities within the last 10 years she has consulted NGOs on sustainable development, launched her own fashion startup www.simplifishirts.com to steer the development of a social enterprise helping women and a Co-founder of www.IFEMME.org charity project raising funds for education.