We opened space for young entrepreneurs to share their experiences in business, but also to expose the greatest challenges which they faced when they were starting their, now successful, businesses.<\/p>\n
Du\u0161anka Ili\u0107<\/strong>\u00a0from \u201eKutpoint\u201c believes that lack of funds is often an excuse for lack of initiative. \u201eMoney is tenth on the list of problems you face when you venture into a business. Start-up is like a rollercoaster. It is more difficult to find the right team than to find the money. Humans are beings of situations, you need to coordinate yourself in space constantly, you need to give your idea the execution it requires. Only the proper execution is what interests the investors\u201c, said Ili\u0107 and gave advice to future entrepreneurs: \u201ePlay around, you need to foster curiosity!\u201c.<\/p>\n Vladimir Trkulja<\/strong>\u00a0from \u201eSEE ICT\u201c said that there is a psychological pressure of the environment on entrepreneurs. \u201eHow to gather people in one place, people that are ostracised by the society because it thinks that entrepreneurship is no good? Entrepreneurs are the ones who solve problems. They operate in spite of the state, without paying attention to it. He who waits for the state has done nothing. The state needs only to enable the creative to become educated and thus become more efficient\u201c, Trkulja explained.<\/p>\n The director at the BITF,\u00a0Gordana Danilovi\u0107-Grkovi\u0107<\/strong>, said that \u201ethe incubator\u201c is there to ease regulations and expenses. \u201eHow an incubator can help is by offering training and counseling among students. This is hard but also most exciting work, and the potential is immeasurable, assessed Danilovi\u0107-Grkovi\u0107 and stressed the need for a bottom-up organization that would be an obstacle to state crippling of entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n Ivan Bjelajac<\/strong>\u00a0from \u201eDevana Technologies\u201c noted that there is a widespread opinion that starting a start-up is irrational. \u201eIt makes no sense to wait for a permanent job and static environment in the next 15 years\u201c, said Bjelajac and added that Serbia doesn\u2019t have a bad business environment, but that the instability of the environment is causing problems.<\/p>\n Representative of the Association of Small Businesses of Serbia,\u00a0Svetlana Moji\u0107<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201eSalt&Water\u201c company) said that teamwork and energy is where the group’s power lies: \u201eWe need to create an environment in which we will support each other. Our task as Association is to promote young entrepreneurs and provide training on seeking investments through workshops\u201c. \u201eIt is wonderful to encounter untold stories of success\u201c.<\/p>\n The panel was moderated by\u00a0Petar \u010cekerevac<\/strong>, Executive Manager of Libek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We opened space for young entrepreneurs to share their experiences in business, but also to expose the greatest challenges which they faced when they were starting their, now successful, businesses. Du\u0161anka Ili\u0107\u00a0from \u201eKutpoint\u201c believes that lack of funds is often an excuse for lack of initiative. \u201eMoney is tenth on the list of problems you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n