Entrepreneurs saving the world

As corporations have expanded across the globe, yielding more power than many nations, it’s hard to believe that they could be dislodged from their throne by the work of an entrepreneur sitting in a remote corner of the world. It is the triumph of human potential, where someone with a nice idea, a lot of passion, the right circumstances and plan can disrupt an entire industry.

Small and medium businesses that are started by entrepreneurs employ up to 70% of the local workforce in countries across the world, but seldom get the support of government or the attention of the media as much as their large enterprises cousins do. However times have changed! Now it is becoming clear to many government bodies that real fast paced job growth would only come from entrepreneurs starting up new businesses.

The good thing is that the world we live in today offers individuals access to resources that were only available to the largest corporations, a reach to clients that was only accessible to the largest marketing budgets and the ability for a one man company to appear as big as the largest organization on the planet.

So stay tuned for those creative, passionate, hardworking entrepreneurs that are going to be agents of change in the months ahead and who will be helping drag us out of the economical mess we have been in for the past.

In view of the importance that entrepreneurs can play in our society, Potential has launched an affordable web based program that handholds entrepreneurs through the process of opening up a successful business delivered via a serious of webinar training session and one on one coaching sessions. The program lasts for 6 months and consists of four phases that are critical in raising the success rate of the newly established businesses. The last phase supports the entrepreneurs in seeking the right financing and investment options for their startups.

 Shadi Banna is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of www.potential.com. He has worked across various emerging markets across the Middle East, Dubai, Qatar and Kuwait with some of the world’s largest corporations and has supported hundreds of corporations small and big as they work towards developing their staff, gaining more clients, and maximizing the their effectiveness. He has also started up several successful businesses which have a key aim of supporting the local communities and creating jobs.