Entrepreneurs asked to ‘think big’

The Chief Executive Officer of Beige Capital, Mr Mike Nyinaku, has called on entrepreneurs in the country to think big if they are to influence those in authority to make decisions that would favour the business community.

He said in many instances, entrepreneurs become content with the little impact that they made and tend to relax, a situation he said stifled the growth of businesses in the country. It also leads to those in authority not believing in the capacity of Ghanaian entrepreneurs.

Mr Nyinaku said this at an event organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG).

“It looks like our politicians do not believe in the capacity of the Ghanaian entrepreneur, so we may have to do more to give them the ability to have faith in us so we can have policies that will support our enterprises,” he stated.

He said there had to be a conscious effort that would drive all entrepreneurs to think big, adding that “how we orient ourselves and what we imbibe in our kids have made small things noble to us as we always fail to think outside the box as entrepreneurs”.

“We should be promoting positivity and bigness in the mindset of entrepreneurs who are coming up so we can influence our politicians and those who are in decision-making positions to make decisions that will favour entrepreneurs,” he pointed out.

He also urged all Entrepreneurs in the country to start thinking about things that negates smallness.

Opportunities from Govt

Mr Nyinaku also appealed to the government to give opportunity to local entrepreneurs to provide some of the services that they were good at.

“Government needs to extend a hand to local enterprise and the companies also have to position themselves in order to take advantage of the opportunities,” he mentioned.

He said the fact that some local companies had failed in the past doesn’t mean all will fail, adding that there were few companies who had the capacity now to undertake huge government projects.

He therefore called on the companies who are ready to undertake such projects to project themselves in order to be noticed and given a trial.

Ghana desolate

The President of the CIMG, Kojo Mattah, said the country had been left by successive governments even more desolate despite their best efforts and intentions.

He said the country had allowed its natural resources, including water bodies to be exploited and desecrated with impunity.

“These not withstanding, I believe we have a lot to be proud of and can project to the world,” he said.