March 18th, 2019: Helen Al Uzaizi, CEO of BizWorld UAE and founder of the Entrepreneurship Education Platform for the MENA region, has spoken of her career achievements and how determination has played a large part in her success, in presentation to business students at Canadian University Dubai.
The event was organised by Dr. Imen Tebourbi, Associate Professor and Head of Undergraduate Programs in the Faculty of Management, as part of the FOM Speaker Series.
BizWorld aims to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit, developing students’ aptitude for teamwork, leadership and critical and creative thinking along with strengthening real world knowledge about entrepreneurship, business and financial responsibility; all the tools needed to flourish in the 21st Century.
With over fifteen years’ experience in the corporate and startup worlds, Helen has directed her passion towards instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in the next generation of leaders.
Helen described how she got involved with athletics, having had no sporting inclinations during her school or college years. She drew comparisons with the mindset required to be a successful entrepreneur and those required to be successful in sport.
She explained how she started taking interest in personal fitness, more out of vanity and looking good, than seeking a more active life.
However, she caught the fitness bug which she pursued with passion, one of the traits of a successful entrepreneur. In 2012 as a working mother she completed her first marathon and to date has completed three marathons, four Ironman events and over twenty triathlons and other road events.
Helen believes that anything is possible and quoted Teddy Roosevelt as saying “believe you can and you’re half way there.”
She advised her audience that once they developed an idea, they should pursue it with determination and let nothing get in the way, overcoming obstacles one by one as they appeared.
She finished her presentation by quoting Ken Venturi, an American professional golfer and broadcaster who said “I don’t believe you have to be better than anyone else. I believe that you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”
The presentation ended with a lively question and answer session.
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