COYLE holds workshop on ‘Entrepreneur Development’ in Jaffna
The Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE) held a workshop on ‘Entrepreneur Development’ in Jaffna on September 28, 2019.
A team of senior businessmen, executives and professionals with extensive experience in management and business administration addressed the gathering consisting of both established and budding entrepreneurs in the Northern region of the country at a crucial time in the development of the country’s economy.
Speakers at this vital workshop cum seminar included COYLE Chairman Aminda Rodrigo who delivered the welcome speech, Fazlan Marikkar from Facebook who provided invaluable insights into using Facebook as a marketing tool, Thumilan Sivarajah, Chairman, Blue Ocean Group on behalf of ACCA, who did a presentation on Financial Management.
The thematic inspirational testimonial was related by COYLE member Ranil Willadarage, Chairman/ceo, Whiteglow (Pvt.) Ltd, holding company of the leading and popular fashion brand Gflock. The vote of thanks was delivered by Chairman of the Organising Committee, Dan De Silva.
The workshop was aimed at providing a forum to educate the participants on creative problemsolving processes to identify the challenges and needs of SMES related to sustainable business practices. It also highlighted methods of arriving at innovative solutions, discover niche markets, promote innovation and improve competitiveness through this knowledge transfer session.
The workshop was well received by the attendees who commented that the ideas shared, together with the wealth of examples, anecdotes and life experiences were absolutely outstanding. They affirmed that COYLE should have more programmes of this nature which is highly beneficial to entrepreneur development in Sri Lanka.
COYLE realises the responsibility of introducing these seminars in Galle, Matara and Ratnapura in the near future with the end view of developing the economy of our Motherland.
The chamber will frequently organise seminars, forums, roundtable discussions with businessmen to update business entrepreneurs with new insights into management, leadership skills and sustainable development strategies on a regional and international level.