Originally published in Romanian.
I firmly believe that Romanians’ native intelligence is superior to that of many other nations. And I also believe that, in a world that’s more and more online and has fewer and fewer barriers, the human factor is becoming the main competitive advantage, far more important than capital and other traditional factors.
So what are we Romanians missing in order to become successful entrepreneurs on the global market, and in doing so raise Romania’s competitiveness as a whole? Knowledge, experience, in a word: know-how!
We come from an outdated, fossilized education system, based on theory and with almost no connection to economic reality, to the market and to today’s competition. We need know-how more than we need air, whatever we do, and especially if we are, or want to become, entrepreneurs or managers of online or offline businesses.
That’s why, to those of you who have or dream of having your own business, I recommend the free courses of the Online Business School. Compared to other similar projects, I’ve identified 3 key advantages of OBS:
1. the flexible schedule (everything takes place on an online platform, so you can study anytime and from anywhere, without hurting your day job)
2. the international experience exchange that the best students will get at the end of the program (that alone, I can tell you from my own experience, is worth as much as 100 entrepreneurship courses)
3. the courses are free (meaning you, the students, won’t pay anything; the whole program is funded with European Union money).
I signed up for the Online Business School today too, and I hope we can swap impressions and discuss the courses together, here on the blog.
For more details about the project, visit www.bizschool.ro.
Project co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013. Invest in people!
