{"id":467036,"date":"2018-02-23T20:43:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/i-was-a-shoemaker-for-5-years-type-ceo-encourages-young-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T20:43:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:43:47","slug":"i-was-a-shoemaker-for-5-years-type-ceo-encourages-young-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/i-was-a-shoemaker-for-5-years-type-ceo-encourages-young-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a shoemaker for 5 years \u2013 Type CEO encourages young Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/61044920.295.jpg\" alt=\"Coby Asmah\" title=\"Coby Asmah\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Coby Asmah, CEO of Type Company Limited<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519418627_923_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">CEO of Type Company Limited, Coby Asmah has advised young people to have faith in their dreams and not despise little beginnings using his life as an example for them to draw inspiration from.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Asmah speaking at the launch of L\u2019iane Foundation in Accra on Friday, admonished parents to encourage their children to dream and achieve the best for themselves adding that everyone has an inner motivation to improve and succeed without any exception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the opportunity to be at the receiving end of my father who inspired, motivated and provoked me to dream and achieve the best, today I employ over 120 Ghanaians and expatriates\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He said, at the tender age of 11 he was introduced to commercial activities by his father which he engaged in and by age 17 he was independent and did not have to depend financially on his parents <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took advantage of the then \u2018afro Moses\u2019 craze while preparing for my A level exams and I became a shoe maker for five years while still in school\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the world is changing towards the technological epoch which will unfortunately lead to the loss of jobs and therefore the need to raise entrepreneurs to create more jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo bridge the gap between the losses of jobs as a result of the changing world requires a comprehensive and integrated involvement of all stakeholders, private, public, academia and civil society\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/ZLuyiffx-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Asmah said, entrepreneurs can emerge at any stage of life and from any realm and different personalities regardless of educational background or qualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be an \u2018A\u2019 star student to be an entrepreneur\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;aine foundation 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