Reflection sa KUMBIRA 2007

1. What are the three things we have learned from my experience with KUMBIRA 2007?

From the Kumbira experience, I learned that it is really very hard to sell your product especially if the company is not yet that known to masses. As I’ve observed there are some booths that only have a few customers hanging out or tasting and buying their products and we took that opportunity to give an interview to the owner or the in-charge. Well, if you’re in the place of the person guarding the stall, you would really feel envious of the other booths having a really long line of customers lining up and willing to taste and buy their product. So, yeah, it’s really hard to be an entrepreneur and it takes a lot of guts, skills and brains but it’s really mostly the guts and the patience that gets you in a lot of places. The second thing that I’ve learned from my experience is that in order to attract costumers in your booth, you must make it creative and presentable—both the booth and your product. The last thing that I learned is that it’s very hard to be the person in-charge of the booth. You must be patient in dealing with others so as them not to dislike you which can affect your product. Also, you must be very friendly to others, confident and free. This can also help in attracting customers. Also, I’ve observed that even though they are annoyed, they still won’t show it and they will do everything for the betterment of their product. This is also why being an entrepreneur is a really big challenge.

2. How will this activity help us in my life as a BM student?

This activity can help me in our BM selling during the intramurals on the third quarter of the school year. We learned lot of things fro the Kumbira experience and we can apply this to our BM selling. The companies there experienced many hardships and so in our selling, we must not give up easily. There are other people there who are having more hardships but they’re not giving up. With that, I will have the strength for the BM selling.

3. If you were to evaluate KUMBIRA 2007, what would be its weaknesses and strengths? What would you suggest to improve it?

The Atrium of LimKetKai where the Kumbira was held was really very crowded and it’s one of the weaknesses of the activity. I suggest that there’s a really specific line for the people who want to buy or taste the product of a company because through this, other people won’t be able to pass through. Also, not all booths gave free tastes especially the coca cola. We really expected that we will be so full that our tummies would ache but that didn’t quite turn out. Instead, we were very hungry, exhausted and our legs were really numb. Another weakness is that aside from the crowdedness, the space of the atrium is really not enough to contain a bunch of students from different schools and judges and visitors all over the country. The strengths of the program, on the other hand, are that it has a lot of booths and activities that keeps the activity interesting like the contests and the table setting and displays. Also, the decorations are appealing and eye-catching. They kind of give you the feeling of being comfortable and that you’re really welcome to join this and we’re so glad you’re here feeling.