Chairman, Epic Lanka addresses final year students of computing

"Becoming an entrepreneur demands an array of personal characteristics and traits. You got to withstand against numerous tests perhaps risking everything you can think of before you emerge as an entrepreneur.

In today's context where factor mobility is high, the traditional factors of production often powered by technology are quite easy to mobilize.

Yet, entrepreneurship remains unique due to those rare qualities that differentiate an entrepreneur from the rest who will tend to be satisfied with what is easily achievable within their regular comfort zones" said Nayana Dehigama, Chairman of Epic Lanka addressing a group of final year students of the University of Colombo School of Computing.

Taking part at a career development program held at the UCSC auditorium recently, Dehigama also said "Entrepreneurship is more than successfully managing a business entity as the scope goes beyond earning profits.

Entrepreneurs commercialize new ideas and thus generate wealth to the society.

Commercializing new ideas is the text book definition for innovations. Therefore, I believe innovations and entrepreneurship co-exist and they are inseparable.

They are galvanized to synergize each other within the equation of successful entrepreneurship".

He also emphasized the students that the country needs more and more entrepreneurs who can create wealth to the society through innovations.

Citing examples from the west where young entrepreneurs have come up with world class enterprises especially in the ICT field Dehigama urged that local students have the potential to come up with innovative business models and entrepreneurial community in Sri Lanka is willing to assist them in numerous ways.

Nayana Dehigama who was adjudged as the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur 2012 Platinum Award winner is a sought after speaker in techno-entrepreneurship, a domain he has mastered with his business accomplishments, academic achievements and extensive scholarly research.

His company, Epic Lanka is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month.