12/05/2011
This entrepreneurial profile by The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, covers Abraham Hatoum- he lived in Lebanon in his childhood, came to Australia in 1985 and founded LookSmart in 1994, and now has a $28 million/year turnover.
His life has a entrepreneurial start, as he sold drinks in his Palestinian refugee camp where he lived when he was 10 years old, but luck dropped off from him later in life when his father was murdered, young Hatoum was bashed and sustained more injuries from a bomb blast. After arriving in Australia he took 12 years to gain his Bachelor of Commerce degree but now has won the 22nd national Ethnic business awards.
Entrepreneurs can accomplish anything- a view shared by Hatoum, as he shared his view about his drinks business. His view on life as well- you make your own luck- is also like that with entrepreneurs because they only get out what they put into it.
One lesson that he has learnt from business is to choose the right people. 'If you choose the right people, a business will succeed. If you put your people first, sales and profit follow.' In Commerce we have learnt that putting people first and thinking about what they want is essential- there would be no business if there were no people.
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