This was the overall theme of Shell LiveWIRE 2023 Homeroom Sessions, as both the inaugural session, titled “Start-ups’ keys to success: Adaptability and Agility,” and the final session, titled “Navigating Business Mortality: How to Avoid the Pitfalls that Cause Businesses to Fail,” offered insights into how entrepreneurs and new business owners could create successful and long-lasting businesses.
Jason Dela Rosa, Founder of BounceBack Philippines, described adaptation and agility as, “Adaptability is all about endurance. Being able to endure challenges in your environment, and then be able to change the way you do business. Agility is how quickly you do that.” Hans Kenner Fernandez, CEO of Urban Traveller and Co. gave his advice to start ups on being agile and being prepared, “Try to be flexible, but then at the same time, preparing for contingencies.
Hans Kenner Fernandez, CEO of Urban Traveller and Co., answering the burning questions on how to be an agile and adaptable business at the Shell LiveWIRE Homeroom Sessions.