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The Students in Free Enterprise
(SIFE) Liverpool programme is
designed to develop the next
generation of business leaders.
Now running in 1,600 universities
across 41 countries, SIFE
encourages students, academic
leaders and business executives to
join forces in order to create better
economic opportunities for the local
community. In the process, students
have an opportunity to develop their
entrepreneurial skills and to learn
skills such as financial literacy,
market economics, environmental
sustainability and business ethics.
Yannick Kpodar (BA International
Business 2010) was the first
SIFE Liverpool President and
helped the team to grow from
12 members to more than 100
during his two-year Presidency
from 2008-2010. He is currently
working as a Management Trainee
for Enterprise Rent-A-Car
in Washington DC.
What first attracted you
to join SIFE?
The idea of growing a small
business, building my own team,
running projects, and competing
against other universities across
the UK was exciting and drew
me right in. I knew it would be
a life-changing experience.
What sort of projects were
you involved in?
Projects ranged from helping
a student to run a marketing
campaign for his mobile phone
recycling business, assisting
restaurants in deprived areas
of Liverpool with their business
operations and teaching academic
staff in a school located in Togo,
West Africa, how to manage their
budget. We also introduced a
project called Business Boss,
where we ran business seminars
and competitions for sixth-form
students to encourage their
entrepreneurial skills.
The front
runners
The front
runners
Liverpool programme develops
tomorrow's entrepreneurs