Interview

Group members:
Clemente,Antonia franceska L.
Solita,roellyn
Pedido,john benedict
Princess,
Princess,
Name of the proprietor/practitioner: Mr. Arnel M. Clemente
Age: 58 years old
Number of years in business:
- Zoolpest Control Service 5 years
- December Enterprise14 year’s
Business name: December Enterprise
Business address: San Lorenzo, phase 1C, Barangay
Dita, Santa Rosa City, Laguna

1. What preparation did you make before you engaged

in this type of business?
-Education is a big factor to size up minor and major
problems in engaging business matters and doesn’t
forget job experience to hone your skills. You must be
ready to put resourcefulness into achieving one’s goal
and never stop to engineer – reengineer your proposal.

2. What special skills and characteristics do you have

that are related with your business?
- To be honest I know nothing about running a
business and at first, I’m so scared at it that I might
lose the first time I tried. Just like my mentor is telling
me you have to feel the pain to gain a more positive
return. Use your imagination for you to create a wide
 range of solutions to a problem. And You only
equipped your self-skills and characteristic after going
through a lot of mistakes and errors you must confront
fear and put it into a process before it becomes your
prime asset.

3. How did you solve business-related problems during

your business operation?
-solving problems during business operations is not
an easy task you will be needing a lot of thinking,
rethinking to exercise your skills, knowledge and your
characteristic for you to deliver a decisive actions and
result.

4. Did you follow tips from a successful businessman or

practitioner before you engaged in your business?
-From day one I followed every piece of advice, tip, and
instruction from other business friends even though it is
free you will be needing it during your operations for me
the best advice I received comes from my mentor, is my
father himself then later on my brothers and sisters join
they also into business.

5. What best business practices can you share with

aspiring entrepreneurs?
-for those students who wish to try entrepreneurship
someday you need to accomplish education because in
our world there is no such thing that you are born with it
is you who will In business ‘TIME waits for nobody,
TIME waits for no one.

6. What do you think are the salient characteristics,

attributes, lifestyle, skills and traits that made you
successful in your business?

7. How did you identify your customers?

8. What were your considerations in selecting your

customer?
9. Explain how your product or services became unique
to other products?

10. Did you consult somebody before you engaged in

this business? Cite/give sample insight that you
gained from consultation?

11. What were the preparation before you started the

actual business?

12. What creative and innovative techniques did you

did you adapt in the development of your product or
services? What was the effect of the innovative
techniques to the sales and profits of your business?
13. What strategy did you consider to create a
unique selling proposition to your product or service?