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SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM NAME: Bsc IT COURSE NAME: SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DATE: 11 TH MAY 2012 LECTURER’S NAME : BEN OCRA

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SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

PROGRAM NAME: Bsc IT

COURSE NAME: SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  DATE: 11TH MAY 2012  LECTURER’S NAME : BEN OCRA

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GROUP 8

Names Index numbers

James Benjamin Ekow Ghartey 300621120209

Anthony Timothy Ussher-Bonney 300621120175

Amoabeng Jennifer Nana Yaa 300621120170

Uma Sukiff Kelechi 300621120250

Damoah Yaw 300621120198

Paul Asante

300621120180

Limann Malick 300621120223

Nkanga Nkanga Samuel 300621120232

Samuel Djanduh 300621120241

Alexander George Ampah 300621120172

Augustus Sekye 300621120243

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Mr. Daniel MckorleyThe owner of Mcdan shipping company limited

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FAMOUS ENTREPRENEUR

Mr. Daniel Mckorley CEO of Mcdan Shipping

Company Limited

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Mr. Daniel Mckorley, an entrepreneur, he was born into a modest family on 16 June 1971. He is the 7th of nine siblings . He is an indigent of LA a suburb of Greater Accra.

His father was a farmer and the mother was a fishmonger. Even though they were unlettered and poor they managed to send him and his siblings to school.

BACKGROUND

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At age ten ,He started helping his mother to sell fish at the market. Some of the proceeds was used in paying his fees and to cater for the family.

BACKGROUND

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“He started his elementary education at the la wireless primary school and later proceeded to St. Thomas Aquinas secondary school and moved to the Institute of professional studies (IPS), he further went to Lehigh University in Pennsylvania to study logistics which was his main interest. and later Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Administration (GIMPA).”

Educational background

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The history & growth macdan shipping company

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He told us at the beginning of the interview about the background of his company.

“Mcdan shipping company limited started as a single custom broker in 1999, clearing at the port. The company is registered under the Ghana company registration Act 1962. It was such a difficult beginning because he started off without an office then. After some time he has to sell his car to rent himself an office. He told us that to be entrepreneur means a lot of sacrifices. That is why he gave up his comfort to struggle to join public transportation. All of this was to succeed in his business.

History

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MACDAN SHIPPING AIR CARGO HANDLING PROCESSES

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MACDAN AIR CARGO HANDLING

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McDan shipping company is a privately owned Ghanaian company established under the companies code of 1963(ACT179). The company is the first and only Freight Forwarding Company to obtain the Air Carrier License in handling chartered cargo flights in Ghana and currently has the GSA for Global Aviation in West Africa.

McDan shipping company

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Mcdan Shipping Company limited is the name of the industry. It is a solely owned to him (Mr. Daniel Mckorley) CEO of the company, as the name suggests (MCDAN) it was coined from Daniel and Mckorley. It was set up in 1999 as a single custom broker. It has grown from a one room office to a big company. It started with just 4 staff, but it can now boast of over 100 staff across the country. It has branche offices located at all the various ports in Ghana i.e. Tema and Takoradi. It also connects to other parts of the world through 2000 ports worldwide especially project cargo.

Some of its biggest clients the company deals with are United Nations imports to West Africa. World food program and all the telecom companies in Ghana like Vodafone, MTN, and Tigo etc.”It provides logistics to almost every corner of Ghana, west africa and beyond.

Macdan shipping company

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McDan is truly committed to maximizing productivity and efficiency by delivering uniquely designed Shipping and Logistics solutions to both corporate and individual clients.

He has a huge desire for continuous progress, improvement and a possible perfection, which keeps him getting better as an entrepreneur and an accomplished business man.

His vision is to be the Premier Provider of Total Shipping & Logistics Services in Emerging Markets.

Mcdan Shipping Company Ltd

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PERSEVERANCE He persevered in all that trying times. Instead of

being heartbroken by the harsh realities of life and giving up as many would do, Daniel had a dream; lived that dream and now is a global major air and sea ports worldwide due to its partnership with Universal Freight Organization, LINK and WCA.

He never consigned himself to the privations that characterized his childhood and youth

Skills, special abilities, and interests

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His philosophy is that poverty is a blessing in disguise. It toughened him up and he considers it a stage every man must experience even if for a short while.

He is business minded ;Daniel Mckorley never missed any opportunity to make profits. At a point he purchased maize in Techiman and stored it in a silo somewhere and later sold it to the market when maize was scarce.

Personal traits

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His deep sense of responsibility, coupled with his visionary leadership, has earned him an enviable position in corporate Ghana.

His commitment to duty particularly stands out in his efforts to help create economic opportunities for the youth across the nation and beyond.

Personal traits

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determination. He is one person who discovered his career early enough. One thing that was also unique about Daniel Mckorley was that he did not condoned to cheating and laziness . He was determined to make it big in his chosen field. This included waking up at midnight to go and check on his cargo when flights arrived at the airport. This meant forgoing sleep and being with his family.

Personal traits

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2005: They won best transport award in West Africa 2009: McDan shipping won the best trade name in West Africa

millennium award 2010 /2011: Best freight forwarding company 2011: McDan shipping came out 29th position in the Ghana Club 100  

ACHIEVEMENTS

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As a way of giving back to society he has built a library in the la community to help children in the community read.

He has also build an office block for police in legon to help in their daily duties. 

Every year he takes his staff to clean up the mental hospital and also get them a new kitchen.

He also pays school fees for over 60 students in La. These are but a few he mentioned to us.

 

Social responsibilities

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After the interview with him we deduced that no matter where you are born, with determination, honesty , commitment and hard work you will always succeed .

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