How do you become a good leader? Business leader Percy Barnevik and Humblestorm founder Mernosh Saatchi explained for students at a Dagens industri DiY event.
A year ago, Dagens industri DiY launched, a newspaper for technology, finance and law students at Sweden's top schools of higher education. Yesterday, some 300 of the 35,000 subscribers to the paper got the chance to meet Swedish business leader Percy Barnevik and Mernosh Saatchi, founder and CEO for communications agency Humblestorm and hear what to expect if one wants to become a business leader.
"The goal with the DiY project is to give students a better insight into the business world," says Viktor Ström, editor for Dagens industri DiY.
Much of Percy Barnevik's advice was about how to get a better start in your career. Mernosh Saatchi, who started Humblestorm when she was 22, talked about how she learned and grew into her leadership role at the same time her company grew.
To take part in the event, the students applied with a CV, and there was a lot of competition for the available seats, says Johan Östberg, project manager for Dagens industri DiY.
"We've gotten a very positive response both during the event itself as well as in social media," says Ström. "The most exciting was that so many found that the event gave them real advice for their future careers."