{"id":467,"date":"2011-05-02T22:07:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=467"},"modified":"2011-05-02T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T22:07:44","slug":"mo-williams-speaks-to-entrepreneurship-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2011\/05\/02\/mo-williams-speaks-to-entrepreneurship-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Williams speaks to entrepreneurship students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alexander Robinson<\/strong>
\nAssociate Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like the other students, faculty, staff, and community members in the audience, Jackson State University senior Montrell Williams, an entrepreneurship major from Jackson, Miss., listened attentively to the speaker.\u00a0 But because they came from his brother, NBA star\u00a0 Mo\u00a0 Williams, the words were more special and inspiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough him I feel like anything is possible,\u201d said Montrell Williams. \u201cMy brother is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson native and starting guard for the Los Angeles Clippers, Maurice \u201cMo\u201d Williams shared insight into his life experiences as part of the JSU Department of Entrepreneurship and Professional Development\u2019s Entrepreneurship Lecture Series this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is blessed with something; it\u2019s up to you to nurture your craft. You have to pay your dues, doing things you don\u2019t want to do now to achieve your goal,\u201d said Williams, who recalls going to the YMCA at 5:30 in the morning to perfect his game.<\/p>\n

JSU Professor John Calhoun, who was named the 2011 Mississippi Small Business Man of the Year, highlighted the importance of the lecture series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to expose our students to people who are making adifference in the community. We believe that once students see the best, they understand that they can be the best,\u201d said Calhoun.<\/p>\n

The theme of being the best was echoed in Williams\u2019s speech. Williams attended Murrah High School, where he had success, taking the team to State Championships. After two years of attending the University of Alabama and receiving accolades there, he entered the 2003 NBA draft, where he was drafted in the second round by the Utah Jazz with the 47th pick. Since then, Williams has played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Williams also commented on the importance of perseverance, never giving up when times are tough, and of making good impressions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to carry yourself in a certain way; you never know the relationships you can gain at any age. You always want to leave a good impression of yourself.\u00a0 Being the best you is the most important thing,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n

Williams believes that anyone can accomplish their goals by taking action.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople always say dream big, but when you dream, you wake up and everything is still the same. Vision! See the things you wan do in your life, and follow the steps to make it a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Williams used his athletic ability to catapult him to his successes, he doesn\u2019t believe everyone needs to follow his route but find their own way to success. Speaking candidly of his experiences with the National Basketball Association, Williams said: \u201cBasketball has opened a lot of doors for me, and has allowed me to meet a lot of important people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cEverything should begin with a good foundation\u201d said Williams. He noted that both of his parents are JSU graduates, his brother Montrell his currently a graduating senior in the College of Business, his sister graduated from Mississippi Valley State University.\u201d<\/p>\n

F.W. Aldridge junior, accounting major, from Drew, Mississippi, was in attendance and was impressed by Mo Williams\u2019 speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very informative, inspirational, and motivational. Williams reminds me to never give up and to work toward my goals,\u201d said Aldridge.<\/p>\n

Courtland White, a senior entrepreneurship major from Houston Texas, has already started many of his own companies, believing in Williams message of \u201cbeing your own corporation\u201d. His companies include World E-Trade which deals with imports, Hustle Hard Entertainment and Umoja, Inc., an international consultant firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliams spoke that you can do anything you put your mind to, and I know that with God, anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexander Robinson Associate Editor Like the other students, faculty, staff, and community members in the audience, Jackson State University senior Montrell Williams, an entrepreneurship major from Jackson, Miss., listened attentively to the speaker.\u00a0 But because they came from his brother, NBA star\u00a0 Mo\u00a0 Williams, the words were more special and inspiring. \u201cThrough him I feel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}