I wish I’d known this before…
“I wish I’d known this before, then I would have been much further” – I think many entrepreneurs during their lifetime will have epiphanies like the one quoted.
As long as you keep moving, trust you’re moving forward
You cannot undo gaining experience, knowing more people and increasing your knowledge. As long as you keep moving, trust you’re moving forward…
If your business leaks cash, it will only leak more if you get funded!
I had a very interesting conversation with someone I’ll call Tom yesterday. Tom is a good friend of mine who last year started his own business. Quite soon in the conversation he mentioned how much more easy life would be if only he would get some seed funding.
The difficulty is not to find investors, but the right investor for you
There are still starting entrepreneurs out there who think success is all about the idea, while real life entrepreneurs know coming up with the idea was the easy part:
Even the unthinkable is possible if you dare
I love art, especially the works made by rebels like Marcel Duchamp who over a hundred years ago shook up the art world by submitting a urinal, or “Fountain” as he called it, as his contribution to the Society of Independent Artists’ exhibition in New York.
Success is the constant growth in capabilities
A major drive for entrepreneurs to stay invested in growing their business is their level of success.
Is this really progress…
A company in The Netherlands has come up with a new machine that can recognise for pre-hatched eggs if the chick is going to be an economically viable hen or a loss making rooster.
If you can’t be bothered to do a good job, then don’t take it on in the first place!
Something that has been bothering me in working with creatives and developers, is the lack of energy they show with the follow up once a project is launched.
No shortcuts: as an entrepreneur you have to live the experience
When starting as an entrepreneur you have a vision of where you want to grow your business towards. To reach that goal, on average it takes 5-7 years during which you realise there are no shortcuts.
Appreciate your employees and they will pay it back
Succession seems to be a major issue for the older generation of (East) African business owners. I am not surprised.