When second best becomes optimal

It’s a feeling quite a few entrepreneurs will recognise I think: you’re right before the big launch and Murphy seems to have it in for you in that everything that can go wrong goes wrong… and to keep your balls in the air you’re going to have to drop all other.

You’re just one cog in a large wheel

Lately I am getting quite frustrated with the shortsightedness of quite a few entrepreneurs. And it seems it’s not just me. It’s a known problem in an emerging market like Kenya to find partners with the same high level of commitment
as yours.

Are you also in the habit of running double shifts?

The above is a very embarrassing exchange I had with Christine, one of our program participants. Embarrassing as really, who would tell someone they can’t meet on certain days because giving feedback is not part of their job?!!

You only need two people to be successful in business

One of the greatest underutilised resources for any startup is their network. Whereas many tend to talk about “the struggle to get funding”- thinking it’s money that starts and grows a business, it’s actually people.