6 years ago a guy looked at me face to face, and boldly told me; "I don't like you!" I immediately fired a response, I asked him that day; "Thank you for the honest feedback, but those that you like, how has it made their life better? How does your liking people pay their bills or take a bank loan? My brother keep your like, I need God's like And that's what guarantees my future. Today I joined a CEO friend of mine in an interview Panel to recruit some new staff, it was a long session, as we returned from a coffee break to continue the hectic interview session, here was this same guy walked in with his grey jacket and CV coming for the interview. Our eyes kissed by fluke, we immediately recognised each other; "the world is indeed spherical", I soliloquized. He felt very uncomfortable through out the interview, one could clearly see the volcanic eruption ongoing in his whole nervous system, he even mistook his date of birth for his last date of empl
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Take two businessmen, Kamau running an electroninc shop in nyamakima and patel running an autospare shop along kirinyaga road. Both men take their sons to JKUAT for a degree course. Patel's son commutes daily from parklands while kamau's son lives in a small rented bedsitter in juja.
Take two businessmen, Kamau running an electroninc shop in nyamakima and patel running an autospare shop along kirinyaga road. Both men take their sons to JKUAT for a degree course. Patel's son commutes daily from parklands while kamau's son lives in a small rented bedsitter in juja.
Before joining college, Patel son used to spend the days at the auto-spare shop a routine he continues every sat whrn not going to college. Over the vacations, he even takes over the mamanagement. Kamau on the other side believes that nyamakima is not the place for his university going son so he should get a degree and get a better job.
The two young men graduates and goes seperate ways. Patel junior now takes over the running of the autospare shop. Kamau Jr hits the road, looking for a job. Two years and he gets a job as a bank teller, supermarket clerk etc, after six months and with meagre income, kamau son is frustrated and decides to go back for an MBA and improve his CV.
In the same period, patel jr has gained some management skills of running the shop with a workforce of five employees. In his interactions with fellow business men and trips to source business stocks in China and india, he meets an indian business man who is trying to market some softwares and computer accessories manufactured in India and Taiwan. He and another accomplice form a company and agree to distribute them. At first, the company is operated fro the backyard of the autoshop.
Both men are now 28, for patel jr, the man is now confident and experienced in making business deals. He approaches a few companies, does presentations and convinces them to take up his products.
By now, he has passed the autospare shop to his siblings and is now running a full fledged IT company.
For kamau jr, he has graduated with an MBA, is now driving a car on loan and is now looking for a better job. He ends up becoming an employee at Patels company as a supervisor.
Guys, that is where the real entrepreneurship classes start, and a foot-holding is all our youth requires. Don't wonder why our MBA degree holders were looking for internship at Tuskys and wonder no more how Indians are still ruling this business economy!
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