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My Take on Entreprenuership - PETER KASIGA
Entrepreneurship is a much more celebrated term today than it was till the eighties. The world has turned around to look up at people who have executed innovative ideas to create value. Entrepreneurship as a career choice has gained social acceptability among the educated middle classes in recent years. I have been on this path for nearly two years now.
Today entrepreneurship is going beyond mere social acceptability and even getting to be fashionable as a career choice. A large number of people are doing start ups – many of them out of a sense of herd mentality, after getting inspiration from hearing the stories of entrepreneurs who founded successful companies. This is a worrying trend.There is a misplaced sense of romance about entrepreneurship. The early days of struggle of successful entrepreneurs seem romantic to observers only in hindsight. When you are actually going through it – there is a lot of pain. The failure rate is high
And all this without any guarantee of success, in search of the big idea, hoping for venture capital funding – years without any light at the end of the tunnel.
The thing to understand is that entrepreneurship is not about getting rich. Sure if the company you start does become successful chances are you will make money. However that is a happy incidental outcome. It should not be the main object of the endeavour.
During times like this only your passion, your commitment to the idea and your stubbornness will see you through. You should become an entrepreneur only if you believe that that is how you will find fulfillment.
Entrepreneurship is about freedom, creating, a chance to build a brand, an institution, showing the world a new way of doing something, being your own boss, creating a legacy that will outlive you, identity, making a difference, obsession, ego, having a shot at something big, doing what you love, innovating, doing things your way……
Whichever way you want to put it – it is about finding meaning in your life.
It is an article of faith. A bit like religion.....It is like the feeling of falling in love.
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Johnson i love your blog i even love the fact that your promoting youthful enterpreneurship i however would like to challenge you. there were six contestants representing Tanzania, it would be great to mention that and write something about those to. others include, Christopher Shayo a vibrant young man of 19, Janeth Moshi, Edward Shila, Fadhili, and Jackie Seni. Find out more about this individuals from peter and talk bout them. Asante SAna.Keep the good work
ReplyDeleteLet me give Peter a call and see exactly how I can get in contact with these 5 great young people. If you know a way I can interview them please let me know through my email or email me at lujwangana2000@yahoo.com I would love to speak to them and showcase them through this blog. Currently I am in New York but I have the time to sit for a couple of hours to speak to them over the phone. It would be nice and thank you.
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