Your salary is the bribe to forget your dreams. FALSE!
My job takes all my time, I have to quit to pursue my dream. FALSE!
Listen, one of the best things that can happen to an aspiring entrepreneur is working in a structured coy. Let me share a few tips on transitioning
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My job takes all my time, I have to quit to pursue my dream. FALSE!
Listen, one of the best things that can happen to an aspiring entrepreneur is working in a structured coy. Let me share a few tips on transitioning
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1. START BEFORE YOU QUIT!
Please don't let your village people win!
Test out that idea, get a proof of concept, acquire paying customers, make sure you have good traction and if possible achieve or have a clear path to Break-Even before considering quitting.
Please don't let your village people win!
Test out that idea, get a proof of concept, acquire paying customers, make sure you have good traction and if possible achieve or have a clear path to Break-Even before considering quitting.
2. MAXIMIZE YOUR TIME!
Yes, you spend 40 hours weekly on your job and if you live in Lagos add another 10 - 15 hours traffic time.
However, you have 168 hours in a week, your job takes up about 50, your sleep takes up 50, and you are still left with 68 hours to build your dream.
Yes, you spend 40 hours weekly on your job and if you live in Lagos add another 10 - 15 hours traffic time.
However, you have 168 hours in a week, your job takes up about 50, your sleep takes up 50, and you are still left with 68 hours to build your dream.
Stop whining about how "little time" you have, and start asking yourself, "How can I manage the free time I have better?"
*It's unethical to spend time on your personal business at the detriment of your employer*
*It's unethical to spend time on your personal business at the detriment of your employer*
3. OUTSOURCE OR PARTNER
Starting out with a super co-founder @bimsofresh made all the difference for So Fresh, my best #business decision ever!
So ask yourself
What can you do that no one else can do? Consider outsourcing or finding a partner to do the rest.
Starting out with a super co-founder @bimsofresh made all the difference for So Fresh, my best #business decision ever!
So ask yourself
What can you do that no one else can do? Consider outsourcing or finding a partner to do the rest.
4. SEE YOUR JOB AS A BLESSING
Your current paycheck is probably where you'll get your first source of funding to birth that dream, cherish it.
I am forever grateful for my paycheck, it gave me room to experiment and take risk earlier on.
SAVE if you are serious about starting
Your current paycheck is probably where you'll get your first source of funding to birth that dream, cherish it.
I am forever grateful for my paycheck, it gave me room to experiment and take risk earlier on.
SAVE if you are serious about starting
5. STAY COMMITTED
I poured myself into work while I worked 9 - 5 (now I work 9 - 9😭) and it's amazing how much I learnt about running well structured organisations.
I poured myself into work while I worked 9 - 5 (now I work 9 - 9😭) and it's amazing how much I learnt about running well structured organisations.
I started @sofreshng 6 years before I quit my last job, after growing it to a chain of 3 stores from a small corner shop in ogba. Today, So Fresh has 8 stores across Lagos & Abuja with over 100 staff and still groiwng. 
