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REASONS MOST ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS QUIT WITHOUT EVEN STARTING



Reasons most aspiring entrepreneurs give up without even starting.



✔️I’m not ready yet, I need more time to become perfect. 

Like mark Zuckerberg will often say « ideas don’t come out fully formed, they only become better as you work on them. » you just have to get started.


✔️ I need capital to start.

Many disruptive and innovative ideas didn’t start with a budget. They started by solving problems and with the little they had. And again if you know what is good for you, «Never start a business with borrowed money as your seed capital» by Mahatma Lenjval. 


✔️ I’m scared because people don’t understand me and what I’m trying to do.

For the record «If you really want to be understood, then Entrepreneurship isn’t the best route for you.» by Vusi Thembekwayo. Go and become a pastor or something else.


✔️ I’m afraid to fail.

In Entrepreneurship failure is not an option, it is like a fuel on fire, Critique is a motivating factor. The first mistake of an Entrepreneurs is to think you can avoid mistakes. Like Deshuana Babara would say « Do not fear failure but please be terrified of regrets». 


Telling us No, is like adding fuel on fire. When we fail we learn and progress, when we’re criticized, we look at the standards and follow our guts. Entrepreneurs never ever give up.


Happy labour day To all Africans.

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