Hello everyone, i am currently working on a project where various startups in Nigeria would be profiled and sort of brought under one body. The goal of this project is to just basically encourage someone who may be having doubts about founding or co-founding a startup. I conducted an research about startups in Nigeria and discovered that our stories are not really out there for the world to see. Some startups may also need seed funding to kick off but the founders usually, do not know how to go about this.
So the idea is this if you have been successful as the founder or co-founder of a startup, please be kind of enough to share your story with the rest of the world. The story would be featured on www.startupnigeria.net. This would also create some publicity for you and we could also look at the possibility of running some free ads for you on our site for a period of time. Examples of startups are Kaymu, Jobberman, push CV, nearest locator etc. This is just so you have an idea of what im talking about.
For further enquiries, pls send me a mail and i would reach you as soon as possible. Thank you.

when i first started my popcorn joint, it worked for over 2months on lost before the profits started flourishing

importexpert:
when i first started my popcorn joint, it worked for over 2months on lost before the profits started flourishing

Its a good thing you shared this story because most people who venture into business expect to starting seeing profits even before they are fully established. Most successful businesses today did not get any returns on their investments until six months later.

Founding a startup company is not one of the easiest things in the world to do. Nine times out of ten you would find you questioning yourself; wondering if you were insane to actually consider this in the first place and wondering why on earth you thought it was ever going to work. As a founder or co-founder, you are continuously faced with the fear of uncertainty; would your company still be relevant in the next three years or would it go the way thousands of others have gone? So you have an idea, but how would it ultimately translate to cash in the bank for you?

Let us start with the idea- a lot of people have come up with phenomenal ideas that have never seen the light of day. Some because they never thought getting a second and third opinion was necessary. It would be wise to want to keep some information to yourself but then again how would you know what people think of idea if you do not ask? Be open to feedback both positive and negative. No doubt you would feel like defending your “baby” but It is best you iron out the kinks at this stage before you have a million people making a million negative comments about your startup when the number could have been significantly lesser at the planning stage...
For the rest of the article check out http://startupnigeria.net/founding-a-startup/

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