Jason Njoku, the CEO of iROKOtv, shared some hard but bitter truths about starting a business as he reminisced on his life, VAM has gathered.

The start-up investor, who will turn 39 this week, revealed that he started this decade working so hard, and alone, that he hardly ever left his small office. In spite of the effort, he barely made enough profit per month.

He went on to tell followers that when starting something new. "no one cares about your idea."

Sharing a photo of himself taken in 2010 in his old office, he wrote: "12/02/2010 - for 13mths I sat in this room alone.

No team no nothing. I left the apartment maybe once a week. My earnings were ~$100/month building the first Iroko product - NollywoodLove. My friends were scared about my unhealthy obsession with 'making it'. Was it worth it?"

He added: 
       "Its my 39th birthday this week. I'm taking some serious trips down memory lane. People will tell me to be humble and not enjoy life. Nah. I walked through walls. Fully optimised for happiness. It that offends you. So be it."

He concluded that;
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Startup is not easy but when you have a great idea + financial backup,it's worth the endurance.

...... And when the financial backup is lacking, you begin to see the urgly face of your village people with their hands telling you to come back to the village

Is that why you sack staff anyhow and treat them with reckless abandon

https://www.nairaland.com/5570808/how-irokotv-terminated-appointment-without

https://www.nairaland.com/5265437/man-calls-out-jason-njoku

https://www.nairaland.com/4703007/name-worst-companies-work-nigeria/6

https://www.nairaland.com/1483309/list-companies-use-dump-staff/2

Nigeria is phucked up.