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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Enudapan: 4:23pm On Jan 18, 2021
Nah eh! No qualms
This is so sophisticated
Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by abuomaIV(m): 4:24pm On Jan 18, 2021
No one told us that we will grow Old quickly

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by iceberylin(m): 4:26pm On Jan 18, 2021
OGWILLS123:
Please guys am about dedicating my whole life into learning forex I hope it will worth it cry
Forex trading is a side hustle. That’s the first rule. You need to generate income elsewhere initially else you’ll be fooling yourself

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Nobody: 4:29pm On Jan 18, 2021
OGWILLS123:
Please guys am about dedicating my whole life into learning forex I hope it will worth it cry

Learn crypto as well

You won't regret it

Focus on swing trading in forex though

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Womanizer(m): 4:31pm On Jan 18, 2021
Start grinding and be ready to burn the midnight candle if you want success
Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Sonnobax15(m): 4:31pm On Jan 18, 2021
cheesy

Bro, don't mix your business with relationship if you want to succeed...No man'll ever tell you that but it's something you'll have to learn on your own, whether by mistake or by correction....

Like the op said, sometimes you may fail a thousand time but you've got to stand on your feet a million time just to face that challenge..

Las las, success is a general underwear while failure is a personal underwear...That I've told myself, because no one would wanna associate with a failure,not even your most loyal girlfriend

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Kobicove(m): 4:32pm On Jan 18, 2021
Welcome to the real world grin

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by legba1(m): 4:32pm On Jan 18, 2021
They sure never told us it will be this difficult... That folks will ignore our calls fearing we are up to ask for more credits and bailouts... They never told us about the persistent headache while always trying to think it through.

They never told us that our life will change before we balance. That our priorities will change, that a lot of things Wil change...that uneseay lies in the roads ahead.... That being called a CEO comes with its challenges... They never told us.

I spite of all the difficulties, I won't look back.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Sheriman(m): 4:33pm On Jan 18, 2021
OGWILLS123:
Please guys am about dedicating my whole life into learning forex I hope it will worth it cry
Why can't you dedicated it to One Programming Language or One amongst 3D Animations Software

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by seborrhic: 4:33pm On Jan 18, 2021
TransAtlanticEx:

You will suddenly forget how to bafff,let alone Instagram grin
This part is something that many have experienced.
Nigeria too is a very peculiar entrepreneur unfriendly environment where u can't walk to a bank and easily get loans.
Most times start up capital are minimal because they come from meagre savings or relations,then expansion becomes very very slow,if not impossible because you ain't even making enough to keep afloat,or making very little and can't run again to relations/friends because they either don't have,you haven't paid for your initial capital or they are now expecting to be reaping some benefits from you.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by uthlaw: 4:33pm On Jan 18, 2021
OGWILLS123:
Please guys am about dedicating my whole life into learning forex I hope it will worth it cry
don't try it....do something else!

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by legba1(m): 4:33pm On Jan 18, 2021
abuomaIV:
No one told us that we will grow Old quickly

Apt

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Realadey(m): 4:34pm On Jan 18, 2021
Yes! U are very right op, God bless us the entrepreneurer, no bi small thing oooo

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by dedunji: 4:34pm On Jan 18, 2021
Hidden trut no one will tell you ,But with all this las Las you will dtiy better than all this guys rooming the street with files

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by avril9(f): 4:34pm On Jan 18, 2021
No one told us ooooooo, was about giving up but thanks to the people in my life for the encouragement and support, to be an entrepreneur in Nigeria isn't easy at all. At the end i am happy doing what i love

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by ameh99: 4:36pm On Jan 18, 2021
No one ever tells you it's easy until you starts..


Honestly it hasn't been funny at all o..

You must be prepared to let go of some friends that doesn't believe and supports you and every other form of distractions if not you are just wasting your time




I' ve failed too many times than I can remember but I made my vision and mission clear to myself that there's no turning back and always believed their's light at the end of the tunnel..

You will see success comes knocking...

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Sonnobax15(m): 4:38pm On Jan 18, 2021
iceberylin:

Forex trading is a side hustle. That’s the first rule. You need to generate income elsewhere initially else you’ll be fooling yourself
Do you mean the same forex trading that has been solely hijacked by fraudsters abi na another one?

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by DAVIDMOE(m): 4:39pm On Jan 18, 2021
every successful entrepreneur has a sour story to tell.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Asadujames202(m): 4:39pm On Jan 18, 2021
Ex Chicago White powder boy


Ahmed Bolah Thief nubu is



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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Sonnobax15(m): 4:40pm On Jan 18, 2021
legba1:
They sure never told us it will be this difficult... That folks will ignore our calls fearing we are up to ask for more credits and bailouts... They never told us about the persistent headache while always trying to think it through.

They never told us that our life will change before we balance. That our priorities will change, that a lot of things Wil change...that uneseay lies in the roads ahead.... That being called a CEO comes with its challenges... They never told us.

I spite of all the difficulties, I won't look back.

That's the vibe bro..
Never you look back..not even once..

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by JordanMichael(m): 4:40pm On Jan 18, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Well done son...I perused through your article as I read between lines while blazing my weed and drinking my origin bitters....I must say this your write up is not devoid of intellect and wisdom...

This is to say in anything you do don't give up because winners don't quit and quitters don't win

So with this i urge all my fellow gamblers, stakers, high rollers, risk takers and punters to never quit....because for everyday day we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to become a millionaire of which gambling is among....just have to exercise patience and continue to stake
Ma real niggar

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by ZACHIE: 4:40pm On Jan 18, 2021
no one told you that even a Dangote will owe you payments and will refuse to pay

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by eodavids(m): 4:40pm On Jan 18, 2021
Op, thank you so much. You are wonderful.

This post is a motivating factor to me and many others.

Thank you, once again.

For those lazy in reading:
Go back and read the whole piece, word-to-word.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by eodavids(m): 4:40pm On Jan 18, 2021
Op, thank you so much. You are wonderful.

This post is a motivating factor to me and many others.

Thank you, once again.

For those lazy in reading:
Go back and read the whole piece, word-to-word.

See you at the top
Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by NwaliE01: 4:41pm On Jan 18, 2021
OGWILLS123:
Please guys am about dedicating my whole life into learning forex I hope it will worth it cry
Bros it doesn't wort it at all. Please change your mind.
I have learnt forex and I am telling you from my personal experience.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Nicoddemus(m): 4:41pm On Jan 18, 2021
Am an enterprenuer but I didn't pass through all these shit you mentioned. It was difficult starting but I blazed through. Now these are the rules

1) never start a business without a proper knowledge of the business

2) Never start a business without adequate financial management skill

3) Never start a new business without the mindset to be frugal in your spending at least for the first one year

4) the last but the most important is never start a business without a spiritual backup else the elements might just frustrate you

All these I can expanciate but I'm too lazy to type

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Godsent12(m): 4:42pm On Jan 18, 2021
iceberylin:

Forex trading is a side hustle. That’s the first rule. You need to generate income elsewhere initially else you’ll be fooling yourself
I swear bro,you just hit the nail, because if you put all your hopes in forex you will be frustrated in life and desperate and that desperate can lead you to a place of no return,shey you saw the news of how a student was in debt of 300million na forex,you just don't have to put all your hopes in it,have other sources of income.

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by ToluLove001(f): 4:43pm On Jan 18, 2021
Techwriter:
The only part they told us about entrepreneurship was that we would be our own bosses.

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They never told us that we would fail many times before we succeed.
They never told us that we would work 5 times more than our employees and not get anything sometimes.

They never told us that this would cripple our credit score. That we will be in debt and owe a lot of people money.
No one said anything about the sleepless nights trying to figure out a way forward.
No one told us about the stress and anxiety.

No one told us that this will cause conflict between us and or relatives and family members.
No one told us that we would be jokes to the society especially when we start changing from one business to another.

No one told us that sometimes we will go six months or more without any income. Living in the edge and surviving through borrowing money from different people.

No one told us that our doors would be shut down due failure to pay staff, they can’t get to work.

No one told us we would be hobos at some point.
No one told us that our wife's /husbands /boyfriends and girlfriend's would leave us because they will not understand our journey.

No one told us that we will have to be more than patient.
That we would make so many mistakes end up losing a lot of money.
That at some point we would have to risk our lives in order to move forward.

We had to figure this out all by ourselves.
Many gave up on the journey.
Some died on the journey.

But some of us after going through so much pain we decided that we were going to succeed or die trying .
Some of us we are never giving up on this no matter what. We are now doing it and very aware of the circumstances.
It's win or nothing for us and it's too late to go back now.

We are entrepreneurs!!
#Breakingfree

The Mad 1%
Author Unkown

We forge ahead ❤��

Source: http://think2wize..com/

Good one!
Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by edoman2016: 4:44pm On Jan 18, 2021
@techwriter, God bless you for the article. You capture the struggle of startup entrepreneur very well

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by ElijahIme1992(m): 4:45pm On Jan 18, 2021
Setting up a business in Nigeria is a nightmare even warren buffet and all those big investors would have done it......But dem no fit try am....loooool jst imagine say Elon Musk carry Tesla factory come Nija wit dis our epileptic power supply, him company for done fold since

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by lifenija: 4:45pm On Jan 18, 2021
Techwriter:
The only part they told us about entrepreneurship was that we would be our own bosses.

[img]https://1.bp..com/-1wqjJTrJfdo/YASS8fHcMNI/AAAAAAAAJ0s/aMMfcDFouhsYh6uSFmkFRLKT9ahUvbKZACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/internal-auditor-2.jpg[/img]


They never told us that we would fail many times before we succeed.
They never told us that we would work 5 times more than our employees and not get anything sometimes.

They never told us that this would cripple our credit score. That we will be in debt and owe a lot of people money.
No one said anything about the sleepless nights trying to figure out a way forward.
No one told us about the stress and anxiety.

No one told us that this will cause conflict between us and or relatives and family members.
No one told us that we would be jokes to the society especially when we start changing from one business to another.

No one told us that sometimes we will go six months or more without any income. Living in the edge and surviving through borrowing money from different people.

No one told us that our doors would be shut down due failure to pay staff, they can’t get to work.

No one told us we would be hobos at some point.
No one told us that our wife's /husbands /boyfriends and girlfriend's would leave us because they will not understand our journey.

No one told us that we will have to be more than patient.
That we would make so many mistakes end up losing a lot of money.
That at some point we would have to risk our lives in order to move forward.

We had to figure this out all by ourselves.
Many gave up on the journey.
Some died on the journey.

But some of us after going through so much pain we decided that we were going to succeed or die trying .
Some of us we are never giving up on this no matter what. We are now doing it and very aware of the circumstances.
It's win or nothing for us and it's too late to go back now.

We are entrepreneurs!!
#Breakingfree

The Mad 1%
Author Unkown

We forge ahead ❤��

Source: http://think2wize..com/
grin if they told u all this b4 u start will u still dive in

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Re: What They Didn't Tell Us About Entrepreneurship by Nobody: 4:47pm On Jan 18, 2021
The point is...never give up.

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