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On April 2, Jason Njoku, a famous Nigerian entrepreneur tweeted about how entrepreneurship abuses and consumes us if we let it. And this is nothing but the truth. Entrepreneurship isn't glamorous at all, and often it affects our mental health. However, in contrast to Jason's opinion, we believe there is true happiness in it if you share your pains, mistakes, worries, failures, and shortcomings with other like-minded entrepreneurs, and receive feedback and help, and grow with it. In a bid to ...
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It's Episode 8 of Dear Entrepreneurs, and we've got the amazing Ropafadzo Musvaire talking to us about her experience working for two early-stage startups (one bad startup and one good startup) immediately after finishing her first-degree program in Economics and Finance from the University of Cape Town. So if there's anyone who knows the differenc…
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It's Episode 7 of Dear Entrepreneurs, and we've got Esther Njogu jumping on our podcast to talk about how she felt out of place keeping a 9-to-5 job in Kenya, and how she had to apply to MEST Africa thrice before getting in and flying for the first time out of Kenya, to Ghana, in pursuit for an entrepreneurial lifestyle. Esther talked about her exp…
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It's Episode 6 of Dear Entrepreneurs, and we've got Bekithemba Mahluli Ngulube jumping on our podcast to talk about his transition from the corporate world into entrepreneurship. There have been questions about the importance of keeping a 9-to-5 job before getting started as an entrepreneur, and if a 9-to-5 job can enhance your performance and disc…
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It's Episode 5 of Dear Entrepreneurs already! Funny how time flies when you're doing what you love. In this episode, Olamide and Chidi spoke to the amazing Yannick Amatcha, an Entrepreneur-in-Training at MEST Africa, who recently attended the MIT Innovation Bootcamp in Tokyo, Japan. Yannick spoke on his journey from MEST to MIT. Yannick narrated ho…
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It's Episode 4 of Dear Entrepreneurs, and we've got something great waiting for you all! In this 45-minutes episode, Olamide and Chidi spoke on the importance of having a "why" behind everything we do, including a why behind our business(es) as entrepreneurs. Even the "Dear Entrepreneurs" podcast has a why, and which is "to talk about our experienc…
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Hello, it's episode 3, and Chidi is back! In this episode, Olamide and Chidi talked about how to gain traction for your business, especially if you're bootstrapping, and have very little capital. We spoke on the difference between a 'must-have' and a 'good-to-have' product or service, and why it's best to spend a lot of time in the ideation phase i…
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It's the second episode of Dear Entrepreneurs, and Chidi is away for a book fair, so we'll be having Aaron Ejeme fill in. Aaron is a digital marketing expert with a passion for growing businesses. In this episode, Aaron shares the reason for his passion, and gives us a sneak peak into a technique he has used over the years to acquire customers. Enj…
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It's Easter everyone and the first episode of Dear Entrepreneurs is out! In this episode, Chidi Nwaogu and Olamide Akomolafe spoke on the inspiration behind this podcast, read and spoke on an interesting story sent to Dear Entrepreneurs, answered the question "What makes an ideal entrepreneur?", spoke about their failures as entrepreneurs, and fina…
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