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It’s time you become an entrepreneur

By DR STRIVE MASIYIWA  C.E.O and founder  Econet group. __Start right where you are, today! This is one of my business secrets: I look for entrepreneurs all the time. The managers that I value the most are those who show an entrepreneurial flare.  To paraphrase Moses, "O I would that everyone who works in our organization was an entrepreneur!" The other day I stirred quite a discussion when I remarked that some of the greatest entrepreneurs I’d ever met were not in business… that I’d even met civil servants and teachers who were great entrepreneurs! Entrepreneurship is not just about making money. __Think of an entrepreneur as someone who hungers to see transformation, and goes out to do something about it in an innovative and sustainable way. A friend of mine who was a senior executive for a well-established business once came to me and said he was thinking of starting his own business: "I’ve been working for 20 years; now I want to be an entrepre

My favourite Buffet quotes

Warren Edward Buffett  born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world. Buffett is the chairman,  CEO  and largest  shareholder  of  Berkshire Hathaway , and is consistently ranked among the  world's wealthiest people . He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the second wealthiest in 2016. In 2012  Time  named Buffett one of the world's most influential people. Buffett is often referred to as the "Wizard of Omaha" , "Oracle of Omaha, " or the "Sage of Omaha," and is noted for his adherence to  value investing  and for his personal  frugality  despite his immense wealth. Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the  Gates Foundation .   Personally i have read most of his books and these are my favourite quotes from

REVOLUTION - A CALL TO ACTION

Revolutions are started by unsatisfied people, people tired of being told what they can do and when they can do it, people fed up with their lack of choices and personal freedoms, people fed up with being controlled by others, fed up with being oppressed, fed up with being manipulated. people who wake up from their dream and say enough is enough and am not live my life like this anymore. They take full responsibility of whatever happens to them. The universal law of use states "whatever you don't use you lose" hence lack of use causes loss. Faith unused decreases, if you don't use your freedom you lose your freedom and if you don't use your skills you lose your skills. we do everything we can to spread all the suffering in our society and yet no one is willing to step up to be part of the solution. Our society is nolonger based on value it's now based on entitlement and senioriy. We act as if someone owes us a living and this is due to the drama

How to turn a startup into a successful business – part 2(a) THE IDEA/SEED, THINK OF AN IDEA START A BUSINESS

For every journey, there is always a starting point. An idea is the starting point of any business endeavor/journey. Ideas spark off questions, create problems, solve problems and later set things in motion. An idea is the mental imagination that sparkles in your brain about something, it is the realization of an opportunity often missed, yet has been so obvious. An idea is to an entrepreneur what a spark plug is to a car engine, it sparks the flame to burn the fuel for the engine to start operating and the car can start moving from one point to another. Ideas ignite fire inside the entrepreneur leading to the development of new ventures and innovations. Big trees emanate from so tiny seeds, but the seeds need special treatment and certain conditions, you first plant the seed in a nursery bed, once they have grown under special treatment with constant watering and weeding and fertilizing you then transplant and introduce them to the harsh conditions to grow on their own. If th