In the ray of the sun, an old man of 60 years stood with his arms to the back looking into the nothingness of the sky and finally released hands and move forward.
Mr Francis could hear the speaker's voice as he ascended the staircase. He couldn't wait to all the motivation he needed to be his own boss.
"I make at least $200 per day, I make money while I sleep, I make money when I'm in church, I wake up everyday and see alerts on my screen" ........ the voice of the guest speaker echoed.
" I am my own boss, how many of you here go to work whenever you want? If you don't consider entrepreneurship, you'll die broke. Are you not tired of saying yes sir, are you not tired of waiting till the end of every month before you can boast of a tangible amount of money in your pocket. Some of you are even better than your bosses, when I started in 2010"........... the speaker went on and on.
Two weeks after that powerful lecture, Mr Francis was seriously considering quitting his job. He wanted to make 300k per day. The speaker said it was possible.
Without further ado and without relating it with his wife, he submitted his resignation letter.
"Mr Francis, are you sure about this" his boss asked.
"Yes sir! I'm very sure" he replied.
"Let me explain what this means to you. You're going to vacate the company's apartment, you'll have to return the official car, there would be no benefits or compensation whatsoever, are you willing to forfeit all these including your 500k per month salary" his boss asked.
"Yes sir! he replied.
Mr Francis went straight to the bank from the office, he transferred the money to the merchant who was to send the goods down from China to Nigeria.
He went back home fulfilled.
"Importation is for big men'' he said to himself.
Six months later half of the goods were still in Mr Francis's house. The other half, one quarter was mostly given out on credit and the other part were given out on humanitarian claims. There was no salary, no profit, no income.
You see this whole concept of entrepreneurship, a lot of mentors are not spilling the beans the way they should.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP is not for everybody. A lots of successful entrepreneurs out there started and failed, then used their failures as a guide in order to avoid making the same mistake.
If you're contended with your job, if your job makes you fulfilled, and it provides for all your needs sufficiently, you have no business with entrepreneurship.
An entrepreneur is not someone who sells, an entrepreneur is not someone who owns a business.
An entrepreneur is someone who thinks, provides solution to a problem, someone who knows who exactly needs that solution he/she is providing.
So before you join the statistics of failed businesses in Nigeria, make sure your product is providing an unavoidable solution to your prospective customers. Make sure you're ready to nurture the business, the way you nuture your relationship. Make sure you're ready to positively carter for the relationship that exist between you and your customers.
Come to think of it, if we all become buyers and sellers, who will treat us in the hospital, who would represent us in court, who would help us keep our money in the bank..
If we truly want everyone to be an 'entrepreneur' then we'll go back to the trade by barter era..
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