QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE

jesus girl. builder & doer. budding investor. 1/1: @swiftflitz @swift_autoshop | partner: @lushhomesgh | ex: @washntrim 👀: 🇦🇪🇪🇹🇿🇦🇸🇹🇳🇬🇹🇬🇬🇭

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

I hate to be that girl, but hardwork and consistency really pays. My name is Joyce James, and I built @SWIFTflitz , a car rental company in Accra, Ghana. Today, I am happy to announce that we have over 50+ rental vehicles in our fleet. I couldn’t help but think about my journey☺️

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

A lot of entrepreneurs are gamblers.

[M.D ♥️ @Maame_Datebea]

Personally I wont even advise anyone to be an entrepreneur talkless of being one in Ghana. Aspire to perspire people will lead you to the desert and leave you there. Dont find some 9-5 that aligns with your skills and make something enough to sustain you and see!!

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

So now, as a grown woman, you need to calculate and assure that, whoever you decide to have a kid with will have the decency to take care of his own kid even if parents are on bad terms. As a woman, at what point do we win?

[Rufybaba @Rufyb]

@Dontee___ @hammedhanex Was going to say “nothing also kills a business faster than access to capital” (because it is easy to lose discipline, expand aggressively even when the potential returns do not justify the cost of capital)…

… And then I saw the “… and strong execution”.

Correct. I agree.👍🏻

[Tosin.X @Dontee___]

Nothing scales a business faster than access to capital and strong execution.

Item7go now has 22 branches in Ibadan alone.

In Lagos, they’ve expanded into Ikeja, Festac, Surulere and VI all in just two years.

That kind of growth speaks for itself.

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

A lot of people do not have outlined policies and principles. Once you set out a clear one & they flout, they start to project.

[Wealth Squad Chris @Chrissssjohnson]

Crazy how we had to read about Henry Ford or Rockafeller in books but we got to see Elon Musk’s work in real time

[Naza @nazzaokonkwo]

I like people that are diligent at their work. Other people may see them as slaving away or giving so much energy to another person’s company but it tells me more about them as individuals and how they’d handle their own thing when they get to that point in life.

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.

400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.

Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.

Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."

The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.

Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Rich kids being able to do art for a living may be a reflection of their privilege but it seems to me like a reflection of the fact that a human that doesn't have to worry about money will often choose art. everyone is an artist until rent is due. i wish we all had that right

[Kingsley Adusei @Kadusei_]

I sincerely hope that when I am old and looking back on my life, I will not regret choosing not to pursue greener pastures abroad.

I have placed a heavy bet on Ghana—on its people, its potential, and its future. I have chosen to build, invest, and create opportunities here rather than seek them elsewhere.

Some days, that decision feels rewarding. Other days, it feels like a gamble. But I remain hopeful that the sacrifices, patience, and faith will one day be worth it.

I only hope that years from now, I can look back with pride and say it was the right choice.

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

let’s do 9 please 🙏🏻

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

DOLLAR,!!!!! I command you to drop further!!!!!!

[nana aba @thenanaaba]

You’re either talented or xenophobic.

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

Yesss 🫶🏻

[nana aba @thenanaaba]

You’re either talented or xenophobic.

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

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[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

GOAAAAAAALLLLLLL !!!!

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

Proud MEXICAN!!!! 🇲🇽

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

Honestly, thank God for WhatsApp business assistant 🤣

[QUEEN OF AUTOMOTIVE @Joycejames__]

My assurance is that I’m not alone. Jesus, you’re seated on the throne 🫶🏻❤️