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Dear @Boity
Like everyone else i saw the posts and articles. And like most entrepreneurs, i know exactly how and what failure looks like. A failed strategy, a failed business, a failed product, doesnโt make a failure of a humanbeing. when we develop products, we have certain percentages we expect to get from them. Either good or bad. And we have follow up products lined up should one not do well.
Which makes entrepreneurship, and especially product building an ongoing process. Itโll never be the finish lineโฆ
When i saw your short instagram response, i got very inspiredโฆ
Hereโs why:
In 2019 i started @dripsportif , 2 years later we opened 25 Stores. We have since closed some of the Stores, we have moved some to better Trading positions at the Malls.
We further invested in a Group (The DRIP Group) to build a House of Brands, where DRIP and other Brands like @DomainJeans and Kiddies Republic sit. We had to Liquidate Kiddies for almost same reasons, it didnโt work out.
Which further proves that entrepreneurship is all about movement. At the centre of the movement, is Failure. The probabilities are there. Remember, 9 out of 10 startups failย and 38% of startups fail because they run out of cash.
35% of startups fail because there is no market need for them. By year 5, 50% of all startups will have failed.
These stats are not there to make us sleep well at Night, but theyโre there to make us solution driven. And keep us on our Toes.
Boity, youโre doing so well. I applaud you for having started and being positive. Please never give up and keep going. This is exactly what Entrepreneurship is aboutโฆ
Thereโs always a #SILVERLINING
I used an official airport taxi last night from OR Tambo after no Ubers were willing to accept a trip at 8pm.
A professional driver, a clean and well maintained car, a smooth passenger experience. Such a welcome change.
Back in an Uber X today. Haphazard driver, chewing gum, weaving in and out of lanes.
Time to end this abusive *relationshit* with @Uber_RSA
@DrMusaMthombeni@UberSouthAfrica We are so sorry to hear that, We always advise people to use shuttle service companies.
These apps are robots and you can't trust a robot.