You are not a tree. You can always move!!
I discovered some months ago that my tailor had pivoted from kaftans to bespoke denim, supplying fashion houses and producing for private clients. He still makes great kaftans for old customers like me, but denim is now their bread & butter.
I asked him why, especially because he made great kaftans, had many high-profile clients, and was making really good money.
He said the kaftan market had become extremely competitive and margins were getting tighter. With denim, he could create more differentiated pieces and charge two or three times more because the market was still relatively novel.
Interestingly, none of this started with some grand strategy. He made one denim piece for a customer, posted it, people loved it, so he made more. Demand kept growing, and he followed it. Today, he has a showroom and warehouse full of bespoke denim: jeans, gowns, jackets, trousers, you name it.
There is a big business lesson here.
Your next business model may be hiding inside something you're already doing. A customer request. A side product. An experiment. Something that unexpectedly sells better or carries better margins than your core offering.
Pay attention to those signals.
This was exactly how So Fresh pivoted from selling fruits and vegetables to serving fresh, delicious meals. We listened to what the market was telling us and moved.
Don't just look at what sells today. Look at what customers are increasingly willing to pay for, where margins are better, where competition is weaker, where your existing capabilities give you an advantage, and what customer and industry trends are telling you.
Businesses are not meant to remain exactly as they started. Markets change, customer preferences change, the competitive landscape changes, and new opportunities open up.
Your job is to keep paying attention and be willing to move when the evidence tells you to.
You are not a tree. Move!!
#BuildingSoFresh #BusinessLessons
Day 14/30
Once you’ve successfully made money through a repeatable, non-random process, making money again often becomes easier because now you have both capital and a mental model for how money is made. It’s actually a game
The older I get, the more I realize how expensive indecision is.
You don't just lose time.
You lose opportunities.
You lose momentum.
You lose confidence in yourself.
Sometimes a bad decision can be corrected.
An unmade decision just sits there eating your life.
If you eliminate doom scrolling, video games, TV, you have no choice but to win.
What do you do when these forms of entertainment are taken away ? You either work (a financial win), or work out (a health win), or socialise (a social/relationships win).
@adeife_adeoye@ronn_aa Hello Adeife, I'm sure you have some great talents in your circle, while I can't ask you to drop anyone for me, considering you do not know me at all. Can I ask that in addition to the interns you recommend, can I join, assist and learn. I'm not looking for pay, I'm just rusting.
@adeife_adeoye@ronn_aa Hello Adeife, I'm sure you have some great talents in your circle, while I can't ask you to drop anyone for me, considering you do not know me at all. Can I ask that in addition to the interns you recommend, can I join, assist and learn. I'm not looking for pay, I'm just rusting.
@Joe_brendan_ Imo State left the group chat, if it's not owerri, forget it. Even inside the owerri, if yuu stay Ihiagwa or mgbirichi or ngor okpala, atta, amaraku etc yuure assumed to be staying very far
@Motion_Boy_ I mean this in the most respectable way possible, I want to foq you.
I know it would sound cringe to you, but I'm willing to take it slow, court you, get to know yuu, whatever it takes.
But foqing you would be one of the best destination in this journey of ours.
@Eloka51 If this is on x, this is unjustified.
All the us media were against trump even fox to some extent, they basically hated him and didn't even try to be neutral and only Elon overpowered them?.
All the news outlets should be sold then
@Wizarab10 Bold of you to assume that most men are like you, who cares if others have seen it.
Most simps with money would pay even if it means seeing the nudes a mere 5 minutes before public viewing.