2013 and 2014 have been the toughest years in my entire
life. There are some things i have learnt from this experience.
It takes energy, time, desire, craziness and determination
to make s start-up work. I have hit moments of desperation where i felt like
letting go and going out there to look for a fulltime job. At times I found it
hard to l sleep at night and also getting up in the morning, it’s not that am
in any kind of stress but the thoughts of doubt like that little part inside me
telling me “Am I just wasting my life, what if it does not work, I will
probably be broke forever, Just take a job and forget all this” These moments
have made me doubt myself whether am on the right track or running to my
biggest fear that is poverty. I have never lost faith in Fine Blendz and now am
creating a second startup – Soko Huru (Swahili words meaning a Free Market). There
many things I have done terribly wrong but I will also tell myself that it was
the best decision I could have made at that moment, I will not forget the quote
“Worst lies are the one you tell yourself”
I have not been around for a long time but for the 24 years I
have been on this earth and about 17months in my two startups I can tell for
sure that it all boils down to what problem are you solving and people are
willing to pay, the worst part they don’t care how you do it, all they want are
results. How passionate am I about the problem am trying to solve, it something
I believe in and will do it forever, I will always get up every Monday morning
to make juice whether I get paid or not. I have two dreams, one is to make consumption
of fresh squeezed juices and smoothies part of Kenyan Culture, Healthy stuff, something
we cannot live without and probably one day help farmers access markets who
work hard in the farms. Second is to
create a platform for small business to market and grow using the power of the internet.
I have made a vow a commitment that these are the two things I will do in my
life. They give me a reason to get every day.
I will never be a victim but I choose to fight everyday for
what I believe in, I think you should try too, on you deathbed you will
probably regret the things you did not do just because you were scared. I have
found out that courage is not dealing with your fear but being afraid but still
doing it. Am not writing this to be just another motivational crap but to light
up the fire inside you to write down a plan of what you want to do and just do it every day…..