What I Wish I Knew Before 10 Years in Business | The Chartered Vendor x Simbarashe Nyamadzawo
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"What I Wish I Knew Before 10 Years in Business" | The Chartered Vendor x Simbarashe Nyamadzawo
What happens when a founder who's survived 10+ years in business drops all the filters and gets brutally honest?
In this raw episode of The Chartered Vendor Podcast, Simbarashe Nyamadzawo (Founder, Gumiguru) shares the lessons most entrepreneurs learn too late—and the mistakes quietly killing African businesses.
What You'll Learn:
The Real Cost of Common Mistakes:
- Why hiring relatives and friends almost destroyed his business
- The trust trap: how "trusting everyone" cost him years of progress
- Why thinking small is the silent killer of African startups
- Uncomfortable Truths About Building in Africa:
- Why polytechnic graduates often outperform university gra ...
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