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EXPORTING WRITTEN CONTENT (1).

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EPISODE ONE. "A NEW FREELANCING ZONE". This is what I have always told anyone I introduce to the volatile industry.  Sometimes I meet with professionals, and they ask what I do, and am like…. where do I start from - Just to tell them, "I export written content." Yes, exporting written content.  For you to understand better, I will give two scenarios: - Scenario 1 . Suppose you are in University pursuing your undergraduate or postgraduate. On top of that, you participate in the music club or choir. Still, you take part in basketball, not to mention, you play cards and hang around with friends.  Then, one fine morning ( Let me use Thursday ), the philosophy lecturer issues an assignment to be submitted the following evening (Friday). Mark you, on Friday you are to represent the school's basketball department in a friendly match, mandatory attendance. This means that you only have Friday to work on the assignment and submit it the same day. But it's on th

Entrepreneurship Touch Down

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Not only do entrepreneurs think differently, but also they act differently. Entrepreneurship isn't a destination. It's a journey. On this journey, successful entrepreneurs don't have an exception of arriving to some finish line. In any journey, you have times of joy and more than a few setbacks. Challenges along the way can either lead you to profit & growth, or losses & collapse. "My biggest hurdle was defeating the existing competition. Many of the colleges that offered diploma courses had been in existence for over 10 years, but I stuck to my guns." Lizzie  Wanyoike , Founder & CEO NIBS "Gaining traction takes time, and for me , it took three years before I broke even. I did not make money in the first year. Always be patience and eventually, the money will come." Alison, CEO of AI Is On Production LTD. Many entrepreneurs celebrate the big wins, but what about the small wins? Just before the touch down - in