Nyar Kisumo. You seem to romantize business and life because all your life you've lived in a bubble; shielded from reality; I can easily tell you story; Out of Xavier; to some high school; to California; to employment; and that is pretty it. Now at 45yrs - childless and completely at loss.
My life is bit different; during school holidays; I use to run my father shop; I was very honest; and so my father really liked to have me in there; I would keep clean records; and obviously by day one; I realize there are customers you just have to loan them items; so I found a credit book and continued; my favourite was mzee; who was habitual drunk and smoker; but he paid; he'd borrow items; and pay within the weeks; character or customer behavior there is important; I must say eventually my father gave up - because except for me - my brothers and shop keeper he hired - were no good. That was my first lesson in business - it was maybe 1989-1990 - we sold - Tarino, 7Ups and many stuff I don't remember - cigarettes and sugar - were the top selling items. My only vice then was to gorge myself in sweets
. I did this until I was 12yrs.My 2nd business was in high school - this was camera business - I had been expelled and go into local school with my elder bro - we bought a camera - and did some brisk business - that ensure we had constant supply of bread - as long as the film didn't burn.
My 3rd business experience was after high school - my bro started small hotel in our local shopping center - in my fathers old shop - and because he had to go to college one year earlier - he went to Mombasa Poly - as we waited for 2 yrs to join UON - so I inherited this hotel business. Day one - was rough - as soon as I opened - I used 250shs to buy wheat flour and etc - I received a visit from a woman who use to supply milk and butcher - each owned my brother about 500 shs - I had no such money. My re-starting capital was 250
. So I devise a plan to pay them 1,000 - and I did. I run that hotel for 1yr until I joined UON - from 250 starting capital - I had turned it become a very popular hotel - and got me lots of girls
. My chief chef
was a half deaf guy - but he had crazy cooking skills and other talents - and was just fun to be around.
Actually that is my 4th - coz 1yr before that - I was running my cousin video shop - I use to show movies - in tapes of Van dame - Chakie Jan - name them - those vietnam/cambodia war...with a small 15 minute break to play Lingala..Awilo Logomomba/Kofi were biggest star...I would go to Kericho town every tuesday to pick new movies and videos. In midnight - I would screen PORN
. That was crazy - some APs would come but would also enjoy the show
. The video shop was btw a bar and shop...in bar the same APs would fight with local boy over girls and the shop-woman had a taxi guy - and they would engage in loud sex
. it was crazy. And I would also blast porn - for premium view - 15bob a session
. The highlight was I was cooking for myself in a little stove - fried beef - and I had a bicyle to go home - was about 20kms away.
Then I joined UON - 1st year - I got into mini-depression with UON - and just got myself drunk - 2nd year I tried farming - I did tree seedling - I badly wanted to bu computer - it was 60k - and I had missed HELB for lying my father was a farmer
. I planted 15K seedling - tea seedling - took me 4 months - back breaking labour - I think about 10K survived - sold each for 5bob - my father paid me 50k - lots of money - we went to Mitsubimi computer in parkland - got myself a computer for 45k - and a printer for 5k.
Now I was in big printing business
- I use to print assignments - retain a copy and basically change the name
- and submit
University became so booring - because I didn't have to study. I just waited for print spool to get me all the assignment I needed. Toner management was something else but Kijabe street was just across UON and I had found guys who injected tonner with a syringe
I started looking for jobs - got employed as 3rd yr and worked until graduation - got into UN gigiri - 2yrs later quit - and formed a start up with some bazungu. That start up now is playing big league. I was 24yrs then.
That was 15yrs ago - i have done so many business and shiet. Some of us sleep for few hours every day.
So I hear you nonsense and just laugh.
Without borrowing - I doubt anybody can get their way out of poverty - it will take longer time and incredible discipline otherwise.
I have seen really poor families get out poverty - by being given credit on basic things like fertilizers.
This is why access to credit is very important for individuals, for companies, for nations.
The germany you speak about - were saved by US loaning them money to rebuild their completely destroyed countries under Marshall Plan.
I will give you a history of Germany in another thread you don't know nothing about it. Marshall fund is not what made Germany what it is. Hitler was not the reason for their rise. You incredibly misinformed
I told you before, you have never started your own business. All Muhindis started their businesses without borrowing, Somalis don't use banks. Most GEMA don't either, successful small business owners use their own capital.
Countries should borrow and borrow - and invest and invest - esp in long term infrastructure. There is nothing more proven as sucess model than that.
All the countries that borrowed heavily are paying the consequences one by one, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia you name it. You know that obviously. I can sense your troll.
Economics is not BBI you argue with Robina endlessly, its not subjective. Don't come sulking here when I educate you