It’s a question I get all the time. Why did you start that company? I honestly don’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For years, I have been fascinated with the idea of starting my own business. I love the creative freedom it gives me and I think it’s a great way for me to grow into a CEO – To have control over my time and also get wealthy doing what I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, for me, I found my answer to this pressing question at the Harvard business school, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is indeed impossible to rise above the level of the information you possess. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
That quote guided my decision to seek more knowledge at the highest citadel for business education, the prestigious Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting into HBS (Harvard Business School) is always by a rigorous selection. The school, above all traits, wants her students to have a high level of leadership trait, and a voracious analytical appetite. As a result of this, the Harvard business school is known to have churned out a significant number of world leaders in major spheres of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While at Harvard business school, I had that “I don’t belong here”\nnostalgia. My living group mates were little but geniuses (That team\ncould solve any challenge it put its heart to<\/strong>), and being the only\nAfrican member of the group made me try harder than I normally would to be at\nmy best learning mode as much as possible. I made up my mind to understand what\nmade each of them a perfect candidate for the program. Yes, we were all there\nto learn, and the living group is where you learn most of what Harvard would\nteach you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all settled in to learn, and I made up my mind to be the best in class. We were saddled with lots, of course notes that I wondered how the professors expected us to go through the whole coursework within the time frame we had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lesson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mostly, when you make up your mind to become an entrepreneur; to found your own company, you get faced with a major founder’s dilemma on whether to go it solo or with a partner – A challenge well outline by Noam Wasserman<\/a> in his book, The Founder’s Dilemma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If going with a partner, who do you go with? Several other questions come rushing through your mind like a flood was sent to sweep away the thought of ever founding a company of your own. Questions such as – What would the partner bring to the table, and how would you distribute the shares of the company amongst many other questions come to the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n