Saw this too, linked to the previous articles. This African entrepreneur turns tyres into footwear, started the company #SoleRebels in 2004 & in 2012 it was one of Ethiopia's most prospering businesses.? Business is not easy and it's not an overnight thing, but it will be worth it. ~Les Brown.
Don't listen to naysayers, waiting for you to fail, laughing, gossiping and criticising you because your business has not taken off yet, some ignorant people expect you to be in Forbes magazine and rolling in cash overnight ??. Business is a SLOW burner 'most' of the time, it takes months, sometimes years of mistakes, errors and failures just to give you enough experience to do it right the next time. Look at it this way, in a few more years she may be retired and never have to work again a day in her life, passing down generational wealth to her children - for her children's children...the naysayers in your ear (or behind your back) now will probably still be working that job they hate and have to get drunk on every Friday night to cope, still resorting to backstabbing and kiss-ass tactics just for a promotion.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18982788
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