Starting a business especially when you know little about businesses is
very difficult - drafting out your business model, looking out for
investors/VCs to invest in your business, Building a great team....
E.t.c
We could really make do with some advice- advice from experts, from fellow
startupers like us who have taken a leap and are already doing what we
intend.
When I started my first business, I literally didn't know sh*t -
everything seemed so complicated. I never knew what business plans
meant, I never knew anything about getting investors. I hard to learn
(and I'm still learning) certain things the hard way.
So I thought it would be could if we (this tribe of startupers) start a
project where we can share ideas on how to grow our businesses
effectively.
What Is This Project?
#DearStartuper is a mentoring program that ¡help entrepreneurs/start-up
owners to get answers to questions they are likely to face in their
business.
#DearStartuper will be launched as a twitter live chat that will bring
together small business owners across Africa and the world to discuss
issues relating to running and growing a business.
Every Sunday I will be conducting live interviews with noted Start-up
experts, where they'd share there struggles and how they overcame
certain challenges in their businesses.
The guest types answers to questions using their twitter accounts and
other startupers/small biz owners can join into the conversation by
using the hashtag #DearStartuper to chime in with answers as well.
Goal Of #DearStartuper: The primary goal of this project is to end small
business failure by creating a start-up community where startupers can
get the resources they need for the growth of their business and still
be able to connect and share fresh ideas with like minds.
How Do I Become Part Of This Project
#1 You need to get a twitter account - I can't emphasize how important this is for your small business.
#2 If you think you know few things about start-ups or your experiences
and are ready to share them with the community, all you need do is;
a) Send your topic to my email, a short bio about yourself and why you think you are qualified to share ideas on this topic.
b) You are also required to send in 10 questions and answers in
paragraph form to demonstrate your expertise (that's when you have been
selected)
How Does #DearStartuper Work: You must have a twitter account to
participate. And the chat holds every Sunday night 6pm-7pm GMT.
Participants follow the chat using the hashtag #DearStartuper. In the
last 10 minutes of every chat, all participants are invited to share
something about what their business does and what they stand for in a
tweet (ending each tweet with the hashtag #DearStartuper).
Transcript and Other Crazy Things: There will be a transcript of each chat on this blog on Mondays.
And every week (Thursdays) I'd be doing a feature on a startuper where
I'd review the start-up, what they stand for and what they are doing to
create something that matters- the goal of this is to help new start-ups
get early adopters. If you want your start-up to be featured on this
blog, send me an email containing the name of your start-up, what you do
and stand for, website links, what your USP is. And other information
that you think we should know.
If You have any suggestions or ideas on how we can do this better kindly shoot me a mail at sadiqdaniel@gmail.com.
PS: We'd be launching this project on the first Sunday of March 2015... Tag along. Tell someone about this.
Sadiq Daniel is a certified Crazy Writer and Teens
Coach that blogs on business, Self- development, Life
lessons and Ideas that challenges the status quo... You can pursue him on Twitter: @sadiqspeaks LinkedIn: Sadiq Daniel and Email: Sadiqdaniel@gmail.com
