Words of wisdom: Top 10 quotes from Sim Shagaya, Sarah Lacy, and Bosun Tijani at The Platform Tech

The Platform Tech hosted powerhouses Sim Shagaya – CEO of Konga, Bosun Tijani – Co-Founder and CEO of the Co-Creation Hub, and last but definitely not least Sarah Lacy – Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Pando.

Here are top 10 quotes and takeaways from the speakers:

Sarah Lacy

The biggest question that a startup founder needs to answer is “How bad do I want it?”
Two things lead to the death of a startup- “The company runs out of money or the founder gives up” Founders don’t give up!
No idea, no technical co-founder, no funding–All these are simply EXCUSES.
The Hallmark of good entrepreneurship is when you can admit your mistakes early enough.

Sim Shagaya

Your biggest source of funding is the customer, the investor will finance you for a while but the customer forever.
As you go on the journey, a lot of things will begin to make sense to you. It is important as an entrepreneur to just start.
As we learnt more, we decided to do something bolder, do something more ambitious, we decided to build a product that will give every Nigerian the opportunity to leverage on technology and that dream birthed the launch of our (Konga) Marketplace.
Bringing technology to Nigeria is one of the biggest decisions we had to make and today they are building some of the biggest things you will ever see.

Bosun Tijani

Make do with what you see around and see yourself making a huge success. We can all do something for our community, nation and ourselves without the government being involved. CREATIVTY IS THE KEY.
The focus for local entrepreneurs has to shift to creating value for society and rewards will come’

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