Jason Njoku is the founder of iROKO which is
worth millions of dollars today. Here he writes
about how in 2010 he had less than N10,000
in his account and how not giving up on his
dreams changed his life. He shares his story
and encourages others to keep fighting. Read
below...
"My wife persuaded forced me to do a little
spring cleaning this weekend. As I was going
through my things rubbish , I came across this
old account statement for an iROKO Partners
Ltd bank account in London. If you look at the
date its 13 July 2010. The statement is for
June 2010. That’s right. £60.25 paid in.
£60.00 (my feeding money) paid out. And an
ending balance of £0.25. That’s right folks. I
literally had £0.25 in my account that's $0.42
or N63. Continue...
Needless to say life has improved somewhat,
but as I go about trying to frame this
statement, it definitely reminds me of how far
in such a short time one’s life can improve. It
doesn’t have to be as dramatic, but improve
life can. It also should serve to demonstrate to
anyone, anywhere right now toiling away in
obscurity on a little project or something no
one gives a flying f*** about that as long as
you believe in yourself and your project then
success (whatever that may mean to you) is or
may be just around the corner. All you have to
do is find the inner strength to stay in the
game.
At this point I had toiled for 6 long years. Fast
forward another 4 years and everything has
changed. But then I didn’t know that. It was
only pain.
Founders. Never ever ever ever ever ever ever
ever give up. On yourself. You may migrate
from project to project and you will never know
which one is ‘the one’. But one day, someday.
Your stars will align.
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