I was watching air crash investigation the other day on National Geographic, either than the fact that I enquire whether the engines hav...

Startups: Grow up!

I was watching air crash investigation the other day on National Geographic, either than the fact that I enquire whether the engines have been serviced or not and aren’t there any expired oxygen tanks before boarding a plane, it was interesting to me on how the series of events unfolded on that episode, I wish to talk about the Bermuda Triangle but I will resist the temptation. The plane tried to run and take off but with no success on the first attempt, therefore, it had to rotate and try again, but there was no luck. On the third attempt the pilots were determined to take it to the air with full throttle in a manner that there was no turning back, the 200 passenger seat plane crashed in the nearby bushes and exploded.

With a close analysis, they found out that the cause of the dramatic event was due to frozen wings, therefore, they couldn’t band over to control the direction of the air hence it couldn’t take off. Planes, however, have anti-freezing mechanisms in the wings which is heat produced by the engines, but they were not serviced hence the doom.

Its okay to run in order to gain momentum for a takeoff, but if you don’t take off you will crash and burn. This is what happens in the life of a start up that doesn’t mature. You keep on rounding circles in which they consume your resources I.e. money and time. I don’t care how intelligent your team is, but if you are not going anywhere they will leave because they are under utilized especially these millennials. And as you keep on making those turns in which I am using them as a metaphor the inevitable will happen, because you have pressure from the surroundings and you have been trying for a long time then you hope it will take off, you hope your business will climb a step up. Even if there are resources, but for a mere fact that they don't communicate with one another they won’t work independently.


Have your checklist ready and ensure that you take off as soon as possible. It’s challenging running a startup, and it gives you the chills every now and then and as an entrepreneur the uncertainty is thrilling and exciting at times, but you will be depressed if it doesn’t mature into a business having defined processes and an exit strategy after sometime.

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