Godfrey, a good friend of mine, reached out early this month of August with a simple question that many people quietly wrestle with: \u201cI was thinking about a laundry business plan, what do you advise?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I could\u2019ve just thrown back some quick ideas or Googled stats, but that wouldn\u2019t have helped him \u2014 not really. So I responded with what I truly believe: \u201cLook for someone with experience in that business to advise, sebo.\u201d Because truth be told, that\u2019s how it works. You can\u2019t ask a single man for marriage advice. The same logic applies to business \u2014 you don\u2019t ask a poultry farmer how to raise goats when all he knows are chickens. It might sound like a joke, but it\u2019s a principle that many ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Business, like life, has nuance. There are technical details, industry patterns, hidden risks, and market behaviors that only someone who\u2019s lived through it can fully grasp. Proverbs 15:22 says, \u201cPlans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.\u201d<\/em> If you\u2019re serious about starting something \u2014 whether it\u2019s laundry, a bakery, a transport service, or even tech \u2014 your first investment should be in knowledge and mentorship. Not machines. Not rent. Not logos. Knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later that evening, I added another thought. \u201cBut don\u2019t invest your money in a business you are not going to monitor closely. It will fail.\u201d And that\u2019s not being negative. That\u2019s just experience talking. I\u2019ve seen too many good people lose money not because the idea was bad, but because they were absent landlords. Business doesn\u2019t run on auto-pilot, especially in its early stages. It needs eyes, hands, and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if you’re not ready? If you’re too busy or uncertain? Then save that money. Fix it in a bank account. Let it sit. Don\u2019t let pressure from peers or social media trick you into rushing. There’s wisdom in waiting. In Luke 14:28, Jesus asked, \u201cSuppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won\u2019t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?\u201d<\/em> That\u2019s not just about towers. That\u2019s business. That\u2019s life. No one is chasing you. Take your time. It’s your money, your energy, your name on the line. Do your research. Study. Talk to real people. Visit those who have failed and succeeded in the same line. Learn the terrain before you take the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Godfrey laughed at my example \u2014 and I\u2019m glad it landed. Because sometimes we need reminders dressed in humor to shake us out of assumptions. So whether you’re dreaming of starting a laundry, a salon, a printing shop, or something \u201cbig\u201d like real estate, the principle remains: slow down, seek wisdom, and only commit when you\u2019re ready to monitor what you\u2019ve planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In business, what you don\u2019t know will cost you \u2014 more than what you think you\u2019re saving by rushing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your online presence acts as a 24\/7 virtual storefront, open to a global audience. From websites to social media and e-commerce platforms, the internet allows you to reach potential customers far beyond your local area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship-income-online","category-testimonies-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omagor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}