What happened? Stories like this make me smile and sad at the same time. Happy because it reminds me I am doing something right as my ventures are doing OK, sad because it can also happen to me. How long have you been in business? Are you quitting kabisa or you will take a stab at the biashara again? Why don’t you look for job and try to run the business on the side? Looking back, what mistakes have led to the failure of your biz? Pole for the maswali mingi, but whenever I see women entrepreneurs (or any entrep for that matter) close their businesses, it bugs me to no end.

In the words of Steve Jobs: I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. Methinks this is very true; people give up way too easily. Remember, everything takes twice as long and costs twice as much.

Many start-up close because of lack of customers. I hope yours was not in that category, yet you are a marketing and sales expert!

@ muriel....ni full memba

@ Muriel hebu angalia hizo maranks...veterans, elders!

I outgrew Wazua, you will too one day Often read but rarely log in, too busy for that.

Well said, esp on the ownership and profits. Know one where one partner wasn't too keen on the biz until it started making profits, and all of a sudden it was her 'profits'. In another case, one partner got married and the new spouse wanted to push the other member out. But partnerships trump sole prop. any time.

mambo ya cash kills many biasharas, but the saddest part I have seen is people giving up on entrepreneurship after less than 5 years.

After the freedom in self employment going back to regular employment is a very hard thing, at least I also do not picture myself going back.