#ScaleTalksUg is the hashtag that was used on Facebook and Twitter during the Youth Entrepreneurship for social impact- National Uganda Scale Forum, that took place on 25th May at the Innovation village in Ntinda Complex. The forum was implemented jointly by Aga Khan University and Aga Khan Foundation, the Civil society Initiative which supports young East African social entrepreneurs. Their objectives are Awareness, Partnerships and Social Impact, with an approach that looks at having a number of Scale national forums in the regional. These forums aim to provide better understanding of the realities of operating a business while facilitating opportunities to collaborate with key stakeholders. The series of five forums…
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Building a Business is a Huge Time Commitment
I have been at it for a few months now (like 7 months), after spending two years as a freelancer and I sometimes wonder why I had too. Building a business is like raising a child. In the first year, you are the supply of food and comfort. Without you their system is on the brink to death and no one else can help them. You are the one who knows what clothes are appropriate. Your social life starts to die and the visitors who used to check on you, give excuses that ‘you need to take care of the little one, so we have given you some space’ others you…
