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Afua Osei Quotes

Nigeria

Afua Osei is an entrepreneur, investor and public speaker who co-founded She Leads Africa, a media company for millennial African women.

Nigeria
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How do I create a structure where people are feeling encouraged to do the work? How do I manage people who aren’t performing and really push them to do better?

I think every single transition and every time you move to a new level requires you to step up and really build your skills.

You are not going to have much traction or much impact in this world.

As a young entrepreneur, we don’t get much exposure to quality leadership to learn and build from.

I didn’t have many chances or opportunities to build that skill myself.

I think some people are blessed to have great managers and bosses and I definitely was able to get that.

I definitely found it challenging when I was first starting out to just figure out how do I motivate people that aren’t like me.

the ladies who want to build million-dollar companies, lead corporate organizations and crush it as leaders.

Absolutely not! My life plan was not to be an entrepreneur; my life plan was definitely not to live in Nigeria.

Every single challenge and opportunity also presents a space for an innovator and entrepreneur to solve that problem

You don't have to look a certain way. It's not just for one type of person. Anybody can play a role, and there is so much work to be done.

Dealing with polices and governments can be hard. Also, distributions: How can I get a product that I made in Lagos out here to Austin?

Go and do the work! It doesn’t matter how sweet your marketing is, how fancy your offices are, how shiny your degrees look on paper if you can’t sit and do the work and deliver something that people actually need and value and care about, then it’s a waste.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Afua Osei (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.