"No... I want to be an Entrepreneur"

That's my dad and I at my graduating ceremony when he asked when I was starting my Masters. I looked at him and laughed (When you are really not joking, but you smile).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iw0-U9OknI

 It was a bitter sweet day because, though I was happy to be leaving school, I felt like I had wasted so much time doing something I didn't love.

School was too structured and had no innovation, I felt like a cow in a caged barn being milked of creativity and expression(doing the same thing every day).

A few days later, my old man and I sat down to have the talk he was trying to ease me into earlier.

My dad's one heck of a salesman, so before he asked me the only question that mattered, he asked about 20 questions that he knew I would answer with "Yes". Then he asked the real question,

"You are moving to Nigeria at the end of the holiday, Right?” (That's how salesmen ask questions)

Then I replied "No", followed by an awkward silence. Being a salesman myself I took the chance to start my sales pitch. It was titles, "I want to be an Entrepreneur". I spoke for about an hour, with him saying nothing. The second awkward silence came; it was longer, than the first.

Then he replied, "OK". 

The reply scared me, because I knew how much working with me meant to him. Yet he put my desires ahead of his.

THE END    

Introductory Letter

Hi,

This blog is the documentation of my entrepreneurial journey. A Lot of people want to start businesses but are scared, don't know where to start, or don't have any good ideas. This blog will show you the London tech scene and how I overcame the "Buts". I still have a long way to go.

My company is called "TugBox" (Download the app on the Apple app store, its a bit buggy)

The next post will be My Business Pitch...

Stay tuned