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From Idea to Customers: Building a Business in Zimbabwe
What does it really take to start a business in Zimbabwe, find your first customers and turn an idea into a growing company?
In this episode of Insights on Africa, Victor Madzedze, Founder of Yarutso Car Hire, shares the journey of building his car rental business from startup to a national operation in Zimbabwe.
We get into the realities behind the journey: how he found his first customers, the mistakes entrepreneurs should avoid, what he learned along the way and what it takes to scale a service business in the Zimbabwean market.
Whether you are building in Zimbabwe, elsewhere in Africa or from the diaspora, this is a practical conversation about turning an idea into a real business.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
* How to move from an idea to your first customers
* The realities of building a business in Zimbabwe
* Common mistakes when starting out
* How to scale a service-based business
* Lessons from building Yarutso Car Hire
Guest: Victor Madzedze – Founder, Yarutso Car Hire
Host: Chad Chawanda – Intra-Africa Trader and Founder of Insights on Africa
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