I have learnt a big lesson in the hard way but it made me stronger.This is such a bad experience and one anyone planning to go into business should read and learn. Giving out 100% control of your business to a third party is more like handing the soul of your business to another person. I have seen a case where a brother handed his business to his cousin and the business was run down to ashes. He couldn't do anything as it is a family affair. So, it is always necessary that we keep a close eye to any business that we have a stake in.
I am well equiped and better placed to partner with others and I know when and how to involve a legal team in areas where it is necessary.
The issue of trust in business is vital and unfortunately those that breaches agreement are doing themselves more harm than good because they will keep losing good people in their circle of friends and sometimes you need your circle of friends to get out of some situation and when they have no trust in you, then all hope might be lost
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I was robbed off the opportunity of not having to work for anybody immediately after my national youth service.Well
I have had a friend who lied about the profit he got in a project. That he suffered a lot loss.
We shared the loss me taking the bigger share because he claimed he spearheaded it. I was even sorry for him for the time he devoted not knowing I was being cheated. I discovered later. Now we do our stuffs individually
I served in a firm that is into agricultural production (cassava plantation, fishry and rabbit farming). The owner based in Lagos, Nigeria and the business is in Ekiti, Nigeria. The owner entrusted the business to this young undergraduate student of Agric department of University of Ado-Ekiti then we came on board serving youth corpers.
The intention of the owner is to equiped young graduates with agricultural knowledge and hoping that we can replicate the scope of the business immediately after our service year.
We spent 1 full year doing nothing as there was no farm and a make shift one drum fish of less than 200pcs and the appointed undergraduate just larvished all the investment. It was an unfortunate situation because we don't have link to the owner of the company but it was late before we laid out hand on his contact to inform him.
The man came to town and discovered he has been lied to for 2 full farming season and all that he has are figures on paper.
It was a bitter experience and a loss to us as we ended in labour market looking for job like every other person
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I haven’t had any bad experience from my business dealings with partners. I’m not perfect but I try as much as possible to be on a good legal ground before embarking on any business adventumost
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