Startups & young Entrepreneurs

There’s one rule in business almost nobody will tell you. Ignore it, and all your effort could be wasted. Pay attention, because once you see it, nothing about running a business will feel the same again.

Starting a startup is hard by design. It tests your fear, your skills, and your resilience. Markets don’t reward effort - they reward value. Comfort is the enemy, risk is constant, and failure is a possibility at every turn. Yet, it is in this crucible of challenge that ordinary people become extraordinary founders.

Many leaders mistake silence for respect - yet silence is often fear in disguise. When your subordinates can’t speak freely, can’t question you, and can’t confide in you, you haven’t built authority - you’ve built anxiety. Fear might make people obey, but it will never make them believe. And when people stop believing, your leadership loses its soul. True leadership is not about being feared; it’s about being trusted enough to be followed even when no one is watching.

Boards worry, markets watch. True leadership is revealed not in comfort, but in daring moves that make investors nervous - and customers curious.

NUP isn’t just playing politics - it’s playing chess. Penetrate, refine, position. The same moves that unsettle NRM are the very lessons entrepreneurs need to win in business.

Everyone thinks strategy is about being the smartest in the room. But what if real power lies in making other people’s smartness useless? From Uber to MTN, Netflix to SafeBoda - history shows the winners don’t outthink rivals, they outmaneuver them. In this article, Belguin Prosper Lumu reveals how true strategy isn’t brilliance for its own sake, but the art of reshaping markets so that your competitors’ strengths no longer matter.

Most managers mistake motion for progress. A plan keeps you busy—but only a strategy makes you win. Do you know the difference? Here it is....

Ugandan startups don’t fail for lack of ideas—they suffocate on cash. The antidote is brutal focus: reach product-market fit with positive unit economics. Price for margin, collect upfront, win payback in ≤90 days, and keep customers coming back. Outrun the cash clock.

In the world of service, you will find that some customers are not always honest in their feedback. This is a fact of life, and as an entrepreneur, you need to learn how to deal with it. There are different types of negative feedback: constructive and destructive. Constructive negative feedback helps service providers improve their service offerings by highlighting areas where improvements need to be made.

This article will help you understand the truth about copycat businesses and how to deal with them properly.

Entrepreneurs should learn how to move forward at all costs even amidst challenges. Here are successful ways on how to do it.