The BusinessDay CEO Magazine May 2017
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>BusinessDay</strong> <strong>CEO</strong>, <strong>May</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | 06<br />
In 2015, Mark made it<br />
to Forbes Africa’s 30<br />
under 30 rising stars<br />
to watch in Africa, as<br />
the company had<br />
thousands signed on<br />
the platform.<br />
In the course of your career, what has<br />
been the most challenging moment and<br />
how do you deal with those generally?<br />
I believe that in building a business, every<br />
moment is challenging. <strong>The</strong> challenging<br />
moment of today will seem like a small<br />
thing tomorrow - for that reason, I tend not<br />
pick any particular moment as being the<br />
one big challenge. <strong>The</strong> journey is<br />
challenging. This philosophy is what also<br />
helps me deal with it - once I accept that<br />
the entire journey will be challenging, I<br />
see every challenge as being an intrinsic<br />
part of the road, and thus not disturbing.<br />
Apart from Hotels.Ng, what else are you<br />
doing or looking to do?<br />
Hotels.ng remains my main focus. I believe<br />
it's best to focus one's energy in one thing<br />
at a time, because then one can have the<br />
highest impact possible.<br />
What one piece of advice would you give<br />
young entrepreneurs on the Tech scene.<br />
I'd say that they should launch fast, fail fast<br />
and move on to something new as quickly<br />
as possible. When something is going to<br />
fail, know as quickly as possible. When it's<br />
going to work, keep pushing and making<br />
it bigger.<br />
What are your top 3 tech must haves?<br />
A phone with a big screen, a kindle and an<br />
internet connection.
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