PROFITS NEVER GROW A BUSINESS

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The video likely resonated due to its contrarian take on a common business belief, presented in a direct and engaging manner. The speaker's strong assertion that profits don't grow businesses, coupled with practical advice on seeking investment, offers a clear takeaway for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Summary

The speaker argues that profits alone do not grow a business; instead, investments and strategic expansion are key. They criticize the common focus on accumulating profits without reinvesting or seeking external funding, which leads to stagnation. The speaker advises seeking loans and investors to fuel growth, contrasting this with relying solely on retained earnings.

Structure

1Profits don't grow businesses, investments do.
2The common mistake is focusing on profits instead of reinvestment.
3Stagnation occurs when businesses don't expand or seek external funding.
4The solution is to get loans and pitch to investors for growth.
5Relying only on profits leads to a lack of expansion and progress.

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PROFITS NEVER GROW A BUSINESS ONES THAT GROW A BUSINESS THING PROFITS PROFITS NEVER GROW A BUSINESS IT'S INVESTMENTS YOU WANT A BUSINESS TO GROW THOSE BUSINESS GIVE YOU TO GO FOR CONSULTANCY BUSINESS BUT THEY NEVER TEACH YOU HOW TO GROW A BUSINESS IT IS NEVER PROFITS PROFITS DON'T GROW A BUSINESS FOR OPERATIONAL COST PAY WORKERS DO THIS EXTRACT HERE AND THERE A BUSINESS THAT IS WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOU'RE SWEATING OF TIME COLLECTING PROFITS MUSTACHE OPEN ANOTHER BRANCH HA HA THAT'S HOW IT WORKS THESE BIG BOYS THE BIG LEGS KNOW THAT IT IS INVESTMENT LOOK FOR INVESTORS HUH? IT IS LOANS OR NEAR YOH MY FRIEND YOU WANT YOUR BUSINESS TO GROW HMM AS LONG AS YOU'RE AND YOU'RE SEEING WE'RE WE'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD ISN'T IT? REVENUES ARE COMING IN GET THAT LOAN DON'T WORRY YOU GET YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GROW ON PROFITS HA HA AH ON PROFITS GET A DONATION BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROFITS MY BUSINESS I WANT TO EXPAND MY BUSINESS BUT BELIEVE ME FATHER ACCUMULATE ENOUGH PROFITS BY TRUST ME COME AND THOSE PROFITS YOU'RE YOU'RE LEANING ON NOW YOU'RE NOT PROGRESSING FIVE YEARS ARE PASSED YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME SHOP BIGGER ONE SAME SHOP YOU'RE NOT EVEN GOING THIRD SHOP YOU'RE WAITING ON PROFITS THAT IS HOW IT WORKS MY FRIENDS INVESTMENTS GO TO INVESTORS PITCH YOUR BUSINESS AND THESE DAYS INVESTORS ARE A LOT THESE DAYS BY THE WAY INVESTORS ARE VERY MATURE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN US CAUSE UGANDA IS VERY FERTILE YOU GET GO AND GET THE LOAN THINGS ACTUALLY YOU DON'T EVEN SHOW YOUR BUSINESS GO WITH YOUR WHAT WITH YOUR INCOME STATEMENT GO WITH YOUR TRANSACTIONS THE LOAN LOAN COMPANY HERE NO, I'M TELLING YOU THE REALITY IF YOU WANT YOUR BUSINESS TO GROW IF YOUR BUSINESS GET YOUR LOAN INVESTMENT WORK AND BEG FOR DONATIONS OTHERWISE YOU'RE BEING LEFT BEHIND ON ON PURPOSE YOU LOOK YOU LOOK LIKE LIFE BUT YOU'RE NOT GROWING YOU'RE NOT GROWING YOU HAD FIVE WORKERS THE PAST TWO YEARS FIVE YEARS WORKER CAUSE THERE'S NO EXPANSION PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE EAT THAT LOAN HA EAT THAT LOAN GO AND PITCH GET THAT INVESTMENT PUT IN SOME SHARES IN YOUR BUSINESS OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GROW HA I'M MAKING PROFITS I'M MAKING YOU GUYS ARE VERY UNSERIOUS.

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Profits never grow a business. The ones that grow a business, they don't know this thing, profits. They don't know this thing. Profits never grow a business. It's investments. It's investments. The ones that grow a business. You want a business to grow. Those businesses give you to go for consultancy business. But they never teach you how to grow a business. It is never profits. Profits don't grow a business for operational cost. Pay workers. Do this, extract here and there. A business that is why you're going to see you're sweating. Of time collecting profits. Must open another branch. Haha, that's how it works. These big boys, the big legs know that it is investment. Look for investors, huh? It is loans. Yellow, near you, my friend. You want your business to grow. Hmm. As long as you're and you're seeing we're, we're above the threshold, isn't it? Revenues are coming in. Get that loan. Don't worry, you get. You're not going to grow on profits. Haha. Ah, on profits, get a donation. But if you're looking at profits, my business, I want to expand my business. But believe me, father, accumulate enough profits by the end of the year. Trust me, when a problem will come and those profits, you're you're leaning on. Now you're not progressing. Five years are passed. You're still in the same shop. Bigger one. Same shop. You're not even going to a third shop. You're waiting on profits. That is how it works, my friends. Investments go to investors. Pitch your business and these days investors are a lot these days. In Uganda, by the way, investors are very mature and they are willing to invest in us. Cause Uganda is very fertile. You get. Go and get the loan. Things actually. You don't even show your business. Go with your income statement. Go with your transactions. The loan. The loan company. Here, no. I'm telling you the reality. If you want your business to grow, if your business, get your loan investment. Work and beg for donations. Otherwise, you're being left behind on purpose. You look, you look like life. But you're not growing. You're not growing. You're not growing. You had five workers the past two years. The next five years, you add only one worker. Cause there's no expansion. Please, please, please eat that loan. Haha. Eat that loan. Go and pitch. Get that investment. Put in some shares in your business. Otherwise, you're not going to grow. Haha. I'm making profits. I'm making. You guys are very unserious.