1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 300 600 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 - &amp;nbsp;Intra-Africa Trader and Founder of Insights on Africa Insights on Africa Learn. Connect. Grow. Build. SCIX African Trade Talks http://scixafricantradetalks.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42719865/height/300/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="300" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/42719865