Support and stop suffocating small businesses

I come from a nation where almost everyone is in business. Majority of the youths are “entrepreneurs”. I quote because if we get to the literal meaning of the term, guess only a quarter fits in; but well, it is what it is. One thing that I have observed in my so many years of doing this entrepreneurship thingy is that most of the businesses suffer from stunted growth. There are so many factors to this but I just want to look at one area which has boggled me for a long time; which is how we tend to take advantage of each others’ small businesses.

I mean when we walk into the bigger stores we never negotiate the prices for what we are interested in purchasing. We just pay the price silently but when I decide to support a fellow sister or brother, I treat them like am doing them a favour. Of course, many a time the small business is in dire need of any amount you offer but have you thought of how much you are inhibiting its growth by offering peanuts?

I have come to the realisation that when we are in business, we are all assisting each other. I have a product/service you need/want and vice versa. None of us should make each other feel like they are being taken advantage of. Negotiations are allowed but to a little extent; one can’t be explaining their pricing model over and over again. If you ain’t happy with what is being offered, move to the next seller and stop making others feel bad for stating their price. Funny thing you can purchase expensive stuff in well known stores so, why not respect the small businesses? We all want to grow and kindly understand the efforts we put in our work to give you satisfaction. You ain’t doing anyone a favour by choosing them to offer you services.

I pray that I also become a better supporter for other people’s businesses. From now on, I wanna walk into small businesses with utmost respect and be willing to pay the price as stated. I don’t want to be the reason why someone else’s business remains stuck on the same spot. They would rather suffer from all the unmentioned factors in this blog and not this one. We are in this together❣️