POWER COUPLE
September 2016
What key things should upcoming couples take into consideration when entering into the business world?
What ambitions do you have as a
“power couple?” and where do you
see yourself in 5 years?
The importance of balancing time.
It’s easy to get lost in the challenges,
frustrations and achievements that
come with running your own business.
You want to have your family intact
even as you climb the business ladder.
Our ambitions are to build a long
lasting legacy for our children and their
children’s children. Furthermore, we
are also burdened by the struggles
encountered by entrepreneurs in the
kingdom. One of the challenges we
face as African people in business is
lack of equity. Hence, we started a
What has been the most difficult challenge in your entrepreneurial journey and how
did you work through it
as a family?
Finding common ground
in making business decisions.
Portia has a
strong analytical mindset, which means she
takes her time in analysing a matter and take
everything into consideration, such that she
thinks of a safe and secure approach, while
Dandy is an optimist and
a risk taker, the “screw
it, let’s do it” type. With
such strong conflicting
approaches, the Lord
intervened strongly in helping us understand each other. It required a lot
of willingness to communicate, compromised and to be patient with one
another. Now we actually appreciate
both our characters and how they actually complement each other more
than conflict.
platform for multiple investment opportunities through the mobilization of
equity suited for perpetual multiple
investments”.
What is your motto as a couple (if you
do have one)?
“Be more”.
What do you do to relax?
We
both
love
outings, be it movie
night, dinner date,
travelling, visiting or
hosting friends and
family, which we
enjoy.
What has been the
role of your faith in
the business journey?
movement called “The Joseph Company”, mainly inspired by the struggles
we encountered in raising up equity
for our own business ventures. Drawing from the biblical example of a man
Joseph, whose ability to convert his
skills into equity raised him into dominion. Through the Joseph Company,
our main mission is “to create a
If it had not been
for the Lord, the
lions could have
swallowed us alive.
Our journey with
the Lord is really the
core of any success
we have achieved to date. Little by
little, the Lord taught us to depend
upon Him and to have faith in the
promises of His word. We treasure our
relationship with Jesus Christ and He is
the author and heartbeat of all our
endeavours, our hope of glory.