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“I do not balance work and school
I harmonise”
What have been your challenges? Well I would mention that my parent maybe actually know
Challenges are not something we can totally take out in the kind of child I am, maybe based on what I have done
whatever we are doing because for me, and looking at the before, they don't really see anything negative about me
industry that I operate basically, it has been finances and combining school and work. Their major expectation is that
because of the fact that our industry is the one that is highly
Oluwabukola Jegede
her second year of study in the bares her mind on her inspiration, she went to the school but majored
you should make sure you are not leaving one for another and J Department of Mass Communication, achievements and challenges among others. on printing. Then when she is in
capital intensive, today you might be talking about one ensure that you balance everything as much as you are University of Ilorin, is already making How did you start out this career?I shop working for customer, I used to
machine being launched, by next month, another is out. I committing to entrepreneurship journey; you are also waves on campus and beyond as a highly started officially at the age of 15. But watch her. I watched her for almost a
think everything is bothers on the digital explosion in balancing for academics. I think entrepreneurship is kind of artistic corporate graphics designer, face started learning when I was a kid. My year so when I was eight, I started
machineries, while I was an apprentice, the kind of machine innate for me. My Dad is an entrepreneur, he also jostle lots of and clothing brand model and public mummy runs a café and a business typing. I fell in love with working on
available are not really in use now, because every day new things together, I can say I have had many take outs from relations enthusiast. In this interview centre and she is also a printer. My Corel draw. Using Corel draw,
technology, new innovation, new machineries are springing what he has done. He is more or less what the Yoruba will call up and you want to be in the know about everything in your “ile lo ti ba gbogbo e”. How did you come about the name grow. That's how I came up with the
egede Oluwabukola Racheal, though in session with Oluwaseyifunmi Olumi, she mum is not a graphic designer but
industry.
Another thing is in terms of client expectation too, but this is
really not a challenge then it's something we still need to talk
about .So client expectation sometimes, like the kind of
printing I do is 100% digital, so no means of traditional and all.
Clients are used to the digital way and looking at the type of
digital explosion in the industry, it is something that is very
massive and it requires high capital investment. Lastly, I
think school is another challenge.
How have you been combining school and work?
It has been very demanding and very stressful. I think the
most important thing is about time management and priority
setting. For me, I like to manage my time and everything still
bothers on planning. I think setting priorities is another key
variable we have to consider as student entrepreneur. So for
me, sometimes I have to take Atewe over school and other
times I have to take School over Atewe. For me I will take the
client over my school and at some point maybe when it is time What lessons have you learnt from being an entrepreneur? I started bringing shapes together for exams and all I know I am 100% a student, but it has really Even thou I am still learning, the major lessons I have learnt so even if it's was not making sense Olori? name. But soon that name will be
not been something very easy because at some points I have to far is that you need to endure. As an entrepreneur, you need to actually, I was still eight years old I am the only girl among four siblings changing.
miss test, assignments, sometimes attendance. But then endure so many things because sometimes, as an then, and I had to go to school, but and the last born. So, since it is a As a woman excelling pretty well
everything is still within understanding the long term effects entrepreneur you have to, in the process of helping people to whenever I come back from school I brand that needs to stand for in a mainly men's world. How are
of this two things because for me, my motivation has always solve problem, you might be encountering problem yourself, helped mummy in typing until when I something and a queen usually you doing it?
been that school in the end will expire at a particular point in so you need to persevere if you are not someone that can got to the age of eleven. Already in s stands with the king to support him Well it is God's grace (laughs). Let
time but providing solution for people as it regard printing actually endure and persevere you might not be able to do so econdary school then I focused more in one way or the other. This me say because I must do what I
and all is something that I want to be doing. well in entrepreneurship. Another lesson is patience, on the graphic designing so as things represents what I do as I help people know how to do, I spend much time
What are your parent's perspectives to dividing academic especially when you are operating in the creative space, you went on, I started it by myself I didn't and business to stand, stand with researching. I cannot say because I
attention? have an idea and you want to execute it as it is happening, go to any school. them to ensure that their business am a graphics designer and I am
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