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Grit and resilience are the two crucial ingredients for an aspiring entrepreneur

Rakesh Shah

Company: Vitafoam Products
Setback: 2015, a fire burnt down a section of Vitafoam factory on Mombasa Road, Nairobi. It dealt a devastating blow to the business, with a loss estimated at about Sh 800 M

What he did: When the factory was destroyed, at first all I could think was, “Why us? Why? What happened? Who did this?” All that remained was to look forward. All I knew was that we had to start from somewhere.

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