Me and my friend started a business to sell special honey from our country to the states. Both of us are students in a low income country so money is tight. We each put in about 2k usd and managed to ship 60 jars of various sizes to our distributor (who is a friend that agreed to help us out)
Out of 60 bottles, ~15 survived the trip. Many leaked and broke. Is it a failure? Im not sure…
We had decent margins so we will still be in green if we manage to sell what remains. Even if all our products were damaged, it would still be a valuable lesson learnt. My friend feels the same way.
For 2k we learnt how to start a business and follow it through. I spent 10 times that in a college degree to do the same thing … LEARN.
Would it have been nice if we made good profit? Absolutely. Would I have given up if i was doing this alone? Absolutely. Do i look forward to doing this again and do it better this time? Absolutely!
I don’t know if I’m being overly positive, but despite the setback, i am excited to continue this. Hope other people in a similar situation feel the same and want to continue growing their business too!
good lessons and a good way to look at your mistakes on this time.
you’re doing fine, so long as you keep learning and (IMO more importantly) discovering what cause the failure and WHY, treat it as learning to walk.
the only conditions you should set are - if you’re going to fail, fail FAST! and dont repeat the same mistake twice.
remember failure isn’t the goal though, the goal is to succeed, but failure are a byproduct of trying.
From where you belong I also belong to developing country Man you just need to upgrade you packing i think all is good you are gona make a hell of money
Speak with some shipping agents and get advice on how to package your honey properly. You made a good start so just fix the issues and carry on.