In this episode of MERI podcast, we have a conversation with Adam Abate, the Founder of Apposit and Investment Director at Renew Capital.
With many years of experience under his belt, Adam discusses his journey of employment and entrepreneurship.
Tune in as we discuss:
- Starting and Running Business
- Shifting Profession
- Acquisition
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00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Opening
03:44 - Who is Adam?
18:13 - Coming back to Ethiopia
20:30 - Solar Business
08:42 - Closing the solar business
30:27 - Opening a tech company
50:53- Apposit
58:55 - ECX system development
01:03:03 - Management
01:06:11 - Servicing international clients
01:11:37 - The Readiness from the private sector for new systems
01:15:20 - Apposit aqusition
01:23:39 - Paga
01:36:09 - Emotions after aquistions
01:47:01 - Breaking hard new to the team
01:51:16 - Ethiopian Tax sector
01:55:55 - Start up Businesses
02:03:54 - Business scalability in africa compared to the world
02:10:43 - Biggest lesson learned in business
02:11:01- Testing new opportunities
02:11:19 - Biggest mistake made
02:11:43 - the happiest day ever
02:12:12 - Advice for entrepreneurs
02:13:26 - Hardwork vs Luck
02:16:02 - Evaluating onboarding partners
02:18:48 - what does the future hold for Adam
02:20:46 - Life Wisdom
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