Life is the greatest teacher, but the lessons come in the guise of rollercoaster experiences in daily endeavors. CEO of Grace Nation group of companies, Onuora Chibueze Paul, better known as Honourable Exkid, totally reinforced that fact when he recently shared his journey as a businessman.

Honourable Exkid is a serial entrepreneur and investor. The young, enterprising, and resourceful tradesman founded Grace Nation Building Materials after graduating from the polytechnic in Anambra, his state of origin. Despite not having prior knowledge of running a business, he took the risk by learning the ropes as the owner six years ago.

“I started my entrepreneurship journey in 2017, after my national diploma. In the beginning, I ventured into so many businesses, but gradually, I narrowed down to the ones that best suit my capability,” Onuora Chibueze Paul said in an interview.

Continuing, Onuora Chibueze Paul said, “Initially, I thought owning a business was something you could just do relaxingly, but I got to know that business involves competition, whereby you have to make an effort to propel yourself and your business ahead of others; not only that, your fate is determined by customers, and you must try hard to please them.”

After successfully building his first business into a vibrant company, Honourable Exkid launched Grace Nation Entertainment, an idea driven with the intent of giving talented Nigerians aspiring for a career in the entertainment industry a veritable auspices for top-level achievements. The grand idea by the visioner of Grace Nation Entertainment was to position the establishment as a talent hunt, as most popular labels do not have such patience.

“As an entrepreneur, I am able to run these two unrelated businesses because the business strategies and objectives of each company are different and, in no way, affect the other,” Honourable Exkid reflected.

Onuora Paul revealed that one of the valuable lessons experiences have taught him is to avoid individuals who do not share his vision.

“The other big lesson I have learned is that if you want to be successful, you have to ignore negative people around your business. Learn to pursue your business with passion and zeal and also trade with people that have the same vision as you,” Honourable Exkid asserted.