20A – Growing Your Social Capital

Mike is a dealer here in Gainesville and Owns a dealership called HD truck center. He is only 28 years old and is running his business for 5 years ago. He is going to be my supplier since as a dealer, he is the one that can purchase the salvage vehicle for me and help me with the shipping because of his license. I met him when I was buying my first car and since then, we became best friends. He is going to make sure that I get any vehicle that is ordered by a client from West Africa.

Mubarak is a friend that is already doing car business in New York. He exports vehicle from USA to West Africa, but most of his vehicles are older than the ones I will be sending, and his are not savaged. He is 30 years old and been looking for a business partner with who he can work. I believe that in future, I will be working with him, and he is already one of my investors. So, financially, he is going to help me.

Lamine is car dealer located in West Africa and been in the business for more than 20 years. He has a lot of loyal customers and know almost the price of every single car. Thus, he will keep me updated of any price change, and make sure that he sells the exported vehicles as fast as possible.

I believe that all these people are going to make my business less challenging. Also, as partners, they will all give their ideas which will make my business plan even more successful and interesting. Also, I believe that this is a great experience as it makes me realized that a lot of ideas together can make things easier. In my language, there is saying that says, “two hands wash each other, not only one”.