Million by 30: Hertzy Kabeya
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Hertzy Kabeya – the first in our million by 30 series - tells us how he developed and launched what’s become an enormously successful education tech company.
Hertzy overcame huge setbacks as founder and CEO of Student Hub. The company almost went bust but Hertzy's drive and leadership ensured the business survived and went on to secure multi million dollar investment. Find out how he did it, what he thinks his business superpower is and what he learned on the way to hitting that million benchmark by his 30th birthday.
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Helen Thomas
Image: Hertzy Kabeya, Credit: Hertzy Kabeya
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| 0:00.0 | I had this secret. I robbed banks in my spare time. |
| 0:06.4 | Lives less ordinary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:09.6 | This is not a good thing to do because police are after you. |
| 0:14.9 | Find out more at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:19.8 | Hello, I'm Felicity Hannah. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. Now, I'm Felicity Hanna. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. Now, how do you make a million before you turn 30? |
| 0:27.9 | In our new series, we're speaking to six entrepreneurs who've managed exactly that. |
| 0:33.1 | As long as you keep going, there's hope. At some point in 2017, we had nothing, like no product, no investor, no money. |
| 0:42.5 | But we kept going. |
| 0:45.0 | Failure is actually only failure when you stop. |
| 0:48.2 | Today, it's the founder and CEO of Student Hub, Herzegubeah. |
| 0:52.5 | Find out how he made his first million and what he's learned |
| 0:56.2 | along the way. |
| 0:59.3 | So Horsi Kabea, founder and CEO of the Student Hub, hello. |
| 1:04.0 | Hi. |
| 1:04.7 | Thank you very much for joining us. |
| 1:06.6 | Now, your story is fascinating. |
| 1:08.8 | Different countries, different businesses. |
| 1:10.8 | I wanted to know what skills you've particularly brought to that. |
| 1:14.1 | So what's your superpower? |
| 1:15.7 | Well, I'm going to say that my superpower, I'll say, is really linked to the fact that, |
| 1:22.1 | you know, I really know the reason why I exist, right? |
| 1:26.1 | And then I do, I actually stick to my leg, right? So I'm here to |
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