Why Should You Take Risks In Business?

Adama J. Adama
2 min readApr 6, 2021
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To become a successful entrepreneur, you must be ready to take calculated risks.

Taking risks as an entrepreneur involves taking charge of your business and making decisions to foster growth and yield profit.

As a businessman, I always take risks for my business, and while some yielded positive outcomes, others did not turn out as expected.

That has not deterred me from taking more risks when another opportunity arises. I always celebrate the ones that turned out well and learn from others.

Risk-taking in business allows you to take your business to a higher level because if your risk yields a positive outcome, your business will experience exponential growth.

But if it turns out the other way, you learn the lessons.

Either way, you can never truly lose in risk-taking.

Taking risks gives you a competitive advantage in the business world.

For example, If a farmer fails to venture into livestock farming because of its risks, and another farmer takes the bold step and ends up becoming successful, the second farmer has become a pacesetter and gained a competitive edge in the business.

Do not deny your business an opportunity to grow just because you are scared of taking risks.

As Barry Farber said, there is no reward in life without risk.

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Adama J. Adama

The Chairman of Enadama Group. The Founder and CEO of Farm4Me Agriculture Limited.