"If you want to begin a start-up begin with the little you have. Eventually people will notice what you have put into it and investors will come in. It is rare for financial institutions to invest in a radical idea but if you begin with something small then someone is bound to notice your effort."
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Quoted in "Chebet Lesan, 28-year-old who produces charcoal briquettes", The Saturday Standard (August 23, 2018)
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