The trailer man
Friday, July 18, 2008
A few metres from them are their finished products in the form of about five trailers of various sizes.
This is the home-cum-manufacturing workshop for 64 -year- old Thomas Chikore who is popularly known as 'Sesennye'. This man is a former Public transport service magnate who used to run a transport company known as Sesennye Bus Service hence the nickname 'Sesennye'. After disappearing from the business scene for sometime the man has reincarnated himself as a leading trailer manufacturer. For this father of 15, running a business is what he enjoys most. " Running a business is what I have always enjoyed in life. It is what defines joy and happiness in my world. After some challenges in the public transport business I decided to venture in to this kind of business," he discloses. For Chikore, " It is the ability of the individual to diagnose needs for a specific market segment that gives them the edge to succeed in whatever business adventure they embark upon."
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