Linda Ajala started as a banker in 2013 on a monthly salary in excess of N200,000. A year into the job, she knew she wanted more, despite the opportunities in the bank.
A young entrepreneur, Linda Ajala owns Splurgeon Foods, a premium catering firm based in Abuja. She brings with her immense knowledge in banking and strategic planning to make the company the force to reckon with in Nigeria.
What would turn out to be her catering brand started out as a joke, in her own words? Linda started by selling soup bowls to her friends in the bank. She recalled having a chat with a friend on possible side of income streams, who asked why she cooked for free since she loved to cook. Why not turn it into a business? asked the friend. But this seemed a ridiculous idea. Going from earning N200,000 monthly in a corporate job to selling soup bowls for N2000.
Two years after she began selling soup bowls to colleagues in the bank, Linda finally quit her job to pursue the cooking business full time. But selling soup bowls was not enough business, so she arranged with a bank to sell lunch to staff. At this point, Linda employed a kitchen assistant to help out. Few months later, she added a second bank to the list, making it two bank branches where she sold lunch to staff members. She employed a second kitchen assistant.
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