Episode 49 - Innovate or Imitate: Navigating the Copying Conundrum in Business

In this episode of the Create Your Own Economy podcast, host Bunmi Ajibade discusses the impact of copying others on your business. She emphasizes the importance of identifying gaps in the market and finding ways to improve existing ideas or products for your customers. While it is acceptable to imitate and replicate someone else's strategies and ideas during the ideation phase of your business, Bunmi cautions against blindly copying others without adding your own unique twist.

She highlights the positive impacts of using materials and strategies from other businesses, such as learning from their success, gaining valuable insights into what drives success, and validating certain aspects of the market. However, she also acknowledges the negative impacts of copying, such as lack of originality, ethical concerns, distraction from your own innovation, and loss of creativity and passion.

Bunmi encourages entrepreneurs to strike a balance between emulating others and developing their own strategies, ultimately creating their own version of success in the marketplace. By understanding the potential impacts of copying and focusing on adding value to customers, entrepreneurs can create a thriving business while staying true to their own unique vision.

You can download a 10-point checklist specifically designed to help entrepreneurs prepare for success https://clarolegr.com/checklist/

Key Moments: 

[00:04:25] Limited time leads to using existing materials. Positive impact: learn from success, gain insights, accelerate growth.

[00:06:54] Copying with permission validates market, avoids mistakes, creates benchmark.

[00:12:04] Entrepreneurship requires creativity, passion, and alignment.

 

About Bunmi Ajibade:

Bunmi Ajibade is the CEO, Executive Trainer, and Coach of Clarole Growth Resources, LLC. She impacts the lives of individuals, groups, and corporations through Coaching, Training, and Mentoring. Bunmi’s strategies include Creating Awareness, Clarity, and Navigating to be more and do more to achieve success. Through her love, passion, care, and empathy, Bunmi has helped her clients navigate, gain clarity and find solutions that will make them live their best lives and become successful. Bunmi has organized workshops, Seminars, led Leadership discussions, and conducted one on one coaching sessions. Bunmi is happily married and raised three successful sons. She resides in Texas, USA. 

 

How to connect with Bunmi Ajibade: 

Website: https://clarolegr.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunmiaj/ 

Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Clarole14

Book a call with Bunmi - http://clarolegr.com/meet