How to work for yourself by Bryan Cohen. 6 Important Takeaways
The things that move the needle in our lives and create the most change are simple truths and hacks we've known in the past that we just need reminded of and most importantly APPLY.
Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp Downtime and What Businesses Should Know
This video is still a must watch!!! I made this Video when there was a Global downtime on 3 of the largest social media platform. The 4 points I mentioned…
7 Powerful Business Lessons From The Romance Novel – ‘A Chance Awakening’
Why does it seem easier for women to walk away from a job, business or career when faced with deep personal and emotional issues. E.g A relationship with a co-worker goes south, a male colleague breaks up with her and maybe starts seeing another colleague and the brokenhearted woman
Self Made Review: The 10 excuses Madam C.J. Walter didn’t let hold her back
Absolutely no one has money lying on the floor waiting for you to pick it up. There is no free money anywhere. Even grants aren’t free money. You have to do something to get money, even free money.
Restaurant review: Craft Gourmet by Lou Baker (All you need to know)
... It looked like an expensive place but it wasn’t intimidating at all. There was soft jazz like music playing in the background and this helped give the ambience a warm and welcoming feel all together
Back to Blogging
Its been a while since I have produced any form of content for my blog and for those who got used to reading what I had to say, I'm sorry with 'cherries on top' for falling off the consistency wagon. After much reflection I can truly say I have located the root cause of
Best Business Advise from Sam Walton. (41-50) Important things Founder must know!
The world of business especially in relation to technology and communication has become fast paced and so employees being skillful and knowledgeable in those areas has become important for the growth of a successful business. Workforce training is in the interest of both the company and the workforce.
Best Business Advise from Sam Walton. (31-40) Important things Founder must know!
According to Sam, before Wal-Mart became a Multi-billion dollar company, when they only had five stores, they spent only 2% of their sales revenue on their costs.
Funding your business idea: Bootstrapping
Finding a business idea worth pursuing is usually the easy part; finding the funds to get that idea off the ground is the barrier most entrepreneurs have to cross.
AgriHUB: Feedback rave
The turnout for the event was great; It was a day-long workshop with about 7 speakers. In spite of the fact that AgriHUB had no corporate sponsors for the MAY workshop, she still charged N500 less than what Leap Africa...
15 inspiring quotes by Muhammed Ali
"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."
Conference Review: Leap Africa’s 11th annual CEOs forum
What I will get however is another call to convene at another venue and a requirement to cough up upwards of N5,500 for another 'impact-full' conference. (not to forget the ever so charming text message sent to me by Leap Africa 'hoping' I learnt something but refusing to ask me the participant for feedback which can help make next years conference better for all the stakeholders.
17 things startups must learn from COZA
Everyone sees COZA now, LED lights, a world-class auditorium in her Abuja HQ, world-class hospitality and they forget that COZA wasn’t always like this
The Moment of Truth: The first time I had ‘Obe sauce’
Even if the Obe sauce is fantastically designed and packaged, with great marketing and easy accessibility, the moment of truth boiled down to 'taste'
The Durability Test: What to remember when packaging your products
Also, heavier objects or products like 'yam tuber' can be placed on the product, to see its impact on the packaged product. Checking if a waterproof packaging is actually waterproof, by submerging the product under water is also a good idea.
How great Founders evaluate their Business Idea to ensure startup success
All Ideas are not created equal because all markets are not created equal. 'Market' is a very important thing to consider when
101 Nigerian Business Ideas (101)
There are many people who want to run their own business but do not have all the skills/money required to start and grow the business. Some have 101 Nigerian business ideas but do not have all the people required to execute them;
101 Nigerian Business Ideas (81-90)
82. Tech/Healthcare: One of the most annoying things about going to a hospital is having to wait for a long time to see a doctor and/or being told that the doctor you want to see is not available. How about creating a platform that enables patients to see the schedule of their doctors and book their appointments.
101 Nigerian Business ideas (71-80)
72. Dating site: Many young Nigerians are not strangers to continual pressure from parents to get married. While people in the West have not been subject to this kind of pressure, they have been able to create dating platforms that make it easier to meet people.
101 Nigerian business ideas (51-60)
54. Food/Confectionery: The last time I checked, Nigeria was still a producer of Cocoa. Cocoa is the main ingredient for chocolate. We should start producing our own chocolates rich in cocoa and stop patronizing these big international brands that do not produce authentic quality chocolate.
101 Nigerian Business Ideas (41-50)
44. Tech/Events: Many Nigerian wedding invitations are designed for physical printing; after the event the card is tossed in the bin. Physical prints aren't the only option. A platform can be created that allows the couple to design their own wedding e-invitation card
101 Nigerian business ideas (31-40)
36. Education: The days are long gone when the only place a person can learn is in the confines of a physical classroom. There are many online educational channels where people can learn all manner of subjects. You can own your own online school and avoid all the administrative, regulatory and financial requirements that come with opening a physical educational establishment.
101 Nigerian Business Ideas (11-20)
...This is where the solution comes in an online directory for handy technical works. where this is different from yellow pages directory is the customer review/evaluation part...
101 Nigerian Business Ideas (1-10)
Entrepreneurship is all about providing solutions that make people's life's a little easier. Who says you can't have money off simple ideas?
5 Insights from 5 young Nigerian Entrepreneurs
In finding a Co-Founder, find someone willing to take the kinds of risk you are willing to. (I definitely can relate to this: Shout out to Lola, the only one who comfortable scaled school with me to source for sponsors, #2010LawFair; and to my Jcooks #Asisterneverforgets)
Best Business Advise from Sam Walton. (21-30) Important things Founder must know!
According to Sam, all his children "worked in the stores, invested in the stores and shopped in the stores". As his children grew older, he gave then a choice whether to work for Wal-Mart or not...
GTBank food and drinks fair review
... the caliber of businesses we are churning out, especially in the food and drink industry would be an improvement on the previous generation. That we are not just concerned about selling a product to a customer, but selling an experience, albeit an unforgettable experience.
How OmoAlata works: Business Model Insights
Agriculture! Agriculture! Agriculture! Everyone and their grandmother is talking about Agriculture as Nigeria’s answer to the very ‘oilly’ mess we’ve gotten ourselves into...
Sam Walton: 10 Rules to Building a Successful Company
These 10 rules highlighted by Sam Walton are rules he summed up at the latter part of his life, when reflecting on what worked for him when building Walmart. Below are the Rules:
Best Business Advise from Sam Walton. (11-20) Important things Founder must know!
... having the right people in the right job when they were needed the most has marked Wal-Mart’s history...
Best Business Advise from Sam Walton. (1-10) Important things Founder must know!
He is known as one of the greatest American entrepreneurs, and through M.I.A, Sam shared many life stories from his Wal-Mart journey that contributed to the growth of Wal-Mart from one (1) store on 7th July, 1962 to one thousand nine hundred and sixty (1,960) stores at the time of his death in April 1992.
How does Hotels.ng make money? African Business Model Insights
Hotels.ng’s cost structure is not unlike most other startup companies. Her costs include legal fees (which include: one-off company registration fee, rent, legal/contractual agreements), office fixtures, utilities, and staff salaries (which is the biggest cost driver for Hotels.ng).