As the year comes to an end, I am always excited by the activity line up of conferences and events that I get to attend or...
For many entrepreneurs, price is a sensitive and difficult topic. From selecting a price point and worrying if it’s too high or too low, price is...
A few months ago, we were in a business class for creative entrepreneurs and we told the participants that they would need to raise their prices...
I was speaking to one of my clients the other day and I asked her what she was selling? She pointed out the skin and make...
In business, activity is not movement. In the next few weeks, I am going to be writing on what I like to tag ‘reality business school’...
A side gig is a means to make extra money on the side apart from your normal source of income like full time employment. If you...
Ever wondered why many businesses in Nigeria do not live beyond the founder of the business? I have a number of friends and relatives who ran...
Starting a business is a huge accomplishment for many entrepreneurs, but maintaining one, is a bigger challenge. There are many challenges common to any business –...
I’m a firm believer that with plans, the odds of one’s success increases. Even if things don’t go as planned, your outcomes are very likely to...
“It is not what you know that matters, it is whom you know”. This is a common maxim in today’s competitive labour market, and networking effectively...
So, you have transformed that great idea into an equally great product? Congratulations! Now open for business, you sit by the phone waiting for the calls...
Most businesses never live long enough to click glasses for their fifth anniversary. Now that’s quite scary, knowing that no business owner starts up thinking the...
Intellectual property refers to a bundle of rights accruing to an individual or a corporate entity as a result of a creation. Individuals and Savvy businesses...
A business partnership has been likened to a marriage. This is not far-fetched because it is indeed a marriage. It is a union of minds, views,...
“My name is Zainab Makinde, I’ve got something I know you’ll be interested in.” Five minutes and fifty mumbled up sentences you heard little of and...
On Thursday 23rd May 2013 SPARC (Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness) partners Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business and Public Service brought...
Saka has ‘ported’! Few weeks ago, we woke up to find out Saka had sold out. An excited Saka filled the front pages of our major...
You’ve thought up a great business idea, finally crossed the hurdle of raising the start-up capital, and now you’re in business. Wow, that’s good news. Five...
So you have a degree maybe two. Perhaps you studied abroad, your CV is so rich; you were offered a job at the company of your...
One Thursday afternoon during lunch-break, I left my office for a phone store down the road, to get a phone accessory. On my way, I saw...
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