Friday 31 July 2015

40 Low Start-up Businesses That Can Make You Rich



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Friday 24 July 2015

Bed Bugs Invade Nigerian Varsity -Unilag Hostel -Opportunity for entrepreneurs to build and operate private hostels


Students of one of Nigeria’s flagship citadel of learning, the University of Lagos -Unilag are currently under attack. The invaders, though not human are nonetheless, formidable. Bed bugs have taken over more than half of the rooms in the Biobaku Hall –a male hostel of the school.

Thursday 23 July 2015

Sample Business Plan For Cleaning Business


  
Executive Summary
The commercial cleaning subsector of the Nigerian economy is still growing. We believe that with the growth of the service outsourcing model in the country and with few well organized players in this important sphere, XYZ Cleaning Services is well poised to add real value to the business in a way that would create a win-win possibility for the customers, the environment and our shareholders as well as other stakeholders.

Commodity Prices to Remain Weak Despite Slight Rebound in Oil Price


WASHINGTON, July 22, 2015 –The World Bank is nudging up its 2015 forecast for crude oil prices from $53 in April to $57 per barrel after oil prices rose 17 percent in the Apr-Jun quarter, according to the Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook, a quarterly update on the state of the international commodity markets.

Friday 3 July 2015

7 Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs

7 Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs

Habits, your conduct or what you do on a regular basis ultimately defines a character. Character on the other hand to a large extent, determines the result an individual would command in given contexts.

Some have argued that entrepreneurship is a calling, while others insist the practitioners require a special set of attributes. The following are traits common in successful entrepreneurs.    
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How to Manage Multiple Businesses



Focus used to be a key word in the enterprise field in about a decade or two ago. Now the norm is multiple streams of income; even a book with the same title was written by Robert G Allen. Take a look at the great entrepreneurs around us; they all own and manage multiple businesses –Sir Richard Branson with over 400 concerns, Warren Buffet, Aliko Dangote –the richest man in Africa, and you may please include your own additions.





10 Things That Can Make Entrepreneurs Happy




A wise person has submitted that "Life is too short to be lived in a boring and joyless form." I totally agree. Probably more than other people, entrepreneurs need a bigger dose of happiness because of the tedious nature of the process in creating wealth and employment for their societies.

Although happiness is by choice, some conditions, to my mind would create germane atmosphere necessary for enterprise creators and managers to be happy and by extension, function maximally.  They are listed below in no particular order: 




How to Conquer Cash Flow Problem



Cash flow is king in any business. Minus it, the enterprise growth would be stunted, and fold-up might be inevitable. For these reasons and more, the importance of proactive and strategic management of cash flow to a business entity cannot be over emphasised.

So how then can business owners surmount the challenge of no or insufficient cash flow?