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How Much do You Actually Need to Start a Small Business?

For people that keep postponing the pursuit of a viable small business venture on the guise of not having sufficient capital to set up the business, here is a word of advice for them – actually you don’t really need a lot of money to start some types of small business. With little or no [...]

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Proper Etiquettes to Do Business in Japan

This is a guest post by Andrew Black. To write an article for our website, please see our write for us guideline When you are doing business in Japan, you do not want to spoil your deal by violatingJapanese business etiquettes. Japanese take pride in their customs, traditions andculture, whereas business etiquettes are no exception. Practically, Japanese business etiquettes [...]

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Why Should You Offer Christmas Gifts To Your Loyal Customers?

This is a guest post by Tim Brown. To write an article for our website, please see our write for us guideline. Holidays such as Christmas are a great way for the businesses to prosper financially. It gives them a strong insight to whether they will end up in the black or red during the year. [...]

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Africa’s Entrepreneurial Hot-Spot by Randall Kempner

ED, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneur Africa’s Entrepreneurial Hot-Spot by Randall Kempner I’m writing from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. I’ve just spent the last two days participating in events related to Global Entrepreneurship Week hosted by Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) members Pan-African University-Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Alitheia Capital, and [...]

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3 Tips to Finding Entrepreneur Opportunities

Tips to Finding Entrepreneur Opportunities By Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Some people would like to believe that entrepreneurs are born not made. However, science has not yet confirmed the discovery of an entrepreneur gene, disabusing this romantic notion about entrepreneurship and convincing more people that this breed of people are indeed nurtured, not born. One thing [...]

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3 Effective Ways To Approach Strategy Development For Your Small Business

Strategy Development should be regarded as the pivot on which your business rotates. No matter the form of business model you choose, you would always come across an instance that requires strategic system. I want to draw your attention on the the effective ways you can approach Strategy Development, thereby improving your small business and [...]

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Google Trader and How to Launch Your Own Internet Marketing Business in the Next Few Hours

In the next few hours, you can have your own internet marketing business in place with no kobo down.  Thanks to the move made by Google to launch Google Trader in Nigeria. As an enthusiast of Google services and tools, I cannot do without making use of something Google in a day and, therefore, I [...]

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What Ambitious Small Business Owners Should Learn from Accidental Entrepreneurs

What Ambitious Small Business Owners Should Learn from Accidental Entrepreneurs

One trouble, two small notes, LinkedIn website and then the emergence of a top entrepreneur… The above line is not just a phrase but the phases of the problem faced, the actions taken and the entrepreneurial service organization that eventually surfaced for Henk van Ess. Henk needed to find a way of extending the life [...]

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4 Small Business Lessons from Steve Jobs ex-CEO Apple Inc.

4 Small Business Lessons from Steve Jobs ex-CEO Apple Inc.

I wrote the 4 Small Business Lessons from Steve Jobs immediately after he resigned as CEO of Apple Inc. long before he died of Cancer…. So long Steve – the world misses you!!! Its no longer news that Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO of Apple Inc., what might be news today are some of the [...]

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Recipe for Success: 3 Things You’ll Need to Start a business of your own.

This is a guest post by Nadia Jones. To write an article for this site, please see our write for us guidelines. It’s easy to get caught in the grind of a day job, working at a desk for eight hours a day. Nine-to-five jobs are stable, and give you the assurance of a paycheck on a [...]

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