Archive for the ‘Entrepreneur’ Category

Create Wealth From Real Assets Not Accounting Entries!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Does your business create true wealth by building assets and adding real value to the society? Does your business create wealth from accounting entries? What really does your business contribute to the society? Please do not get me wrong. Services such as medical practice is considered as real value adding products in the context of this article. However, some activities adds nothing and yet they “demand” the lion share of the cake!

Accounting Entries

Accounting Entries

I just read an article written by PACE. It was a good read as it provoked me into deep thought about the activities of several business enterprises in Nigeria. I encourage you to read the article, Burble Burst or Wealth Re-distribution?

For some years now, the agricultural, manufacturing and other sectors in Nigeria have been struggling to survive due to poor infrastructures and other challenges that are almost insurmountable. Funny enough, the financial sector, especially the banking sector has been declaring astronomical figures as turnover and profits at the end of each financial year. (more…)

Pepperjam Network For Newbie Affiliate Marketers

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Affiliate Marketing Illustration

Affiliate Marketing Illustration

Are you a Nigerian looking for ways to make honest income online? You probably have been hearing about affiliate marketing and the opportunities it provides for earning money online. The news is true, but often times, where to start from can be so confusing for a newbie. Well, you need not get confuse anymore.

If you are desirous of earning honest cash online and you do not know where to start from, I have good news for you. PepperjamNetwork offers an affiliate program that is specially designed to meet your need.

PepperjamNetwork is a 3rd party solution that brings publishers (webmasters) and advertisers together. PepperjamNetwork represents the next generation of affiliate marketing that provides several tools  that makes the interaction between publishers and advertisers less stressful. The network provides the following tools, a user-friendly Web 2.0 interface, communication tools (i.e. Pepperjam Chat), an educational resource center (The Pepperjam Knowledge Vault), and full and unfettered affiliate transparency (the Pepperjam Transparency Meter). The program is designed in such a way that you have opportunities from various well established online businesses. (more…)

Why Did You Start Your Business?

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Why did you start your business? What made you choose the entrepreneurial path? I hope your answer is not any of the following:

  • I wanted to be my own boss.
  • I wanted to earn more money.
  • I wanted to be free from the 9a.m to 5p.m daily routine.
  • This business is the most lucrative I could start.
  • I have the technical skill to do the business. etc

Living Fulfilled

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Revisiting The Foundation!

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

When progress slows down to a halt, what do you do? In practical day to day living, there comes a time when all that you know seems to fail at getting you across a particular threshold. You just feel stuck! You have no clue what went wrong and how to get going (maybe that sounds familiar). Well, that is what happened to me of recent.

I sit before my computer and I am blank. Yes, I practically have no clue what I should write about. Even though things are happening around me, I just do not feel like writing about them. However, whenever I visit other blogs or forums, the inspiration flows as my fingers dances up and down on the keyboard (I am an amateur touch typist, doing 50wpm). Some comments I make on other peoples’ site can as well pass for a short post. (more…)

How To Survive Difficult Economic Times

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

How to Survive Economic Recession as an Entrepreneur

The United States of America and other nations in the world are currently experiencing Economic Recession.  This downward trend in the growth of the economy is having adverse effect on global businesses. The Stock Market Crash is a good pointer at this difficult economic times.  The question an average entrepreneur wish to ask is, How can my business survive this difficult economic times? To answer that question, we need to consider some facts.

First we need to understand the fact that, irrespective of how careful an entrepreneur has been, sudden changes in the business climate can have adverse effect on his business. For example, sudden change in Government Economic Policies, rising Inflation, sudden change in Interest rate, Sudden Changes in the International Markets, Wars or Civil Unrest etc can adversely affect the economy of a nation thereby creating difficulties for business owners. Be rest assured that such events will always occur it is just a matter of time! (more…)