Archive for the ‘Entrepreneur’ Category

The Best Online Business To Start!

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Rich Schefren of Strategic Profits wrote a post addressing the frequently asked question What’s the Best Online Business to start?. He is a guru I am a newbie. However before going through his post, I knew the answer to that question. When I eventually read through the whole article, I was ecstatic that he confirmed my answer as being 100% correct (that shows I am making progress in my online entrepreneur adventure).

Each of us starting a new venture wish a seer (someone who sees tomorrow) will simply tell us what to do and what not to do so that we can have straight business sucesses and no failure. So the question “What’s The Best Online Business To Start?” is a genuine heart-cry of so many serious online entrepreneurs who want to achieve success. (more…)

Outstanding Like An Eagle

Friday, June 27th, 2008

My desire is to be outstanding in any venture I embark on. I don’t want to be lost in the crowd. A nonentity wandering aimlessly without focus. I want to be outstanding like an eagle!

The Eagle Entrepreneur

In my online adventure, I have come to discover that it is not an easy task to be an outstanding entrepreneur among the millions that are craving for attention. (more…)

Email Intercepted and Bank Details Changed (Real Scam Story)

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I got this report and I felt I should share this with all my reader especially those who conduct their business with free web-based email accounts.

TRUE LIFE EMAIL SCAM STORY

A Nigerian who is the head of finance in his organization was instructed to purchase a piece of equipment on behalf of his company. After obtaining the quote from the oversea manufacturer, (a US based company) the deal was sealed for a six digit figure and it was agreed that the manufacturer will start building the equipment once they receive a 50% upfront payment. This was agreed on by both parties and the manufacturer representative sent an invoice containing the Wire Transfer Instructions and the Bank Account details of the manufacturing company to the Nigerian company email address (a free web based account).

Upon receipt of the email, the Nigerian observed that the Name of the beneficiary contained in the Wire Transfer Instruction was a personal name and not the Manufacturing Company Corporate Name. Not suspecting anything at this point, he informed his boss who simply told him to call the manufacturing company on phone and confirm that they actually want the money sent into a personal account. (more…)

10 Tips For Creating Business Ideas

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

How Do I Create Business Ideas?

You can create new business ideas in any niche you are passionate about by asking yourself 10 questions. Each question forces you to think deep and look for hidden opportunities which others have overlooked (because they were not obvious). I know you have been itching to make yourself stand-out by offering something unique, here is the opportunity, pick a product or service and subject it to the following queries:

  1. Is there a better method of doing this? – Let your imagination run wild, you will be surprised at the kind of business ideas you will come up with. The less it conforms to the norm the better.
  2. Can I make it bigger or smaller? – Sometimes size does make a big difference, that is called creativity in business. Give it a trial.
  3. Can I add something to it, subtracts something from it, or rearrange the order of things? – Bloggers are good at this. They are always adding or subtracting something from their themes to make it stand-out! That is the way to go in tuning and fine tuning your business ideas, until you get the unique business idea that you are willing to execute. (more…)

Entrepreneurship Lessons From Nigerian June 12 Story

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Today marks the 15year anniversary of the “Best Presidential Election” ever held in Nigeria. The election was annulled by the military and that incidence is popularly refer to as June 12 by Nigerians. Today, Nigerian Politicians will gather and make wonderful speeches about the incident and the adverse effect it has had on our growth as a nation. I am not a politician and I try as much as possible not to meddle in political debates. However, I am interested in the Hero of June 12 who was once the greatest Nigerian Entrepreneur!

Chief M.K.O Abiola as he is fondly called was a successful Nigerian Entrepreneur with a thriving business empire that spread its tentacles beyond the coast of Nigeria. He single handedly floated million dollar investments in different industries. He was a force to recon with in the Nigerian Airline Industry, (Concord Airline), he was making waves in the Nigerian News Media Industry with Concord Newpaper and was also doing well in other industries. You may begin to wonder how come we no longer hear anything about those investments? (more…)