Billionaires And Faith
Monday, 11 February 2019
John D Rockefeller Sr has been said to be the greatest businessman of all time, he was a man of faith. At one time in his life, he was adjudged to have the largest net worth in world history. John is recorded to have attended Sunday services and prayer meetings every Friday all his adult
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It’s Good To Work From Home
Monday, 04 February 2019
Zion is an avid believer in the idea of working from home and he has touted this for as long as he can recall since his professional career in Will Windows. He’d rather power his laptop by 7am and start churning out work than spend an average of two hours plus of his morning in
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A Startup’s Story – Printcess
Monday, 28 January 2019
I worked in a media company rendering printing services but we had a major issue – we couldn’t print out good quality jobs. We were unable to meet the client’s expectations because of the quality of our prints. For several years, I tried to make management see the importance of printing the right way but
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Beggar CEO
Monday, 21 January 2019
Yes, I saw them with my eyes, these begging chief executive officers or CEOs. CEO 1 is standing by a car (his?) in the mall’s parking lot, narrating how he’d spent a lot shopping and needed help with a little extra cash to get some fuel for his car. I met CEO 2 in one
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It’s Possible
Monday, 14 January 2019
Tons of people have asked these questions long before you with concerns about the most unimaginable things, like “I wish I could fly” – today, over 4 billion passengers fly numerous airliners annually. For some, it’s the lunar charm of the moon that held them mesmerized and they were fixated gazing at it with powerful
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I Have A Vision
Monday, 07 January 2019
It’s the beginning of another 365 days, early days yet for Ben and his team. He had a new year crossover that was fraught with uncertainty. But now, Ben believes he knows better and ready to transit the year. He had grand plans last year which he struggled with and tried to implement in sweat
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Handling Difficult Customers
Monday, 26 November 2018
Yes, sometimes you want to say ‘to heck with this ***dy customers! I wonder why they have such airs about them and feel so important?” But as a matter of fact, the customer is king. Without your customers, there’s no you or your business. You cannot provide that business solution or sell that product to
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Business Finance: EBITDA
Monday, 19 November 2018
How adequate is your record keeping? These helps and forms the basis for making financial comparisons for companies and potential investors. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) is used for comparisms and also for negotiation. It gives a thorough analysis of how the business is faring. Earning before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Appreciation (EBITDA) are
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Thought-Provoking Business Realities
Monday, 12 November 2018
No one can be as passionate about your business as you. See every help from your staff as a privilege and not a right. e.g. your staff will not see the urgency in your business more than you will. Ensure that you have a project or asset (not liabilities) that you are financing per time
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Vehicles For Creating Value
Monday, 05 November 2018
There are different vehicles for creating value as an entrepreneur, these include: NEWNESS: Something that’s not been created before (an invention), not previously seen or experienced e.g iPad, iPhone. Newness is different from innovation which is taking what is existing and innovated into a new product e.g iPhone6 to iPhone7. Newness can be as a
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The Psychology Of Buying
Monday, 29 October 2018
Why do some people buy only what they need, while others go on shopping sprees? If people buy for a reason, then people should also sell for a reason, what’s yours? It is said that the mortality rate of businesses in Nigeria is 70%. In the midst of these challenges, how does a business survive
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Build Your Capacity
Monday, 22 October 2018
Moving from one level to the next in business is dependent on your capacity in the marketplace. Money without capacity can be disastrous. Moses’ leadership exposure in Egypt gave him the opportunity to learn how to manage people, time and resources. He must have started with managing 50 people and then from 1000 to 5000,
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Business Challenges
Monday, 15 October 2018
Creation of wealth is an exchange of value and money is the outcome or result of such exchange. The world is changing and it seems Christians are being left behind. We need to make some changes and take charge. Welcome to #MondayMarket with Coach Oliver. Is there any reason why the richest man in Africa/the
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Be A Financial River, Not A Dam
Monday, 08 October 2018
What do the world’s richest have in common? They are serial entrepreneurs and philanthropists. They understand that if you never let the money flow out to allow fresh ones in, it becomes stagnant. The African mantra is, get what you can, ‘can’ what you get and sit on the ‘can’. But money is fluid; it’s
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A Call From Nigeria – Independence Special
Monday, 01 October 2018
“Arise o compatriots”, is the call to everyone with Nigerian blood running in their veins. It is the call that we must all obey and give our best to move us up on the path of our destiny. Nigeria’s call bellows out loud and clear to us, you and I to serve our fathers and
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