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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunity is a favourable time, occasion, or set of circumstances for doing something. The effective and maximum use of opportunity results in success. We must learn to recognise and convert to advantage the opportunities that God will bring across your path this year. Time itself is an opportunity. It is a convertible resource. It can …
PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE INTRAPRENEURSHIP
An “intrapreneur” is an individual who works for a company in an entrepreneurial role and environment. While still working for the company, an intrapreneur has the opportunity to develop new business independently, as well as new revenue for the company, the profit from which will be shared in part with him. Below are the principles …
10 TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE BUDGETING
My dad neither smokes nor drinks. “Impressive!!” you would say. I used to think so too, but recently he told me why he does not smoke nor drink. He intimated me that it was an economic decision. He had calculated how much he would need to spend on drinks and smoking in a month and …
CREATING A BUDGET THAT WORKS
When the word “Budget” is thrown around in Nigeria, we almost always think about the state and national budget. Very few, think about the fact that that word applies to them. We recuse and excuse ourselves from the conversation. We blame others for not planning and how they have done this and that. Unfortunately, most …
WHO IS YOUR MENTOR? (3)
I must sincerely state that the task of asking someone you’ve not met before to be your mentor may not be easy, especially in a society like ours where trust and honesty have been replaced with the tendency to get rich quickly. However, some experienced and successful businessmen out there still accept to mentor the …
MONEY MISTAKES TO AVOID (6)
This should be my last installation on the “Money Mistakes” series. As we have seen in the “episodes” before now, some money mistakes are avoidable, some grew out of ignorance and some practically jumped on you. Anyway, the mistake was engendered, one thing is definite — there are consequences. As you already know, terrible financial …
THINGS NOT TO DO WITH MONEY (5)
This is a continuation of our money mistakes. I did not know how best to title it to pique your interest and so I decided to title it the way I have. Forgive me, if I dragged you into this. Let’s take a look at the mistakes. “If you would know the value of money, …
EIGHT MONEY MISTAKES YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE (4)
We continue our money mistakes series and I will go straight to the point. Let’s have a go at these issues. Always Reaping; Never Sowing — It is only birds that are entitled to reap where they do not sow. You are not a bird and at some point, you will have to sow in …
TEN MORE COMMON MONEY MISTAKES (3)
A lot of people wonder why they never seem to have any money. None in savings, little in investments and they hardly have enough to spare. They know that they earn a decent income, but they never feel like they have any money left over at the end of the month. They wonder why the …
SEVEN COMMON MONEY MISTAKES (2)
Keeping up with the Joneses. Oh, the Kardashians! This money mistake involves trying to impress the people you think are in your class. Most times those people are not even looking neither do they know that you exist. Back at the university, I knew some girls who were competing with another girl. What they got …