Browsing: Entrepreneurship

Can Everyone Become An Entrepreneur? OR Is Entrepreneurship for Everyone?   To effectively answer this question, we’ve got to go…

For every new subscriber to naijapreneur, in the welcome email, I often encourage them to write me back telling me…

Clearly understanding the characteristics of an entrepreneur is an important step in your entrepreneurial journey. Why? Because being an entrepreneur…

Very few things have as much impact on your capacity to succeed as an entrepreneur like learning does. From my…

Regardless of the goal, task or activity being undertaken, there are a lot of factors that can be attributed to…

Entrepreneurial FOOLISHNESS: How To Become A Better FOOL In Business. The difference between successful entrepreneurs and the unsuccessful ones is this; the successful ones know the areas where they are complete Fools and the areas where they are complete geniuses.

Entrepreneurs are humans and all humans are prone to mistakes. As the saying goes; “no one is above mistake.” But…

I have always been fascinated by greatness; that special realm of human existence where achievement blends with fulfillment and creativity…

Being average would have been great if there weren’t many people in that space. The average space is already crowded, there’s little or no room for you. The more you try to be like everyone else, the less visible you become. Being average is the closest alternative to extinction!

When you are like everyone else your existence don’t matter; whether you are present or absent, no one bothers. Why? Because there are so many others just like you to cover up for you. Who needs another average product, service or company when they are already crowded by many? Average is abundant, extraordinary is scarce.

Between the conceptualization of business a idea or the recognition of a business opportunity and the actual execution of the idea or the pursuit of the business opportunity, there is a gap. This gap is caused by fear, those inner demons that rare up their ugly heads as you embark on your entrepreneur’s journey. I refer to them as entrepreneurial fears and they are quite a handful of them.

In my previous post, I talked about the second most read and most searched for topic on naijapreneur –branding. In…

As an entrepreneur, while trying to build your business, never forget to do business. And while trying to do business,…

Entrepreneurs are problem solvers, as a matter of fact; they are only paid when they solve people’s problems through the…

CampusPreneur Tour 2013: Raising Entrepreneurs On Nigerian Campuses! The Tour will also feature other entrepreneurs like Rita Oloko, a make up professional and Segun Jiwande, a fashion designer.

2013: Screw Business As Usual. Your business in this NEW YEAR 2013 will only go as FAR as the CAUSE [vision, purpose, or mission] that you went into business to FIGHT!

The human side of entrepreneurship refers to those personal struggles you face as a result of your decision to become an entrepreneur. They represent the pains, challenges, experiences, sacrifices and realities that are peculiar to entrepreneurs as a result of the unusual path they have chosen.

As an entrepreneur your task is to build a business and not to do business. It is a task that demands more than one skill. Because you are building it, and not doing it like a job would imply, you are never going to succeed relying on one skill alone!

CUSTOMER ALERT: Beware Of Customers From Hell. It’s ok to let some customers go because not all customers is right for your business. The 4 Warning Signs Of Customers You MUST Avoid! The bottomline here is this, offer value to those who value your offering.

Productivity Checklist For Entrepreneurs. The very first sign of un-productivity is having more goals un-achieved. The more goals you have still hanging unfulfilled, the more unproductive you are.

The Burden Of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is one heck of a life and only the entrepreneur knows why he has opted for such a life. Entrepreneurs have unlimited ideas, but limited funds. Entrepreneurs have unlimited work, but limited time. Entrepreneurs have unlimited market, but limited marketing. Entrepreneurs have unlimited risks, but limited guarantees. Entrepreneurs are far MORE broke than they are rich. Entrepreneurs fail several times MORE in life than the average human being!