TOP BUSINESS CHALLENGES (2) Success is not an easy feat; most times the easier it looks on the surface, the more gruesome the labour that went into achieving it. It...

BIGGEST BUSINESS CHALLENGES I sent some of my researchers to ask 10 small-scale business entrepreneurs what they consider their biggest business challenges. Their target was entrepreneurs who had started and...

BRANDING: The Mark Example Mark is a young man in his early thirties. He is a fashion entrepreneur and a social influencer. For those of us who struggle with the...

HOW TO BOUNCE BACK FROM FAILURE About forty years ago in a remote part of the then Bendel State, a middle-aged man prepared a mini feast and called his relatives...

HUSTLE FOR SIDE HUSTLES If you don’t hear a mention of the word ‘side hustle’ at least five times in a week, you are probably in a very special class....

HOW TO STRETCH THAT PAY CHEQUE A friend of mine, summarizing the financial atmosphere prevalent now, said that the kid gloves have been pulled off and everyone is getting down...

BLIND FOLLOWERSHIP When we were kids in secondary school, there was a football match between my school and a neighbouring school. Every student seemed invested in that match; I think...

A CHAIN ACTION FOR CHANGE Someone sent this document to me for publication. He was sincere enough to tell me that it is not his original document but was seen...

IMPLEMENTING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE IN THE WORKPLACE A Nigerian-born man Ofure, shared a story about how he got employed in a large company in America simply because of...

TRACKING YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH In the course of building a business and growing a strong brand, many times, entrepreneurs get so focused on the particular demands of their businesses, they...