A small change on Facebook may require major updates for your website
Have you ever wanted to share a link for your website on Facebook, only to discover you weren’t happy with the automatically generated preview? Normally, you would just change the headline, description and pop in a better picture. But in the near future, that won’t be option for many Facebook pages, and possible all of […]
When the local wine shop will not do, auctions offer elusive bottles
When the hammer went down on Helmut Fallmann’s second bid on a lot of limited-edition bottles of Tuscan wines, his cellar increased by eight bottles, while his bank account decreased by $22,000. Fallmann, an Austrian technology entrepreneur, flew to New York City this spring to participate in Ornellaia’s Vendemmia d’Artista, a charity auction in its […]
Six administrative tasks you can automate
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of running a business. There are always phone calls to take, meetings to go to and crises to deal with. But if you’re always putting out fires, you’re never going to get to the heart of what really makes the needle move. According to a survey from […]
Identifying social norms makes for better business
RESPONSIBILITY N. Craig Smith, INSEAD Chaired Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility, and Markus Scholz, Endowed Chair of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Vienna The concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) triggered a major leap in the global movement to redefine the role of business […]
Chowberry on a mission to end food wastage and hunger in Africa
The tech company uses its app to connect supermarkets with NGOs and low-income earners, allowing them to buy about to expire food at a lower price or have them for free. Chowberry on a mission to end hunger through reducing food wastage and involving all. One basic feature of Africa as a continent is that […]
Running a successful side-business with your full-time paid employment
Setting up a side business, even when you feel safe with your current employment is fast becoming a norm in Nigeria. This is due to the fact that your work is never safe when you are an employee of somebody. In Nigeria and any part of the world, the case is only different for government […]
How to find the next million-dollar idea
I’m often asked what has driven my career as a serial entrepreneur. Here are the steps that I go through for each new venture I embark on. I call them “The Five C’s” of entrepreneurship. Creativity The first act of creation is in the mind. Before you can do it, you have to think of […]
Global focused financial newspaper, Business a.m., sees digital edition record high Alexa rankings against FT, WSJ
Nigeria’s new global focused financial newspaper, Business a.m., has seen its digital online edition, businessamlive.com, post impressive comparative indices on renowned world website ranking portal Alexa, less than 50 days after it began publishing in the second week of May, 2017. Comparative data from Alexa, obtained Tuesday, show that against two world renowned business […]
Mentors are the secret weapons of successful startups
“I’ve probably revised this investor pitch deck 200 times,” a founder told me recently. She’d met with more than 50 potential investors before closing a seed round last month. This might sound excessive to some, but her experience is not unusual. Entrepreneurs often spend hundreds of hours raising funds from angel and venture capital investors. […]
Don’t even think of naming your business until you read this
I have learned a lot from the development of NameLayer, and I’m ready to divulge every trick in my arsenal. In this guide, I provide realistic solutions to the frustrations encountered when naming a company. Plus, I’ll have some fun analyzing both good and bad company names. This guide is divided into three, independent sections: […]