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There are so many challenges that face students especially undergraduates. But of all challenges, money is the first. Undergraduates need money for so many things and for some whose monthly allowances are not enough, borrowing has always helped. Because they go a borrowing, the next allowance that they get almost gets used up in paying back to their creditors. This has been a serious challenge for many and they are left with the option of living in fear and isolation because they have little or nothing- the money available is only those meant for departmental payments, course registration, photocopying, and buying of handouts and textbooks. How can someone be in school and still have enough money to spend even after paying for all that is needed? How can an undergraduate live a comfortable life? How can they be financially free? How can an undergraduate be less dependent on his or her parents? All these are questions that need answers. In this post, a student ent...

There is no business if the owner or entrepreneur has no money to fund it. No matter how small any business is, it needs money to start- even if it is a dollar. the more funds available for an entrepreneur, the more a business is likely to grow. Some entrepreneurs and indeed many small and medium scale business owners find it difficult to source for funds and also, do not know where and how to source for funds. Many have also tried so many sources but found little or nothing maybe because they searched in a wrong place, had their business plans rejected or poorly presented their business. In this article, we would be looking at various sources of funding that you can explore to get sufficient funds for your business. We all know that sources of funds are diverse and divergent and have made so many business ideas that would have turned into multi-million dollar business to fizzle out. Sources of funds for small and medium scale business Below are some of the source...

Investment and business as a whole is a very delicate issue especially when it involves a huge sum of money or human resources. Every business has its own unique requirements that whosoever want to venture into it must know about.  But there are general principles that guide every business and you need to consider them before you start any business. We tried to localize them as much as possible so as to enable you relate to them. Factors or Things To Consider Before Starting a Business To start any business, you should try as much as possible to do the following: Learn about the business: so many businesses tend to fizzle out after a while not because the money to be used for it is not there, but because the owner (especially sole proprietors) knows little or nothing about the business. Many think they can make it in every business through trial and error and after a while, they just crash out.  Although there are some businesses that one can do w...

You have finally decided to venture into online money making businesses but you don’t know which one to go for. Whether to start blogging or Fiverr (a site for freelancing) and you decided to search online for an answer. In this post, we will be looking at what each of these businesses entails and how to go about any of them. Fiverr or Blogging? An in depth analysis: Fiverr is an online marketplace that started sometime in 2010 and since, has been operating very fine. As an online freelancing marketplace, you can make money from it from anywhere around the world just with an internet connection, a device to connect and serious dedications to the business. On Fiverr, you sell any digital product or service you can think of by creating gigs. These gigs serve as spots from which you get buyers to apply for your services. What makes Fiverr awesome? I have been a freelancer on Fiverr since 2016 and I must say that the platform is one of the very best...

And so you have saved up to two hundred thousand Naira and the issue now is that you don’t know what business to venture into with the money. This often happens because you didn’t have any idea at first or just because there are so many ideas in your head and you don’t know which one to take.  It is important that you carefully go through all the details about a business so as to be on a safer side and to avoid wasting your hard-earned money. In this article, we would be looking at the various businesses you can start with three million Naira and get a high return on investment within the shortest possible time. The truth is that the ideas we will share in this post are not the usual ideas you see all over the internet. We hand-picked these ones and they are the ones with ready markets waiting for them. Sit back and grab a packet of popcorn as we take you through these mind-blowing business ideas. Top businesses you can start with less than three million N...

Entrepreneurs are leaders and readers are also leaders. If you want to stay on top of your game and make it in your entrepreneurship journey, you have to read and not only reading any book but quality books. A wise man once said that if you want to stay relevant in any field, you must acquaint yourself with the latest in that field or have an evergreen knowledge. Entrepreneurship doesn’t only entail working hard but knowing the right things to be done with little hard work. If business was 100% hard work, then why barrow pushers and other people we know are work very hard still poor? The importance of reading can never be over-emphasized. The need for everyone to be entrepreneur-minded is very clear to everyone now because of the recent turn of events all over the world. The richest and well-known people are not those who had too much education but people who read specific books that changed their mindset and how they think altogether. Some people end up getting money...