Early-warning-systems for Small Businesses

Most of you would say, that this might not be the most important problem small businesses have to solve during their business operation. Well, that might be true, but on the other hand, if your business has an early-warning-system, than it could assist you in operating your business and keeps you focused on solving the … Read more

Portfolio of Relationships as a Differentiating Asset

Value creation is derived from value chain disruption. If you don’t build strategic relationships to disrupt your value chain, someone else will. As such, adaptive innovation can be characterized as a series of logical processes and critical relationships often interdependent on one another. These sequential processes are: Seeding – market research and conceptualizing often far-fetched … Read more

What Your Business Plan Needs to Convey to Potential Investors

If you are hoping to attract the attention of a business angel to your new venture, it’s imperative that you have a complete, professional, and comprehensive business plan. They will scrutinize your plan carefully to make sure your business fits within their investment goals. You need to know what it is they are looking for … Read more

First Steps To Investing In Stocks

Disclaimer- I am a novice investor. I do not profess to be any kind of guru when it comes to the Stock Market, however I have a passion for the topic and enjoy sharing what I learn. Two years ago I came across a book called, “Rule #1”. It’s a book on stock market investing … Read more

BRITISH HISTORICAL BLUNDERS: EMERGING FAILED STATES

    BY SUNDAY ADOLE JONAH, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGERIA (A reflection on the Nigerian state @ 50)   Sovereign nations today would do well to reflect for a moment or so whether pre-nationhood contact with more influential foreign powers or “guests” was beneficial or damaging in the long run. … Read more