Business Development Series

While enjoying the evening cool breeze, looking up the sky for nothing in particular but the starry heavens, serious thoughts about Nigerian’s economy couple with the rise in unemployment crossed my mind. What should be the solutions to these problems? I asked. Immediately the range of services rendered at our organisation, Business Women Networking Ltd comes to mind. “Why not go out there and help these unemployed ones to be self-employment since it’s in your power to do so through your office?” an inner voice  said to me as I continued to wander completely lost in my thoughts. Why am I lost? This is because the attitude of Nigerians bothers me a lot; we are not service oriented people and so, are very difficult to ascribe to services even if it will make our lives better. “Please come, let’s get inside the house” I want to know more about your organisation and its contribution to the society”, that was my brother-in-law’s voice calling on me and bringing me out of m...

Perhaps you are looking for help with your finances, starting or expanding your business, thinking about your dream car or family holiday abroad, newlywed honeymoon, children’s school fees, or even thinking about owning your own house, but where do you start? Whatever is your life stage, you may be interested to know that regular savings is an important financial strategy. How much should you put away for each item and what is your prioritize savings goals? We have you in mind and have designed a contribution scheme to help you with your financial needs, that’s why we have created a product called,  PRIORITIZING SAVINGS SCHEME This contribution program is designed for all those who are interested in saving for rainy days including business men and women, civil servants, graduates etc. Procedures: No special procedures are required except that one has to be registered with us to get started. During this registration, the customer’s name, residential address and a pass...

WHY GO INTO BUSINESS? I meet with some of my friends at a friend’s birthday party, sooner than we realize where we were, discussion began, what about? As usual, issue of redundancy, lack of job came up. A friend among us complained bitterly that, there are no jobs around for people to do, and when I cut in and said there are jobs woo! All of them shouted at me w h e r e! Is it because you are working? I said no, my work is to identify what you can do for a job, so therefore, I am advising you to go into business, they asked, what is business? The moment that question was asked, I decided to check for the definition of a business from Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, which says, “business is the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying of goods or services for money” and according to professors William Pride, Robert Hughes and Jack Kapoor, “business is the organized efforts of individuals to produce and sell, for profit, the goods and services that sati...

TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES Time management can be described as act or process of organizing, and being mindful of amount of time that’s spent on specific activities particularly to increase efficiency, productivity or effectiveness. In other words, one can say, time management is about effective scheduling of time, goal setting, prioritizing and choosing what to do and what not to do, delegating tasks, analyzing and reviewing time spent, organizing  work space , keeping concentration and focus at work, motivating self to work towards a goal.    Objectives of time management are: Decide set goals for a given period of time Create a strategy on how to achieve those goals Mark out Lay out a program scheduling progress of activities Use time management techniques to avoid making mistakes and hazards. BE ETHICAL IN BUSINESS   smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-ethics-organizations Ethics is something that is bothered on individual’s...

Follow our easy steps to get started: Starting a business is quite easy than you thought because you are not alone, we are here to help just “think it” and we “create it.” Thousands of applicants are all over going from place to places looking for job. Heads of government always comes in with projected promises of creating million of jobs endlessly, as the population grows, so are demands for jobs. The private sectors are highly saturated and employers are looking for highly skilled persons with experience that can provide value for money and the truth is that jobs our youths are looking for might not even exist. Last week our company organised a job interview on behalf of our clients. It’s interesting on the way the applicants responded to what kind of job they are looking for.  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Customs Services; Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation; Central Bank of Nigeria and some even said they want to be Politician. Why? For simple fact...

Business Women Networking Ltd believes that, everyone has a business idea, so we advice you not to ever lose that big dream  of having your unique idea come to live. An idea is primarily the milestone in the development of a successful business, but many a times people let loose on their business thoughts and before you can say Jack, someone else stole your idea. Come and meet with a friendly business consultant on one 2 one, let’s start by taking your brief and get to work, a consultant will make some analysis to get more information about your idea’s chances in the marketplace, carry out its feasibility study and innovative content and then the business shall be yours sooner than you expect. Tips on what drives success at business Now let’s talk about work or business success. Success comes more easily if you have inherent talent; there are many business support programs that can teach you basic business, strategy and m...