How To Tell Good Recruiters From Bad Ones

In business they talk about Barriers to Entry all the time. If you want to start an airline, for instance,

Why Stores Place Candy by the Checkout Counter (And Why We Fail With New Habits)

Selling candy bars can teach you a lot about building better habits.

Before I tell you why, let’s start at the beginning.

The Science of Candy Bars

In 1952, an economist by the name of Hawkins Stern was working at the Stanford Research Institute in Southern

What's Your Next Level?

It’s sunny out here in Eastern Nigeria, and I’m drinking a cold mug of fresh-yo blueboat yoghurt and thinking about where I am with business and life. How about you? What are you drinking?

How To Be Gentle With People

Ever been in a “I really have to pee” situation? You know, when you feel your bladder exploding, no toilet in sight and the thought of just stopping on the side of

Living an Owner's Life

This is a somewhat longer post than I normally put up. It’ll take about five to seven minutes to read. Sorry I wasn’t more brief.

How I Started My Business with N200 ( Must Read)

Starting a new business can very challenging. Below is an article of how young Nigerian man who owns a flushing business he started with just N200. 

Reasons Why People Fail in Their Business

Starting your own business can yield amazing rewards but at the same time, it’s a pretty big risk. One of the biggest reasons why people fail is that they enter into a business and do not have profitable market.

Finance: The C-Suite Increasingly Looks to Finance for Some Help

Finance teams are just as likely to be involved in such areas as IT development, cyber-security and strategic business planning as they are in more traditional areas, such as

Starting Your Own Business: When To Take The Leap

The stories surrounding why and how people start their own businesses are always fascinating and never cease to amaze me. The story of one of my C200 friends Hannah Kain and the incarnation of her global supply chain company, ALOM, is no exception.

The Branding Of Your Own Business

As we approach the end half of 2014, perhaps some of you may have a resolution of starting your own business. You would not be alone of course.

5 Ways To Improve Your Customer Service

The pace of technology is ever-quickening. Feel like your business is struggling to keep up?

The Blossoming Relationship Between Marketing and Engagement in the New Customer Journey

It’s clear to those of us who live at the intersection of technology and customer relationships that customers have radically changed the way they interact

5 Steps to Make More Money Online

You could say building a successful personal brand online comes down to understanding one rule:
“It’s not about what you want to say; it’s about what you want people to know.”

What Makes Small Businesses Successful?

The first week of June, Mike Glauser, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State Univeristy and Co-Founder of a  New Enterprise, and his team set off on a

How To Make Your First Million Dollars - Yo, Hailo And Others Explain

Never be worried about failure; with the right attitude failure doesn’t exist” – Michael Tobin, CEO of TelecityGroup

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur?

How to Build Skills That Are Valuable: Lessons Learned From Selling Matches

In the early 1940s, a young boy was growing up in the small county of Almhult in southern Sweden. Within a few years, he would impact

10 Pointers Every Young Entrepreneur Needs to Know

A young entrepreneur might run across a lot of articles offering advice for the new business owner. But how many articles are actually geared toward the young entrepreneur?

Alibaba: The New Face of American e-Retail?

Alibaba Group’s move to the U.S. is threatening to change everything we know about e-retail. Manufacturers need to get ready.

How Big Data Will Change Everything About Managing Employees

It is no secret that today’s employees are being driven to distraction by technology. With the beckoning ding of a new tweet, email or instant message, we may be prone to abandoning a particular task—but

5 Ways to Get More Respect at Work

Respect your efforts, respect yourself.  Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” Clint Eastwood.