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Doing business on campus is sometimes seen to be weird and abnormal. Whiles in today's real world, abnormal circumstances are the drives behind most of the world's top businesses. Just think of this - What if  Mark Zukerberg  did not start   F acebook  whiles on campus,  Virante  by  Ryan Allis ,   Plaxo  by Todd Masonis among others, will there be such a platforms as such we have today? Definitely not. But truth be told, for the fact that these companies are worth millions and billions of Dollars today, does not mean that was how they started. So today, we are going to look at some very key points one should not miss if they ever start their own "Mark Zukerberg" or "Ryan Allis" journey. 1. Passion.           There's this popular quote about work that says " Turn your hobbies into work and you will never have to work for any day in your life. " That is the drive. Your passion should be able to poi...

Teamwork has always been the pillar of all businesses being it startups, medium or big time companies. Organisations started developing key interest into the usefulness and practicability of teamwork in the early 1920's, the most of prominent of them being the Hawthorne Experiment by Professor Elton Mayo, who was an Industrial Researcher at Harvard University in 1927. About Professor Elton Mayo's Experiment Mayo selected two ladies from the factory, and they in turn chose another four ladies to participate in the experiment. The team worked in isolation, under the supervision of a friendly supervisor who established a working relationship with them. He took time to explain the changes that were to be introduced, asked for their feedback and listened to their complaints. Mayo then varied the working conditions like working hours and number and duration of rest breaks in stages. The level of production was mechanically recorded, while the supervisor rec...

It takes 10 years of hard work to bring an overnight success  is my favorite line of a speech delivered by M.anifest on 29th December, 2014, when I attended a one-day youth camp held by Ahaspora Young Professionals at the University of Ghana, Legon. According to him, it takes one, years of ‘underground’ hard work coupled with sleepless nights in other to achieve one’s goals in life.                 So today, I wish to share with you my audience, some of the other key lessons I learnt from M.anifest and the other excellent speakers that I had the privilege of listening to, on what I would later title “The Difference Between Successful People And The Rest Of The World” . -           What the rest of the world see ahead of them problems and barriers, the success-minded ones see them as opportunities. -        ...

Remember that   juicy   but very short period not so long ago when you had so much money you were so very happy you nearly ended up setting up your own bank with it? Well, whiles you are at liberty to argue it out, it is common knowledge that shortly after that your heaven on earth era, there came a sudden financial dumsor (blackout) that certainly, had you thinking about “ where has all that cash just vanished to? ”, “ but I didn’t buy so many things ”, “ oh well, I shouldn’t have bought this, I shouldn’t have bought that ”. Below, are some well known and basic "hacks" to help us to be able to  control this menace of constant financial imprisonment. Enjoy. 1.         Don’t a have budget yet? You definitely need one! Are you familiar with the popular quote “ If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail ”? In the business world, preparing a budget for what you will use your money for within the next 1 hour is as important as p...