leonard002:
Guess what, I was in the streets of Lagos, just opposite Isolo General hospital this evening, sitting down with a very friendly Hausa fruit seller. He sells just water melons and pineapples.

I patronised him, then sat on his bench, was looking around and gisting with him. I noticed something very interesting.

In the space of like 20 minutes, this young man made like N1, 200 in sales. It was a very busy street.

I started mental calculations. That was before I took the selfie though. Lolz.

Ok. Let's assume that only N200 out of this guy's N1, 200 is his profit. This means this guy makes like N200 every 20 mins or N10 per minute.

Ok. N10 per minute equals N600 per hour. Multiply that by 10 hours per day, 8am-6pm. This equals N6, 000 per day OF PROFIT!

Multiply that by 30 days per month. These guys work everyday mind you.

That's N180, 000 per month! OF PROFITS!

Ok. Let's say we over-estimated things. Let's take away N100, 000 from this money.

Doing that, this uneducated roadside fruit seller still nets N80, 000 every freaking month!

Correct me if I'm wrong with these calculations!

Should you start selling fruits on a busy road?

I don't know.

But what I know is this. Whatever it is you do for yourself, it will surely pay you more than what some employers out there will pay you.

Believe me!

so when are you starting your own fruits selling business. it's easier said than done. do you know how to calculate their losses and his risk.

This is the thing...

Find a out what people are dying to buy, position your "offer"
right in their eyes...

and watch them pay thee.

as simple as that.

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https://www.nairaland.com/4691357/5-proven-steps-build-business

tiwiex:


Too much grammar that even the fruit seller has no clue what you talking about. I think humility is the key. We are generally to proud to do certain jobs but will happily work in a Mc Donalds for change. I think that is the problem in Naija. We have a big man mentality. I think the genesis needs to be traced. I have my opinion but it's mine. Let's shed the big man body and things will just get better. My take. Innovation, competition. All na grammar. If you look at our statistics. There is room for a lot of new entrants with no sophistication at all.

big man mentality indeed

That's he problem