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Happy weekend entrepreneurs!

Information,they say is POWER.
Today, I was at Ogun state ministry of Agric. I'll give you details later today....

Good morning entrepreneurs!

My visit to Ketu (fruit) market {arguably the largest fruit market in west Africa}
Truly, we have loads of untapped opportunities.

aikfrank: Nice, i will do just that on the OP's approval.

True meaning of loyalty and great leadership skill there.
By the way, I may need your help to develop a website project.

CHIDOSKY007: newacca giv me ur bbm pin or watsap no i want to ask u some questns since u ah Ogun broughtup

I replied to your pm and I didn't hear from you afterward. Pls. send me a pm or email to: maplelandnewacca ( at ) yahoo (dot) com
Drop your question and I'll reply it sir. thx

#4. My love for Nigeria
I'm sure the literature will be written well and I'll appreciate the prudent use of ironies in it. Happy reading

ifex370: if plane crash nkor?

Nobody go die

Good morning entrepreneurs. It's a new day, who is starting or just started something new?

jamalee: Today's idea is business brokerage. You can be a Business Broker by linking Buyers and Sellers together and collecting your commission.

Bro, I feel you are really missing out, if you are not on our BBM group yet. It's really interesting there. how was ur day?

CHIDOSKY007: how is bussiness in OGUN? ..i want to relocate so i will lyk to know d busines dat is.moving very well n which part of d state?

It all depends on what you plan doing and if it solving problem. I don't actually believe in what is selling at the moment, but what I can do to solve a general problem permanently or reducing the problem eminently.
You should ask what are the problems people are having here, then ask how it could be solved, then you come up with a solution and how you make the solution a venture for yourself.
Keep calm and contribute positively to our state. You are welcome.

Yeah, it's getting more interesting. I spoke with one of the sons of the city who is doing well in project management. He is ready to support us in his own capacity.
I'll share his name later

jamalee: Thanks for your contribution. Your idea is good and it will work with much hard work.

Thanks bro.

jamalee: Lets start by brainstorming about it. What I think is that generating profit from this business can be from adverts from Advertising Agencies and individual Companies or Organizations after the app has gone viral. That's what I think. What do you think? Because I'm a little child when it comes to brainstorming. Share your ideas and thoughts about how to generate profits in this kind of app business. Your ideas and thoughts would be fully appreciated...

Little child ke? Wetin you go come call me wey I just enter primary 4 ? Your idea is good, and you will do a lot of work to make the apps go viral for organizations to call for ads amidst competitors.
This is my own contribution : Yes, you can make revenue from advert. You can actually make money from the app service you render. After you have introduced free service, you can add good value to the service and make it premium which will attract fee. Clients/subscribers who like the service will upgrade to the premium and you generate revenue from it.

baba11: thanks

You are welcome brova.

baba11: ...my fear on these is that anything you want to do first make it recognise officially... Nigerians love to steal others ideas without given credit or appropriate retribution.. if it is Invention or noble creativity,first make sure you patent it before beginning.. if not,I fear for u....

This is not actually a new idea or innovation. It has been there for long. Invention is rare and I don't really see new ideas, we are only making existing ideas a better or simpler one via innovation or technology.

I ain't saying inventions are impossible, but it is really rare to come by. That doesn't mean you cannot protect your intellectual ideas.
I wish everyone of us all the best.

jamalee: Good evening my people. Here's today's idea. Today's idea will base mobile application development. The mobile app industry is booming and Nigeria is not behind. Infact, the mobile app industry worth several billions of dollars anually. 2go, whasapp, mxit, palm chat, etc all worth billions of dollars anually. And these Entrepreneurs that own these mobile app have little or no education. This means that you don't need any qualification to become a mobile app Develop except the knowledge of programming. Even if you don't have this knowledge, you can hire a Professional Programmer to do it for you; it all boils down to money. Come up with a unique idea and tell the Programmer you hired about your idea and give him your sketch of your idea: I mean how the mobile app is going to look like, its functions, how it will operate, etc. Let your Programmer sign a DNA Form with you so that he won't steal your idea. If you are on a good budget, you can hire a Lawyer. The mobile app idea I thought of is free calls and SMS app. You know that Nigerians love to get things for free; no matter how that thing come cheap, they will still like to get it for free. This mobile app will be welcomed by Nigerians since millions of calls and SMS messages are exchanged within the Country everyday. Calls and SMS messages will be made via the internet (the mobile app) at no cost except for internet data, which Telecomm Operators give out for free. The internet data on your sim card will be deducted instead of your money/credit. I am sure that this mobile app will storm Nigerian market in the first few months of its launched. There are series of ideas in the mobile app industry, any time I think of any idea, I will let you know. Good night.

Thanks for this idea, but how do I generate revenue and make profit from such venture, when I'm offering free service? Is it from sponsorship or premium services offered from the same business? Abeg I need explanation oo cos I no dey quick grab message no mind me.

Now I'm back again. Let's begin where we stopped. I hope you are still keep abreast with me.
We were discussing food scarcity and where our meats are coming from. Yes, our meats are coming from dirty abattoirs! I have low battery at the moment. Lemme charge my gadget and come back.

bumpadeals: Previously we use galvanized Tanks, Fiber Tanks and Plastic Tank products. Now its stainless steel water storage tanks. The tank has no chemical effects and has no health implication. It is safer for the storage of drinking water, free from rust and algae and very easy to wash.

This is pretty cool. But I'm sure it's gonna be on a high side.

Meat:
You can get your meat from cow, goat, ram, sheep, donkey, camel or even horse etc
From my view, I think cow and goat meat are the most popular amongst the listed.

Demand:
Almost every home in the part of the world prefer to have their meal with either meat or fish, and in most areas, meat is more affordable than seafood. ( I no dey talk of oku eko oooo, even some of dem oku eko sef dey costly pass meat for market )

It suffice to say that there is high demand for meat in our population and this has been for long.

Problem:
We buy these meat at the market when they have killed and cut to pieces, nobody actually know the health condition of those animals before been slaughtered. You don't know the kind of water been used to wash those meats and even the kind of flies that have landed on the meats owing to where the meats are placed for you to see.

Yet, you get these meat at exorbitant rate and you queue or book a turn to buy meat at abattoir, and to make matters worst from some rude dudes who abusively smoke weed ( anyway e no concern me. some dey smoke any with common sense )

They end up cheating you in the deal especially if you are a man (Big boy) who hates to negotiate small items like foodstuff, when you ain't negotiation automobile or real estate. Yea, they may cheat you because no actually measurement for what you are buying. Your vision and worth is the only tool to predict price. As in Ojulomo oun to yonu (rough translation: You can predict worth of a good by sighting it )

If I continue with the problems, you may lose interest in this gist, so I have to tell you the solutions...

I'm sorry again, I need to g..... abeggggg nah no vex. I have to attend to these client if I wan wear correct Hublot watch ( no be dubai I dey talk oo)

C ya later guys.
I wish everyone of us a profitable day.
Ciao!

Seun: If we can't find live mentors, we can still make use of literary mentors by reading books written by people who achieved our dreams before.

Sure! It actually works for me.

INDESTRUCTABLEX: Not everybody is meant to be an entrepreneur. And a lot of people that call themselves entrepreneurs are sellers and hustlers. The title is so being misused, that's my point.

Funny but true

scubed: An important question that remains impressively unanswered is ‘How Do You Find A Mentor?’ Some believe that the relationship and guidance that a mentor provides is paramount to one’s success in all activities. Therefore, the first place to look for a Mentor is your area, So, what happens if all the mentors in one’s area are not worthy to be tagged mentor, hence this leads to the question.

Question: How Do You Go About Finding A Mentor In Your Area When They Are not Any Available In Your Area?

Karthic Gurnani

Answer: I find it hard to believe that mentors aren’t available in your area — they are everywhere. There may not be a specific organization for mentor matching in your area, so you may need to do a little poking around.

Finding Good Mentors While Starting A BusinessTake a look at friends and family. My father ran a successful small business after a career in corporate America. When I decided to leave my job at Dell to be an entrepreneur, I started having a lot of business conversations with my dad. I also turned to friends and bounced ideas off of them on a regular basis. It was great to get their feedback, as they are successful in their own right, know me well and give great advice.

Good mentors are not paid. If you have to compensate mentors then they are not mentors, they are consultants.

Mentors do it for one of the following reasons
1) They know you and want to help.
2) They like helping startups because they have gone through this before.
3) They like the problem you are trying to solve

If you can find such a mentor, you are well on your way to find a good mentor.

When the startup is doing well, you as founder may choose to compensate the mentor in some form. However the mentor never expects nor demands any compensation.

Do you agree with Gurnani?

I agree, except the the sentence I ruled out. Your mentor may have a lot of mentees and in this case, if you pay him, you may actually gain more of his attention. It's not that he relies or needs your money per se, it's for your gain more of his time and attention amidst lots of contact he has to keep up with.

Hello entrepreneurs,
The weekend is over, though some of us don't believe in weekends, but I do, at least chilling off with relatives and buddies, while you plan for the new week.

Jamalee has challenged us all by sharing great ideas, he feel we can launch to be useful for the society and ourselves. I give you a knuckle for that bro.

Now, I want to share a simple idea, please if you don't have time to read long articles, bookmark or add this space on tab, then come back for it.

Food shortage:
Shortage of food in my lay man's term means scarcity or limited availabilty of food in a community, region or nation. It affects every country of the world, particulary the underdeveloped and developing nations. Unfortunately, it affects Africa most, where we have arable and green land, with abundant natural resources and good weather.

Food comes in different categories: Grains, vegetable, beef, fish, drinks. They are considered nutricious if they are edible and not poisionous. In the recent times, we unconsciously consume more of poison, which we attribute as food. Most food we eat didn't pass through hygienic process before they are made available to us in the market.

If you like your tinu eran: saki, edo, round-about etc ( to my people who don't understand this term, forgive, it simply means animal intestine) , suya,cooked beef, you need to visit one of the abattoirs (meat markets, where animals are slaughtered, cut and packaged) to see how the cows are slaughtered and the environments these meats are coming from. Most of the abattoirs are smelly and dirty!

Lemme lift you off the hook! My idea is Meat Mart or Meat Market. Now, you start wondering how the hell I expect you wey go school turn Alapata ( Butcher ) Bros, forget that thing, you can become a Billionaire from it. Billionaire. yes, you heard me right: Billionaire.

Now, let me save your time cos I need to attend to some unfinished jobs here too.
I will continue with the whole info later today ( God willing)
C ya later

Have a profitable enterprise week.
Ciao!

jamalee: Evening every Nairalanders on this thread. Here's today's idea I've thought of. The idea is starting a mobile mechanic business. Mobile mechanic business is still a virgin business in Nigeria. Vehicles of humans break down from time to time. For instance, a person's car does not work in the morning when he/she was about to go work/Office, he/she can quickly dial the number of a Mobile Mechanic and the Mechanic will come with his tools and fix the problem of the Car. As the name implies ''mobile'' which mean moving from one location to the other, so the Mobile Mechanic is expected to move from one location to the other. This business is easy to start and the working class people will appreciate it since their vehicles won't stay in a Mechanic Workshop. Required equipments to start are the necessary tools that are meant for a Mechanic. Offer descent price for your service because a lot of Competitors will be competing against you. Have a pleasant night.

Thanks for sharing this great knowledge of yours, I will back you up by sharing an idea today.
Thanks for keeping the thread alive. A bottle of Ace of spade for you today, after work.

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darocha1: Mr new acca, please why avnt i been added to the bbm group nor whatsapp group??

I have added you to the whatsapp group sir.

Boy Oyebanjo Adedapo = Man Oyebanjo Adedapo D'Banj

Basket mouth e don get that mouth since childhood

awada kerikeri

bulakos: It is regrettably lugubrious that I didn't find this thread as early as I may have wished but all is not ruined since I have alighted on this spectacular platform of rich, wealthy and invaluable informations and connections. First of all I'm an architecture arisen at Atbu bauchi with a great passion of venturing into the transport industry in few weeks to come starting with Golf station wagon to be used for interstate transport. Nevertheless I being an Architecture student have a tremendous passion to venture into the property development business but that will be in few years to come, so my humble and dearly respected friends I solicit for any piece of relevant information in form of advise relevant to the transport industry in the country. I hail my respected gentle men of knowledge diversity

Welcome bulakos. It's not a new development seeing professional venturing into enterprise, it as been happening for long, just that new innovation and model had been inculcated to it.

Transport business is a lucrative venture as much as people still migrate from one place to another. You only have to be wary of some factors :
1. The driver
2. The durability of the automobile
3. The route to ply
4. Maintenance of automobile
5. Proper financial record
6. When to sell the auto to get another one or start a new venture.

This is according to my little knowledge of the transport industry. I know there are gurus in the Trans industry here, who will give you more tips.
I wish you all the best bro.
Ciao!

darocha1: Mr new acca, please why avnt i been added to the bbm group nor whatsapp group??

I'm sorry sir maybe you need to check your junk mail. If you didn't see it there,lemme know. I'll send the message again. Thanks for notifying me.

gboyetade: I am an Akure boi. I want to join the moving train. I am into consulting and general supplies

Thanks for the interest. Welcome