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What You Can Learn From Mac Cosmetics

This Canadian company is the first love of many women globally and has won their hearts over with their diverse products and clever branding strategies. Established in 1985 by a Toronto-based salon owner Frank Angelo and makeup artist and photographer Frank Toskan, there is a lot that we can learn from this successful makeup brand. […]

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Vendor Spotlight: The Lemonade Bar

  Vendor Spotlight: The Lemonade Bar On a hot sunny day, which is just about every day in Lagos, could there be anything more delightful than a cold glass of juicy lemonade? Don’t answer, because the answer is no. Fortunately and unfortunately, you’ve got to book an appointment to get a taste of this lemonade. […]

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Create Effective Strategy for Your Business

A business strategy is like a compass. When you have resolved to take over the world, the next question that would naturally come to mind is where you’ll start from. It’s very likely if your business started off very small or you stumbled into business, you never really bothered to develop a business plan or […]

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Business Etiquette Rules You Should Know

As a professional there are business etiquette rules that you should be aware of. Ignorance is bliss, but not when it comes at the expense of a fist impression or your reputation to potential business partners and fellow colleagues. Here are a few etiquette tips to note for next time you’re out at a meeting […]

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Things to Consider When Choosing a Business Partner

  Choosing a business partner is a crucial decision you’ll need to make what starting a business. Not every business requires you to have a partner, so you will have to ask yourself several questions before you go seeking out a partner in crime. As the saying goes, two is better than one, so there […]

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SME Landscape: How Important is Customer Retention

  One of the SME Trends for 2017 is said to be the focus on customer retention. It is said that the average business loses about 20 percent of its customers yearly due to their failure to build healthy customer relationships. In addition to this, it interesting to know, statistics show that customer happiness impacts […]

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How to Start a Franchise Business

  Ever wondered how KFC started in Nigeria? How Pandora got a deal to open up in Shoprite? Or how Dominos and ColdStones kicked off? Most of these international branches you see locally are franchises. For those who have no clue what a franchise is, it’s; “An authorization granted by a government or company to […]

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Top Questions to ask When Looking for a Chef

Unless you’re a celebrity chef and the kitchen is your home, you’re going to need a chef or multiple chefs to operate your food business. Looking for a chef isn’t the same as looking for a secretary, so you’re going to have to ask some very specific questions about your candidate before hiring. Here are […]

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Entrepreneur in Focus: 4 Lessons to Learn From Banke Kuku Textiles

Banke Kuku is well known in the fashion space for her phenomenal textile designs. The fairly young Nigerian-born CEO has been knitting since she was five years old which lead her to earn a Foundation Art and Design Diploma at Central Saint Martins in London. Continuing her education, she progressed to Chelsea College of Art […]

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