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Olujimi Olaghere

Jimi is a young business owner and at the brink of entrepreneurial status, he grew up with a family of entrepreneur's and caught the bug early. He acquired most of, if not all his business skills working with both parents. He is the co-owner of T&J enterprise a supplier company based in New Jersey. He's a photography major and a prolific blogger, he currently runs broketycoon.com.

Do it yourself

Let’s face it, human beings are really lazy creatures. Compared to the assiduous caveman we barely have to lift a finger. Can you imagine if you had to wake up each morning, pick up a spear, and chase down a deer; not because it ate the lily you worked so hard to cultivate over spring, but because you have to feed your family!

These days, all it takes is a telephone and a bit of patience and –…

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Business website

According to studies done last year by IDC about 46% of small businesses still don’t have websites.  So basically this post is dedicated to business owners who don’t believe the internet can significantly  improve their businesses – the only problem I have here is how am I supposed to reach them when they are never on the internet? Small businesses owners: If this post magically reaches you some how or you finally decided partake in this modern marvel…

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Who loves me follow me

Your friends and followers are very vital to your success with social media marketing. Without them, your basically talking to an empty room. You know that feeling you get when you log in to your  facebook fan page and your once 200 friends have suddenly diminished  197, a feeling of disappointment and slight  loneliness  that leaves that burning question deep in your gut “was it something I said?” Well lets see if we can stop that feeling…

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Choosing the right business partner

Finding the right business partner is a risk all on its own. Get it wrong and you will be royally screwed. Get it right; you might still be royally screwed, because people change. A once motivated and ambitious man would no longer be motivated or ambitious if he suddenly loses a member of his family (forgive my cynicism), hits the lotto, or simply just changes and wants to move in a different direction. However, there are…

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Business websites

The biggest misconception about the success of websites is appearance, although it is a plus to have a website that’s easy on the eyes; but that’s not going to sell services or move goods. For brick and mortar businesses, a factor that is always taken into consideration is Location, Location, Location; but for online businesses the equivalent is Navigation, Navigation, Navigation.

It’s reported that 50% of potential sales are lost simply because user can’t find information and 40% of…

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Risk taking endeavour

Ivan talked about why people are afraid to take the necessary risk to become an entrepreneur in his post, now I’m going to talk about assessing the risks you will face when you finally decided to take that jump to becoming an entrepreneur.

1. I hate to burst your bubble, but all businesses carry some sort of risk; there is no such thing as “a safe business to get into”. There are businesses that carry minimal risk, but…

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