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Preservatives are chemicals that might have effect on human health. It is better you just make what you can easily selloff in a day.

That's what I love doing. I don't talk to my staff or rebuke him openly. I call him inside and talk to him. It is called man management.

Use cost benefit analysis to ascertain if a project in your business is viable and would be able to bring returns enough to cover it's expenses.

I use to hear them say that stock is limited, that you should rush and come get your own now. It is a good strategy to sway potential customers to come and buy.

I won't talk to you about my products more than twice. A person who would patronize you doesn't need much persuasions to make that first purchase.

I know of working partner and it is a kind of partner that also contributes in the day to day running of the business despite contributing capital into the business.

When it comes to savings, I don't believe in a formula. I believe people should do it at their own pace but be consistent in it.

For such a management culture, I won't mind relocating from my Nigeria which is capitalism dominated

I have never fancied this kind of business. It doesn't resonate with me. Having to convince someone to patronize a product you didn't produce doesn't fly for me.

Jewelry selling is a nice business that is very profitable. If you can develop a market for the business, it would sell. I don't think it is good as a standalone business. It can be combined with bags and shoes.

Let me start by asking you which country you are in. That's because I am considering relocating to that country. In my country, if your boss finds you taking naps in the office, he would frown at it very bitterly.

Commerce covers all processes that facilitate trade. It would delve into transportation of goods and services, distribution, warehousing and packaging. Trade is just exchange.

Did you say that starch business needs serious marketing? This product sells like pure water. I buy it everyday to use for my clothes.

When I was a school teacher, I told my boss to improve on the aesthetics of the school as many parents are attracted to the physical outlook of the school. The man didn't put that into consideration.

That's what my aunt does for a living. She has a big shop and is living a very comfortable life. You have to know the kind of clothes people love to wear and have them in stock. You have to understand that fashion is ever evolving.

As a business person, you have to learn how to interact with your customers. By so doing, you would subtly be getting information and tips about their preferences.

I want to believe this your friend is selling meat online within her city. That's because selling meat online inter City would not work out.

It depends on how you train that child. If you help that child strike a balance between work and school, the child would understand why one can't be sacrificed for the other.

One's person's income can't sustain a family this days. Even those who are earning high income, their kids are working to support.

Every business requires continuous learning. Not just clothes business. All in all, if you understand clothes business well, you would enjoy it.

Cassava is the most commonly ccultivated crop in my country. Every person cultivates cassava because it is a major food crop in my country. It can be processed into many forms and eaten.

The major thing that matters in this kind of business is the settings of the environment where this business is located. Find crowded places that don't have a convenience and start your mobile toilets business and be cashing out

The other angle is if your organization appreciates the ideas brought by staff and recognise that staff are solution providers. That would be reflected in how the organization handles the welfare of staff.

I understand that this is genuine love for your kids but believe you me, those kids would not be happy with you in the future. That's what my parents did and I thought it was love but I now regret it .

There are people who are specialists in this kind of business. They have the physical strength to carry out these weeding operations with so much expertise. And now, it is not a common skill again.

Creating and selling digital products is a great business. I want to leverage on all my years of experien as a teacher to be selling lesson notes on all the subjects online. I am believing it would be profitable.

So how would someone like me that lives in uyo order meat from Lagos. By the time the meat gets to me, what would be the condition of the meat? Unless they want to use flight to deliver.

Inflation can just drastically shoot up the working capital of a business in dramatic fashion. Three years ago, to start a tricycle business in my country was barely NGN400, 000. Now, it is about 1.2 million naira.

Fire outbreak is one of the unfortunate occurrences that can happen at any point unannounced. It is necessary for a business to insure against it. I have a fire insurance for my business.

If you can be selling fairly used clothes in Nigeria, you would make so much quick money that you wouldn't even comprehend. It is a good business if you know how to go about it .

Credit cards are not for people who don't have financial discipline. I am among that category and I would never have a credit card. You would just be spending money that is not yours impulsively.

There is no need to cut corners. I don't even like it. If it is not working, just let it be and find other options. There is cryptocurrency for making payments.

I can categorically tell you that MBA doesn't enhance your business skills. Those skills are learned and developed over time. MBA is just a qualifications used for seeking employment.

If a business can build a strong brand, there is every tendency that the business would succeed. It helps your loyal customers to identify your products.

It is almost like freelancing. I believe you have the ability to turn down some job calls depending on the circumstances per time. It is for highly skilled professionals.

The administrative department of a business is responsible for paying salaries, and making major decisions as regards the business. It has to be excellently efficient for the business to grow.

Try as much as you can to create a family atmosphere in your workplace. This would encourage staff bonding and reduce toxicity in the organization.

Are there any differences between investment and business. What are the major points of differences and characteristics of the two. When is someone said to be investigated or just doing business?

I have a vision of owning a solar power generating plant that can power my Street. I would be charging residents money for usage.

It enters another dimension when he owns trucks and rents them out. This becomes a truck rental business. This level is capital intensive but madly profitable.

You have a point about the increase in prices of inputs. You might end up running a budget deficit because inflation is making prices of things go up everyday

Business is all about and you must be financially intelligent to be able to run a business. You must learn to keep records of financial inflow and outflow and also he able to make sound financial decisions as a business person.

I don't see any major work involved in this business. Just deploy boys into the street and they would be picking recyclable materials for you. Before you know it, you have a big heap.

This is a very big inspiration this morning. I have seen people that are still waiting to raise millions to start their businesses in a big way.

Another thing that can make it difficult to meet up with a company's workload is redundancy. If you check well, there are lot of redundant staff in some organizations.

Are they not supposed to have loaders? In my country, they have people who are paid to load and offload the trucks. The driver cannot be tired out with loading and off loading of trucks.

I ran this business for a friend for one day and I was shocked at the amount this agents are making on a daily basis.

I don't know about the combined income of my parents and siblings. But I know my both parents are working in good paying jobs. My sister and my brother are working also.

Personal finance has to do with the income flow that comes into a person's life. It has to do with generation of income and how it is expended.

It would have been nice to have food allowance. Let's not even call it food allowance. Let's call it snacks allowance. That's because there is no way you would enter an office and start working from 8am that you would not feel hungry approaching 1pm. At that point, you have to take snacks to...

With @Jordan's very busy schedule this days, I think we would have to be patient and wait for him to be back so he can set out modalities for the program.

I don't know how this practice has become ingrained that jobs are now given on other basis that is not related to competence. I believe that should be the major criteria for employing and promoting staff in any organization.

The same ideas you get, another person also has it. It now depends on who would move swifter and smarter to execute the ideas.

It is so because communication is a two way thing. I have to understand what you are saying perfectly to be able to carry out the instructions efficiently.

This is very true. A real business person is sensitive and knows when to adapt, the extent to adapt and when to readjust. Business is not for rigid people.

You spoiled the conversation when you started to talk about job. You don't need education to land a job this days. You need skills.

You still need to have an internal auditor and you also have an external auditor. A big business should be able to afford hiring the two of them easily.

In this our days and times, even 8 year olds can start earning. The kids are very smart nowadays and they can start earning from a young age.

Don't go violent on such people. As you already said, ignoring them would be the best bet. You just have to be discreet with your conversations in the office

As a school teacher, I was tasked with the entire organization of the end of session party. It was a lot of pressure to get such a big party fixed. And I was also supposed to host the event.

It is either you respond to an already existing demand. Or you create demand by adverts and exhibitions.

One of the biggest mistakes I made when I was working as a teacher was slapping a student to the point that the student fainted. I was so scared. I stopped capital punishment after that day.

It is true. When an organization sacrifices meritocracy for nepotist, they wouldn't be able to have the best pool of workers and won't be able to compete.

Failure is part of all businesses I have failed woefully in snail farming. I learnt though and I have become good in the business.

Segment it into goals. Take the first strlyz target the first goal when accomplished, target the second goal and before you know it, you have gone very far.

When you have built a successful business and it is standing well, you can contemplate on exploring other business ideas to establish multiple streams of income for yourself.

The highest and most effective morale boost to give to an employee is monetary. There is a surge that money brings to a man that would make him want to do more.

In my country, they have to ascertain if your business would have a negative impact on the environment no matter how harmless your business might look.

To deal with competition, you would have to be creative to outsmart the competition. Add creativity to your products to attract customers.

Nepotism has become the order of the day that some organizations don't even recruit any longer. They just silently replace. Even government jobs have become like that.

This is when an external body of auditors are brought into the organization to ascertain if the financial statements are in order.

Not just knowing, you have to be monitoring the products of your competitor too. That's so you can know the improvement he or she is making and respond appropriately with your products.

In my country, it is called filling station. You would need to have millions. Something close to $10,000 to be able to start a small filling station. It pays off massively though.

Since the world has gone over to the internet, it makes sense that you offer online support. By so doing, you open up the business to a global audience.

It is important to be able to pass measges in a way that is not ambiguous or subtle. Let the information on the message be clear.

There is a way you remind someone about a debt and it would be as if you are harassing the person. Just try and avoid debts. It easily spoils relationships.

If you pay me good money, I can even work till the following day. The problem is that most organizations don't want to pay well for overtime. Is it not better I go to my house and sleep than do overtime for peanuts.

I try to hit $3 across all the forums that I work on. It stresses me sometimes but I take rests when I can't keep up.

One of the challenges is that you would have to adapt your products to meet up with the needs of the global market which can be a huge call for a small business owner.

Education doesn't give you money. That's where they lied to us. That education would make us rich. That's the reason so many people are calling school a scam. School was meant to give you the leverage to explore opportunities to make wealth.

You want to expose them to the stress of poultry when they should be resting? Poultry business is very stressful. I think it is much better for younger people.

I resigned my job because I got bigger than the job. The kind of money I wanted was more than what the job could afford to offer me. I had to leave them and start my own business.

The capital is the phone or device that you would use. We always mistake to believe that capital is all about money. Any thing that has financial value that you use in production is capital.

Farming is the oldest profession and it's core essence has not really changed over the years. Food has to be produced and made available to sustain the human race. That's where the prosperity of farmers lie.

And a particular period when markets are dullz your eaebj would be at level 0. That's bad enough for any person because there are cycles when markets are generally bad.

Some of them don't sit down to evaluate and ascertain the ideal number of staff they need based on their capacity and finances. It is part of business planning.

I think it has to do more with the training some of these people received growing up. They were not trained to be courteous and they grew with it and bring it to the workplace. They are the ones that cause toxicity in a work environment.

There are certain things you don't try with some people. No matter how superior you are, if you go physical on me, I would beat you to bunkers. Self defense.

There is one commercial that cars were driven with water. That commercial gave me so much hope that one day, cars would be driven with water. We are still waiting.

These information are not bad if tour employer should be aware from my point of view. Like that marital status, it could be important to know so that they can know the kind of job role you are assigned. Especially for ladies.

One of the most crazy things to do is to run a business without having an insurance cover for the business. It is a risk taken too far. Insurance can be very helpful in measures an average person won't understand.

You nailed everything. If you are to do anything that has to do with money, please records are as important as life itself. Humans are something else when it comes to money. Your own friend would hang you in and leave you to die there. A proper record can save you.

The capital of a business changes if the business decides that it wants to alter the capacity of the production. The capital would either increase or reduce as the case may be.

That's where the challenge is. When you write an advanced letter in my country, the owner of that business would want to frustrate you before giving you that last month's salary. Come today, come tomorrow. I and most people in my country do what we call ghost resigning. We just collect our...

The assumption was that at the material time, he was not readily available to be contacted. I wouldn't want to make the wrong decisions, so I would rather back out and wait for him to come.

But if that man desperately is hungry and you bring the kind of food he would like to him, he would pay you for that food without asking you to be his girlfriend

That would be a great measure to curb the excesses of staff who use company data subscription to do social media. It is very common among bank staff.

You would have to understand the sentiments that drive market in a particular country you want to invest in. I saw someone mentioning Nigeria and how religion and culture affects business survival. These are some of the sentiments that affect market in Nigeria

Generally, tenancy laws favour the tenant in Nigeria. But the challenges when it comes to tenancy laww among others is illiteracy and ignorance. I have used the law to deal with one landlord before.

I was thinking of delving into keeping bees but the huge amount of capital needed to start knocked me off. I would do this business in the future.

It is a simple analogy. Anything you can do for yourself, you don't have to pay anyone to do it for you. So if it is coffee you can do, you won't have to pay for it.

It definitely is not implemented. Landlords are demi gods in my country and they fix their rents anyhow they want it. They would tell you that government did not build the house for them.

Some staff are always busy doing Facebook during working hours. That's why some organizations block social media sites from company's network.

When I was working, when it is my due date and I don't get my pay, I would stay back. After all, I have to pay my way to work.

When a decision is unanimous, it would be easy to make the staff to tag along. When it is imposed, they won't find it easy to adopt the resolutions. It can even lead to rebellion.

Fatigue would reduce the productivity of the staff. As a boss, allow your staff to go home on time. It would keep them fresh for the following day.

One of the ways to ensure a business meeting is effective is to make sure that you don't impose decisions on the attendees. Let there be deliberations to come to a conclusion.

Working at home can be very distracting. You might not be able to complete tasks because friends might come around and distract you.

But if the pay is actually low, why won't someone complain about it? That is not a sign of a whining worker.

I think it would be beneficial to both parties. They are not supposed to see themselves as competitors.

It depends on the reputation of the admin. There are admins that you don't feel suspicious working on their sites.

Apart from physical constraints from my body, I have never felt discouraged. That's because I love being a writer.

It is not easy to run a forun. That's why when I hear stories of them shutting down, I don't talk bad about tuem

I didn't make any mistakes. That's because I took like 3 weeks to study a site before I start working on it.

I can't share my hard earned bandwidth for a piece of peanut. It is for those on unlimited connection.

Just don't pressure yourself. Come on the site, post and have fun as much as you can. You would see how you would reach that threshold without even knowing.

I just hope that this site would spring up to life someday. The level of activity there is even lower than a free forum.

You cand post samples of your designs on Instagram. People buy graphics designs from Instagram a lot.

Sleep when you are tired and your hands are weak from typing. I also observe that the work makes me hungry quick, I just eat when it is time.

I think it still was this RIF. I joined during the Christmas prromo and was able to make $5 in two days.

The routine of typing endlessly can be really tiring to newbies. When I started, it really was tiring to me.

Money is hard and for you to make someone to part away with his money, you have to offer a product that is valuable to that person. Ask a man to help you with $100, they would say they don't have money. But offer them a product that they can derive value from, they would pay you for it multiple...

For those of us that are from countries that have crude oil, we know that owning am oil well is a sure key to massive wealth. So how can a person buy an oil well in your country?

This is a very lucrative business in most countries. Every country has regulations to be taken before setting up this kind of business. What are these conditions in your country?

Try as much as you can to close deals on time. When you keep leads for a long time without conversion, the possibility of them being stolen is very high.

The younger generation prefer to do white collar jobs and be tucking in their shirts with no money in their pockets than to entire farming and become a financial magnate.

It is important to have your financial statements by vetted auditors. It gives authenticity to the financial statements and make them worthy to be sent out.

When we talk about business structures, it is all about setting up the business in such a way that each department can work independent of each other and stiil in close connection with each other.

My friend would always say that you should not let the delivery man leave until you have ascertained that your products is working on optimum condition.

I understand that a leader has to stamp his authority but not domination. When a manager tries to dominate, the response would be resentment and rebellion from staff.

I have been on the site and everywhere looks so strange to me. I don't even know where to make posts. I am still trying to find my way round the forum.

This is not even a valid concern for me. That's because the solar in my house still powers equipment on rainy days.

Some people can keep a business deal hanging for a long time. Only for someone else to come with a better offer and sway the customer.

Another thing to consider before you outsource any task in your business is the long term availability of the outsourcing agency. If they pull out somewhere along the line, it can destabilize the business.

Apart from modelling, people just want to look good to boost their self esteem and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

You have to start collaborating with other suppliers to make sure that even of you don't have stock, you can always deliver according to the demands of customers.

You can expand by adding subsidiary products or services to what you already produce. If you were just selling PMS, you can add DPK to the mix.

Feedbacks from customers help you to understand how you would further develop your products and services to meet with customers' tastes and preferences.

It is a serious business so much so that these people send scouts to enter the Street and look for spoilt phones and bring for them to buy.

The true test of a person is when money is involved. And the business world is all about money. It is necessary that betrayals have to occur.

One thing I have come to learn in business is that a little delay, a little procrastination, and your results turn the other way.

The business world is driven by one language. There is no need to beat about the bush with that. If you desire to do international business, you better learn English or get an interpreter.

With the high cost of flour and other inputs, the profits margin in the business has been greatly reduced. It is a good business no doubt.

I know of one woman that sacks staff with reckless abandon in her organization. In a sane country, she would have been broke from paying compensation and damages.

Businesses that have a strict no debt policy don't really go far. Take it or leave it, debts is part of the business cycle.

The reason why employers overwork their staff is because they are trying to avoid spending money by hiring more hands.

What people don't know is that the lending business is very profitable. If interest is of $5 is charged from 500 people, that's a huge profit.

Cryptocurrency is a good investment of not for the volatility of it. The returns is high if it favours you. Overall, it's an investment for people that have a high level of risk tolerance.

And one thing that indicates a good grasp of the business is the ability of the entrepreneur to articulate and craft a plan that shows a clear direction for the business.

Stocks and shares are good sources of passive income. You have to make a substantial investment to be receiving dividends that is reasonable.

My brother, value is offered to generate money. As the proprietor is creating value, he needs to make money too to stay motivated.

In my former workplace, there was a little bit of discrimination. I say that because most of the staff were from a particular denomination which the owner also belonged to.

Management is all a business is about. When a business is managed efficiently, organization goals are easily met because the action's taken would be to further organizational goals.

I believe that as far as the information is held in paper, there are high chances of it leaking. The best bet is encryption of the information.

The finance department and the production manager should put their heads together and work out points to reduce expenses in the organization.

You have to understand your produce and how they would be of benefit to the consumer. That would give you confidence to face the customer.

To start and run a Paid to post forums till it starts bringing in money, you would need to set aside $5000. At least, that would serve till you start earning from traffic.

When you are self employed, you avoid the toxicity of someone ordering you around and you work at your own pace.

From the date of the last pay, you should be planning for how to pay the next months salary. By so doing, you would be able to meet up on time.

Punctuality is the soul of business. Some staff are perpetual late comers. They always have one excuse or the other. Deducting their pay would make them sit up.

Your business premises must be secure. Then, make sure you provide all the tools that the staff would need to do their work effectively. Provide good offices and workstations.

If you buy in bulk all the time, the supplier would even be the one to give you discount without you having to ask for it.

With the technological revolution being applied on their crafts, they are making good money from the trade. It is a beautiful skill to have.

Please it is best to offer them quantities that is within their financial reach. Don't be in a hurry to dispose your products and pack and give someone on credit.

I have not earned from this method before but my friends that have tried it all say that it is difficult to see buyers for the photos.

No matter how beautiful and great your goals are for your business, if you don't manage the business well, those goals would evaporate like the waters.

It is one of the things we face in business. That's why you need to learn how to close deals quickly. That would reduce the occurrence of failed promise to buy.

There are people that I know that work from 5am to 5pm for a fixed salary. It is because of the high unemployment rate in the country.

The man that owned the school I worked with used to get overdraft every month to pay salaries. It was a standing order in the bank. When school fees enter, the bank recovers their money.

So can the sun be scarce? As far as the day breaks, your solar system is working. Just that it would not run optimally on rainy days.

It is always best to run it in a compound that you own and you live alone. With that, you won't inconvenience anyone.

This is one advantage that small businesses have over large businesses. They can adapt to changes quickly because that decision to change might lie in the hands of one or two people.

The reason why you are told to have an emergency fund saved up in an account. You can draw from this and survive while you are still search for another job.

A blogger can drive traffic to his or her blog through posting links on social media. The other side is that you must have good contents to keep the people coming back.

A new and growing business can use a celebrity that is not yet A list but very close to being A list. They can afford those ones.

One this to really consider before buying the stocks of any company is to look at the financials. It would help you know how finances are being managed by the company..

A school if properly managed can be inherited by the children of the business founder. I have heard of Private schools that are up to 70 years old and still being run by that same family that started it.

Look at the value offered by investment schemes and equate it with the expected returns. Please walk away if it doesn't add up while being so attractive.

You have to take into consideration the ability of the business owner to deliver on the business. You have to be sure he has the know how and the capacity to drive th the business to profitablity..

I am currently investigation in poultry business with the hope that in the future, it would bring me consistent good returns on my investment.

To avoid debts, you must understand that you don't need to impress anyone apart from yourself. People incur debts just because they want to live to impress another person.

Every investment is expected to yield returns. People invest in cryptocurrency so as to get a return on investment.

This is a solid security measure. At least of the person steals something and runs away, the three guarantors can contribute and repay for that thing.

It is not even about suplies. It is more about the timeframe given to meet up with the other. You would have to do everything and package it before you deliver.

Investment is just putting hiuge sum of money in a venture and you expect it to yield within a specific time frame. Business is putting all factors together to make profit on a regular basis.

When you have huge investments that you don't necessarily have to be participating in an active role to get returns. Your money is working for you. Example is buying of shares.

You don't just sell the wires. You sell all equipment used to wire a building. You sell all electrical installations. Yow would make good money from the business.

The current rate is 2 cents for starting a thread and 1 cent for posting a reply. I just try to post replies there as much as possible.

To be a tour guide, you must have a deep understanding of the terrains of your catchment area. It only works in areas with large tourism activity.

We have local e-commerce platforms. It is like those platforms integrate the cost of hosting to the prices of their products. That's because their prices can never be lower than offline.

Also, some companies promote people based on loyalty. Staff that has been with the organization for a long time are easily promoted to higher positions.

To be promoted, you must show a reasonable level of excellence in delivering your job. You must demonstrate mastery of your job role.

I shop on AliExpress sometimes and it is true that most things are cheap to buy from Chinese online stores. Buying online in my country is an exclusive for the rich.

I have received an order to deliver 100 dressed chickens within 3 hours. How possible is that? The only luck I had was that I had access to a defeathering machine from a big farm I was consulting for. Some orders are too urgent and is impossible to deliver.

In my neighborhood, a POS agent lost 500k to his staff who ran away with the money. He gave the staff the money to keep for a certain man who had carried out transaction of that amount and was supposed to come carry the money.

If you consider the fact that people don't buy sims ebeyday. Some buy once in 3 years. So, it is possible that one can stay three days without selling even one sim.

That's actually what I said. It is not possible for a country to have 0% unemployment rate. Just that the unemployment rate has to be managed.

For me, I have to take a comprehensive study about this. It looks like something that would require a lot of knowledge to operate.

This is why we need more young people to enter farming. They are the ones who can drive this innovations and make good money from it. Farming has truly evolved.

Americans are complaining of lack of jobs. I think their unemployment is in double figures. It is just that in tier 3 countries, it is at a very high rate. Always more than half of the population.