SBP 075: How To Know When It Is Time To Grow And Expand Your Business
Almost every entrepreneur wants to grow their business. Growth is exciting. Growth means a bigger business that makes more sales, has more customers, and is more visible and known by people. But guess...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Questions Investors Ask Before Investing In Your Business
The competition for funding is fierce. There are thousands of smart entrepreneurs and business owners just like you who are looking for investors’ money. Every year, banks, venture capital, private...
View Article6 Creative Ways To Raise Funds For A Business By Using Other People’s Money
You’re about to learn about one of the most creative ways to raise funds for your business. It’s called “OPM”. And many of the world’s most successful companies love to use it. Coca-Cola uses it....
View ArticleWhen And How To Get A Business Loan To Support Your Company
How to get a business loan to start a new company or grow an existing one? Many entrepreneurs I speak to are scared of taking out business loans. It’s either a bitter lesson from personal experience,...
View Article7 Things To Consider Before Taking Money from an Investor or Bank
There comes a time when you need to raise additional money to support your business. You may need the funds to start a new business, or to grow, expand, or turn around an existing business. Raising...
View ArticleSBP 076: I Had A Burnout — Life’s Lessons on Health, Wealth And Happiness
At a point in your journey as an entrepreneur, you will experience “burn out”. After several months or years of working hard on your business, you will likely experience some form of physical, mental,...
View ArticleSBP 077: 5 Important Things To Consider Before Hiring Anyone in Your Business
People provide leverage in business. That’s why to grow a business, you need to build a team. But building a good team starts with hiring. And when it comes to hiring people, it’s often easy to make...
View ArticleSBP 078: How To Enter A New Market Or Find Customers For A New Product
Some people claim that if you have a good product, customers will automatically find you. Unfortunately, this is not always true. The world is full of great products that cannot find customers. It’s...
View ArticleSBP 079: How To Double Your Sales in 90 Days or Less — Insights from Simon...
Growing a business is tough for many people who own or run a business. But are there tested and trusted ways to boost the sales of your company? In this episode, Simon Severino of Strategy Sprints...
View ArticleSBP 080: Is It Better To Be Feared Or Loved By Your Employees? This Is What I...
What’s the best way to manage the relationship with your employees? Is it better if they fear you, or love you? In this interesting episode, I share my thoughts on how to handle the critical...
View ArticleSBP 081: What It Actually Takes To Grow & Scale A Business — Insights from...
Growth is often on the minds of most entrepreneurs and business owners. How can you grow and scale a business to reach more customers, make more sales, and grab more market share? This episode of the...
View ArticleSBP 082: Is It An Opportunity Or A Distraction? How To Resist FOMO and SOS In...
Entrepreneurs love to find and chase new opportunities. It could be a new idea, a new product, a new strategy, or a new partnership deal. But how can you be sure that thing is really an opportunity,...
View ArticleSBP 083: “New Level, New Devils.” Why You Should Be Careful What You Wish For...
Almost every entrepreneur wants to get to the next level of growth and success in their business. That next level could be to raise more capital, make more sales, build a bigger team, or expand into...
View ArticleSBP 084: How To Export Products From Africa To The World — Insights from...
In this interesting episode of the Smallstarter Business Podcast, Maxwell Adew of Kuueza shares his entrepreneurship story. You will learn how he stumbled on the painful problem that gave birth to the...
View ArticleSBP 085: The Amazing Power of Building Redundancy In Your Business —🔥 Hot Topic!
Surprises and change are a constant in business. If the ups and downs of the economy don’t shake you, your customers, employees, or suppliers may disappoint or destabilize your business....
View ArticleSBP 086: The 6 Types of Businesses I Never Want To Do In My Life
Some businesses are just deadends by design. They may look exciting on the surface, but the reality is much worse than your eyes can see. After investing your time, money, and efforts in them, you’re...
View ArticleSBP 087: Why Nice People Don’t Always Succeed In Business And What To Do...
Why does it often seem that ‘nice’ people are easily taken advantage of in business? And does this suggest that we have to be mean, nasty, and brutal to win in business? The truth is, there are...
View ArticleSBP 088: Insights and Strategies for Raising Money for A Business — with...
Many entrepreneurs struggle with the challenge of raising capital to start, grow and scale their businesses. How to overcome this seemingly insurmountable obstacle? In this episode of the Smallstarter...
View ArticleSBP 089: Self-funded Businesses vs. Investor-funded Businesses — Which Is...
It’s boom time for startups around the world. Last year alone (2021), startups on the African continent raised over $4 billion from local and international investors. But do you really have to raise...
View ArticleSBP 091: Vital Signs — How To Make Sure Your Business Runs Well When You’re...
How you be sure your business is in good hands while you’re away on travel, vacation, study, or just busy taking care of another business? In this episode, I’m going to introduce you to the...
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