Tag: entrepreneurship
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Altria’s Dividend Story – A Consistent Performer
When it comes to reliable dividend stocks, few companies can match the consistency and commitment of Altria Group (ticker symbol: MO). Known for its robust business model and dedication to shareholder returns, Altria has built a reputation as a dependable choice for dividend investors. Let’s dive into what Altria does and its impressive dividend payout…
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Are On-Demand Businesses Capital Intensive to Start?
The on demand economy goes by more names than Prince the singer. It’s also known as The Gig Economy, The Shared Economy, The Sharing Economy among a few names. So if any of those terms are used, we are really talking about the same thing. This refers to business where the resources are of a…
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Fear of Failing Publicly 3: The Rise and Fall of OLOVA Music
This is part 3 in a series about my institutionalized fear of failing publicly. I am using the series to share the businesses and opportunities taken and dropped, failed and succeeded. I am sharing these because failure is not something we should be ashamed of even if society ridicules those who try and fail. You…
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Fear of Failing Publicly 1: NUST Winter Invitational
I learnt at a school where failure wasn’t much of an option. If you failed you would always prefer to fail in private. BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOALS. In short, don’t aim for something easy. That’s what we did. We put the business plan together, pretty detailed and several online templates put together
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Zimbabwean Unemployment Presents an Opportunity for Shared Economy Platforms
the bulk of the alumni in my undergrad graduation year are not formally employed yet. More than half a decade later, the investment in school starts to feel like a poor decision. Should we have taken the fees and started a chicken project instead? A tuckshop?
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10 More Startup Terms You Should Know
So I did a similar article on startup terms last year and it seemed to be something that interested a lot of people. I then realised that we all want to sound smart. Either that or we’re tired of not understanding the panel questions when we watch Dragon’s Den or Shark Tank. Also, these terms…
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10 Startup Terms You Should Know
Alright, it’s the startup era. It is no longer embarrassing to call yourself an entrepreneur. Aren’t we glad the 90s are a thing of the past? Now you can drop out of school, determined to make it on your own and the world won’t judge you. Millennials everywhere are motivated by silicon valley and we…
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You Can start any of these 19 businesses with iPhone X Money
So the iPhone X (ten) came out last year, boasting face recognition and a bunch of other features that won’t seem as nice when you’re intoxicated. The iPhone lover will appreciate it as a great phone, this I know because a large percentage of iSheep (serial Apple gadget cultists) who bought the iPhone 8 wanted to…
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How Zimbabwean Startups Are Incorrectly Borrowing VC Funding Concepts
The Silicon Valley bug was bound to hit Zimbabwe sooner than later. It is very good because it means that Zimbabweans are finally realizing that startups are the future. As Zimbabwe, I have noticed that we seem to be incorrectly borrowing the Silicon Valley startup funding model. I know Zimbabweans love doing things their own…
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Simba Savannah Review: Looks.co.zw
We take a look at the Entrepreneurs who picthed the Simbas of Simba Savannah. The first in our series being Looks.co.zw. Was it a valid business that should have gotten funding?