It is a new year and you’ve been thinking of how you can build a successful business but don’t know how or where to start. Let’s talk about that and see if you’ll learn something, or be inspired.

Some businesses fail because they’re following old blueprints which no longer work effectively to build their startup.

We’ve learned a lot between 2020 and 2021, and we’ve seen how businesses are affected by the ongoing Corona Virus pandemic. But ideas to start or build a business are waxing stronger in us, how are we going to bring these ideas to reality?

But is 2022 the right time to start a business?

Yes, it’s never too late to start a business in 2022 and you are still going to see rapid growth if you put in all the efforts.

Regardless of the Coronavirus and its variants, you’ll agree with me that starting and building a business these days is easier compared to a few years ago as a result of technology and more investors who’re ready to provide capital for a futuristic business plan.

According to a report, investors spent more than $140 billion to support startups in 2017 and the figures have increased ever since then till date. This shows how people like you are creating something or a platform that solves a ‘problem’ and how people are ready to support it. 

If you’re also planning to launch your startup, you’re welcome, it’s never too late to be phenomenal.

Aside from investors who’re ready to invest, you don’t necessarily need to build your business by renting a big hall or apartment for office use, thanks to COVID-19, you can gather your team and work remotely, while you’re saving a lot of money that will go into office setup.

If you have a good business plan or startup idea and you’re worried about what to do next, the following tips will help you get started;

7 Tips to Build a Business in 2022

#1. Do Your Research and Understand Your Mission

You see, a lot of people see other people building stuff and they got jealous to build something too – this is a wrong motivation to start a business. 

You have to think clearly about what you want to do, you ask yourself: “In what way(s) can this idea or business help people?” – emphasize “help people”.

If you want to start a fashion design company, do your research thoroughly and understand that you’re about to build a type of business some people have built already. So, how are you planning to get better and beat your competitors?

For instance, can you think of a unique fashion trend and dominate it for the long term? If yes, what fashion trend and how can you hit the market with your idea?

You have to plan all these, you just don’t voluntarily jump into the ocean without knowing if it’s safe or not. If it’s not safe, then how are you going to survive?

#2. Get a Team Members with Common Goals

The spirit of being the CEO and (sole) founder is part of what’s killing some businesses and startups to date. I’m not saying you can’t build a business alone, you can! But you can’t survive alone. If you survive alone, you won’t go far alone.

People (Team) Working Together – Credit: Pexels.com

You have to understand this concept. If you read about big business builders in the world, you’ll notice one thing that’s very common to them – they don’t build alone! 

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, etc., will tell you that they called their friends when they were about to start their company. Why? It’s simply because they need teammates who can work with them to achieve their primary and respective goal(s).

The reason is simply that if one is falling, another person will lift him. And this boils down to you looking and calling the right people to join you or else if you fall, that’s the end of the business.

So look for the right people in your circle, during meetups, on social media, share the business idea with them and be patient to see those who’ll be ready to join you.

Getting team members here is different from hiring people. You have to look for someone or some people who’re ready to take ownership of the business and work diligently.

They can in turn be your co-founder, CTO, etc… Just make sure you’re careful and patient enough to see someone with the same common goal.

#3. Start Building with the Little You Have:

You know the type of business you want to build and you have someone or some people who are ready to work with you. The next thing is to start building that business with the little resources you have.

The mistake most people make is that they’re waiting for the “perfect time” and that time translate to when they have sufficient money to invest in the business. The truth is that that perfect time won’t come unless you start now.

And I will like to say this if you’re starting a new business but you don’t have money to invest personally, you’re still not going anywhere. It’s either you get a job, make money and come back to that idea or, you sell the business idea to someone else.

The bottom line is that you have to start from you, even if you will need investors to inject capital into your business, you have to show them something – your ideas + efforts.

#4. Create Good Information and Communication Flow

As part of what you’re starting with, is how you can bridge the communication gap between your business and your target audience (investors included). That’s why you need to invest in creating that information and communication flow.

This is not a big deal at all, you just need to create an online presence for your business by getting a website, getting on social media, and investing in Email marketing or CRM tools.

If you can’t build the website yourself, you can hire freelancers to get the job done for you, there are free email marketing tools like MailChimp that you can get started with. You can hire an expert to manage your business’s social media handles for you too. The person will be in charge of content creation, posting, and attending to comments.

Having a website is very important, if it’s just a landing page, do it and let people know about your business from there and use your social media handles to keep telling people about your mission, not that loudly tho.

#5. Start Expanding the Business

You’ve tried a lot, but it’s not the time to relax. It’s time to start thinking of expansion. I mean expansion at all lengths.

If you launch your business to focus on people in Canada and they accept it with open hands, it’s time to expand to New York, and then to Paris, to Africa, etc.

In your team as well, you need to have some people who will be in charge of marketing, human resources, engineering, international relation, legal, and many departments within your company.

With great power comes greater responsibility, the more you’re growing, the more you should expand.

But what if your company can’t afford to hire people you need to run the business as you’re thinking of expanding, is that the end? No, it’s not!

#6. It’s time to Seek Business Funding

This is not a must if your business can afford to finance itself, but I bet it can. As a startup that’s at the entry or expansion stage, you need money to take care of a lot of things and some people are ready to provide that money!

There are people called Angel investors and some are called Venture capitalists, these people are in the business of investing in other businesses to make a profit. No money is too big to invest for VCs as long as your company’s evaluation is also big.

If you think your business need funding, kindly check this blog post on how to get one for your business.

#7. Don’t Stop Expanding; Invest More in Your Business

You’re not there yet. Start investing more in advertising, your team members, think of innovation and, acquire other related small businesses.

Just don’t stop growing!

I hope these tips will help you start that business in 2022 and I believe you can conquer the world, don’t worry, start today!

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Here is your time to shine, you can now buy MTN shares and join the leagues of MTN shareholders in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria recently announced the selling of 575 million of its shares to the public on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021. Just in case you don’t know what “shares” is, let’s me quickly tell how it works;

What are Shares?

Share simply means a percentage of ownership in a company. Those who hold these shares are called “shareholders” and you can also call them “investors”.

What that simply means is that, let’s say you buy MTN shares, you have a percentage of every percentage of the company. If the stock rises, your share rises and vise versa.

How Shares Work?

The more shares of a company you’re holding, the more decision-making power you have in that company and the more your profit if the company is performing well.

Let’s say you buy 250 units of MTN shares at the rate of N169 each, which is N42,250.

And luckily, MTN stocks jump to x10, that’s also N42,250 x 10 for you. You’ve made N422,500!

That’s just the simple idea, if you know how FOREX, stocks, or cryptocurrency work, you have the idea of how Shares work also.

But you don’t need to panic because MTN Nigeria is leading and doing well in Nigeria, investing your money to buy from their shares will be a good return on investment (ROI) for you.

…and this is a golden opportunity if you’ve been looking for where to invest your money.

Right in this blog post, I’m going to share with you how can buy these MTN shares easily and answer a few things you may want to know. But let’s start with the eligibility and requirements;

Eligibility and Requirements to Buy MTN Shares

1. You must be 18 years old and above – No minors *(-_-)*
2. You need a Bank Verification Number, BVN
3. You need a CSCS (Central Securities and Clearing System) account
4. You must behold the shares for at least 12 months, if you can’t let your money work for you in 12 months, don’t even try buying.
5. You must be able to buy a minimum of 20 unit shares, while the maximum is 250 units.

Buying MTN Shares: Other things you need to know

• The general public can buy the MTN shares from December 1 to December 14, 2021 (just 2 weeks)
  The MTN share offer will be priced at N169 per one unit
• The minimum amount you’ll invest (for 20 units) is N3,380 and the maximum (250 units) is N42,250
  Your stockbroker or a certified Momo Agent can help you
• Visit https://mtnoline.com/PO in case you need help

Now, let’s talk about how you can buy MTN shares before the deadline!

How to Buy MTN Shares in Nigeria

There are two ways to buy the shares, you can buy through;

1. PrimaryOffer
2. MTN MoMo agents

• Buy MTN Shares with PrimaryOffer

PrimaryOffer is a service (or product) by NGX exchange where you can buy new public offers like this MTN share. Here is how to buy your MTN shares on PrimaryOffer:

– Visit www.primaryofferng.com and click on “Get Started”
– Click on “I am an individual investor” if you’re buying for yourself
– You’ll land on a page with MTN branded banner at the top, but click on “Create an Account” to get a PO account
– Put your BVN number and correct date of birth
– Click on “Continue”
– On the next page, your primary data would have been generated from your BVN, fill out the remaining data such as “email address”, “your mother’s maiden name” etc.
– Click on “continue”
– Verify your OTP: check your email address to get the code
– If you do that correctly, your account will be verified and the next thing is to login
– Login with your email address and password

Finally, buy the MTN shares!

After you log in to your PrimaryOffer account, you will see the only shares available (MTN shares), click on the MTN logo, it will load to open a new page.

– Scroll down and put in the unit of shares you want to buy. Note that the minimum is 20 and the maximum is 250
– Check the agreement and conditions, and
– Click on “continue”
– CSCS account will be created for you, but you need to complete it manually on the next page by filling in one of your bank details
– Click on “update Bank”
– Continue to complete all necessary stuff such as uploading a proof of address, your national ID card, and your signature.
– You can as well complete your social profile
– If you’re done with that part, go back to offerings to buy the MTN shares.

Important Notice: You can also use the PrimaryOffer mobile app to do all these things.

ALSO CHECK: How to Invest in Treasury Bills in Nigeria

That’s the first method of buying MTN shares in Nigeria.

• Buying MTN Shares with Receiving Agents

Just in case the steps above are too technical for you to do, you can use a receiving agent and the person will do all the hard work for you.

Receiving Agents you can use:

1. MTN MoMo Agents

MoMo agents have received training on how to help people buy MTN shares. So you can visit any MoMo agent close to you and they’ll help you out.

2. A Stockbroker

Stockbrokers are professional, if you see one, ask them for help but be careful and make sure you use a trusted broker.

So, that’s how to buy MTN shares in Nigeria.

Summary: How to Buy MTN Shares in Nigeria

– You can buy MTN shares for as low as N3,380 and the highest you can buy is N42,250
– The best way to buy MTN Shares is through the PrimaryOffer’s website or mobile app
– The public sale of MTN Shares will end on December 14, 2021 (Maybe this will be extended, I don’t know)

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Have you recently stumbled on Wakanda Inu (or $WKD) on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp status, and even on some top crypto or finance website like Nairametrics, and you’re wondering what this is all about?

Let me tell you about it.

But pardon me, it’s going to be more personal than formal. Of course, experience is the best teacher and that’s what I want to share with you in this blog post.

What is Wakanda Inu?

Wakanda Inu (also $WKD) is the first memecoin to ever come out in Africa. Just like Shiba Inu or Dogecoin, Wakanda Inu represent the black but fiery African dog with sharp fangs.

Wakanda Inu is not just a memecoin, but a “movement” launching the African generation out of poverty. 

“Out of poverty”? Yeah! Wakanda Inu is here to change the narration that Africans are poor regardless of the poor governance and mismanaged resources.

Let me simplify this, I hate confusing parables too.

Wakanda Inu is a “meme” cryptocurrency token launched in Africa by Africans Africans and the rest of the world who believe in the movement of Wakanda.

According to Nairametrics, Wakanda Inu is “A memecoin bigger than Shiba Inu, driving crypto adoption in Africa”

That’s what Wakanda Inu is here for!

VIDEO: How to Buy Wakanda Inu

Here is a big deal about the Wakanda Inu;

Wakanda Inu was launched in just a few days (not even up to a week as at the time of writing this), but a lot of people who believe in the movement are turning millionaires with few bucks traded.

Wakanda Inu grew to 1200% in just 72 hours of launching.

In case you don’t know what that means; if you invested $50, you would have made $600 in just 72 hours!

I know what you’re thinking; “this gotta be a kind of Ponzi scheme or gambling” ?

Okay, let’s talk about that;

Is Wakanda Inu Scam or Legit?

Short answer: Wakanda Inu is not a scam, it is 100% legit.

Long answer: Because it’s a memecoin launched in Africa doesn’t mean it has to be a Ponzi scheme or scam. It’s true that some coins launched in Africa are pure scams like the one in which its price pumped to over $80,000 – even the all-time high of almighty Bitcoin has got up to $70k.

When this project started, some people are discouraging others not to buy the token as it is a scam token. “It is launched in Nigeria by Nigerians, it has to be a scam”, that’s what they keep saying.

Even if the whole world transcribes “Nigerians” to “Scammers”, we are still proud of what we legally do to help humanity. Such as Flutterwave, Interswitch, and Paystack (acquired by Stripe) to solve online payment problems, and these are globally seen as great ideas and innovations.

Not to talk of other things we are doing to represent the continent.

“76% of the token is owned by one address” – This is another thing some people are saying to deplete Wakanda Inu.

Is it true that 76% of the Wakanda Inu is on one address?

Yes, it is true.

You’re disappointed? Don’t be.

If 76% of the token is on one address, does that mean it is a scam?

But the 76% are locked and meant to be burned, nobody has access to it. No developer, no founder!

To answer that question, take a look at the contract address on Bscscan.com or any tools you like and you will see it is LOCKED. If the total supply is made available for trading, then the token will be too much and useless.

Imagine if they are selling iPhone 13 Pro for just $50, everyone will buy it because it is cheap. And that will make iPhone 13 Pro and even, valueless.

So what’s the idea of burning such an amount of token? To make it scarce.

Yes, scarcity adds value to something, including a cryptocurrency. Using an address specialized to burn the token as a foreword to call a token “scam” is irrational.

Wakanda Inu is 100% legit and that’s why a lot of people are backing it.

Who are those backing Wakanda Inu?

A lot of big people. But let me point out clearly that, “backing” here doesn’t mean these people own the token, but they’re just supporting it with “passion”.

Who are these people? I will mention a few but I won’t say much about them though.

1. Chris Ani, founder of DABA

Chris Ani is a household name in Nigeria’s tech industry, especially in Cryptocurrency. He is the African ambassador for Binance (the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform). And he’s a successful man who is rising to the top through cryptocurrency.

As part of his mission to educate and Impact people positively, he founded Digital Abundance Business Academy, DABA. 

DABA is a school, a school that teaches you how to make money legally. I’m a student of DABA and the knowledge gained/gaining is helping.

Join us today, visit www.daba.school to learn more

2. Gaius Chibueze, founder of AbitNetwork

This man also rose to the class of upper echelon through cryptocurrency, and ever since then, he has created some platforms to help people get more out of blockchain technology.

He founded Tatswap, tatcoin, tatswap among others

3. Tola Fadugbagbe, founder of Crypto Masterclass

Tola is also a name that rings a bell in the African crypto space. Cryptocurrency also changes his life and he’s telling the world, especially Nigerians on how they can escape the trap of poverty with cryptocurrency.

Sequel to his experience and contributions, the young man has been interviewed by many media outlets including the world-famous BBC

And a lot of other big people and many other exchange platforms such as Quidax, Roquu, Flitaa, etc.

With all these people supporting Wakanda Inu, it’s definitely not a scam, or going to turn to a scam token soon. 

You know “good name is better than gold” right? Yeah, they won’t put their name on the line to back a scam token.

Important Notice:

Some people are using their blogs and social media handles to fight against Wakanda Inu because they believe nothing good can come out of Nigeria at all. These people will give you a reason not to trust the token.

But whatever their reason is, it is far from true.

The world believes African countries are underworld, that’s why Wakanda Inu is here as a strong movement to change that.

And of course, you can decide to listen to them. It’s not a loss or gain to the community or you.

This is not a Ponzi scheme. But if you read this blog post to the end, I will show you something about Wakanda Inu.

Read on ?

But why Wakanda Inu?

Wakanda Inu is a community-driven token to help African gain financial control of their life. It’s all started as a discussion in a WhatsApp group, and the idea is taken up and launched!

Wakanda Inu is for poverty alleviation and anything around it.

Chris Ani’s said on Facebook;

“We will build schools, tech hubs, a marketplace in Wakanda with #wakandainu”

Yes, that’s the vision of Wakanda Inu and as citizens, we are supporting it.

Wakanda Inu: Many Are Called, Many Are Getting Rich

Everybody can be part of the movement including you. It takes nothing other than your determination and a little knowledge of how cryptocurrency work.

Currently, people are sharing sweet testimonies of how Wakanda Inu changed their financial position. A lot of people that I can’t even mention all of them

Is it a 15-year-old girl that bought $50 worth of $WKD and earned $1,900+ in just a few days? Or to mention a guy that said Wakanda Inu helped his brother to pay a debt of N1.3m – about $2000+

A 15-years old girl Earn more than N1m from Wakanda Inu. Credit: Richard Idasenibo

Or let me talk about myself.

I invested 0.1 BNB after the presale, that’s about $68 then and I made about 1.2 ( about $800)BNB in a few hours and I have to invest more.

Many are called, Wakanda is for everybody who believes in the spirit of Africa.

Where to Buy Wakanda Inu?

You can buy Wakanda Inu on the following platforms:

1. Pancakeswap
2. Quidax.com
3. Roquu.com
4. Flitaa.com
5. HaggleX
6. BoundlessPay
7. Tatswap
8. Obiex
9. NaijaCrypto
10. Many are still coming

How to Buy Wakanda Inu

Buying Wakanda Inu is very easy, even if you don’t know anything about cryptocurrency trading. Follow the simple steps below;

1. Download any of the apps above
2. Sign up and complete your registration
3. Verify your email address, phone number, and NIN submission to upgrade your limit
4. Deposit fund (each platform will provide a guide to do this)
5. Buy Wakanda Inu easily.

But in case you want to use pancakeswap, all you have to do is download wallet apps such as Trustwallet, MetaMask, or SafePal.

Watch this video to see how I used Trustwallet to buy Wakanda Inu

Create a wallet and go to the dApp search bar, search for https://pancakeswap.finance

Swap your Bep20 USDT, BNB or BUSD for Wakanda inu.

NOTE: You must have a small BNB to pay for the network fee.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Wakanda Inu

What is Wakanda Inu’s Contract Address?

Wakanda Contract Address is: 0x5344C20FD242545F31723689662AC12b9556fC3d

Where Can I get learn more about Wakanda Inu?

1. Wakanda Inu’s website: https://wakandainu.com/
2. Coinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/wakanda-inu/
3. CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wakanda-inu
4. Poocoin: https://poocoin.app/tokens/0x5344c20fd242545f31723689662ac12b9556fc3d
5. DexTools: Pair Explorer – DEXTools

Disclaimer: Brotherly Advice Before You Buy Wakanda Inu

Wakanda Inu is not a Ponzi or get rich scheme. So don’t jump into think because you want to get rich quickly and get out. You may end up losing your money if you’re not patient.

Someone bought the token it has already pumped, then the market retraced and he was so sad that he decided to sell at loss.

If you can’t hold for a long time, don’t buy!

Also, avoid scammers. Some people have created fake telegram groups and maybe they did the same for other social media platforms, but avoid these people at all lengths.

If you’re interested in joining Wakanda Inu’s group, go to the official website (wakandainu.com) and scroll down below to see the official handles.

Lastly, cryptocurrency trading is risky. So, don’t borrow money or use your school fees to invest. Only invest what you can afford to lose.

This is not financial advice, but buy Wakanda Inu ?

PS: This post is on Wakanda Inu not Sponsored. It was written by myself (Stephen Gbolagade) and published on my blog (https://gbolamedia.com). Everything here is my experience with Wakanda Ina