Monthly Archives - November 2016

A CASE FOR CROWDFUNDING IN NIGERIA

Dear Subscriber Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) are known to be the engine room of economic growth  as they generate the bulk of business activities in most countries. Nigeria is not an exception to this rule as available data shows the country’s SME’s are the highest employers of labour and usually provide a huge chunk of products and services. SME’s are however hampered by a variety of factors, chief of which is access to capital to propel ideas or [...]

NEGOTIATING FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS

Dear Subscriber, Buying a franchise offers advantages to entrepreneurs who are intimidated by starting a business from scratch and are unwilling to buy an existing business. In simple terms a franchise is the right granted by a business owner or inventor (franchisor) to another individual or company (franchisee) allowing the use of its trademark, name, processes, good will etc. in the delivery of a service or sales of goods.   Whilst buying a franchise jump-starts your business by allowing you leverage [...]