tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36668735851352477502024-03-05T06:46:24.934-08:00blackenterpreneursTeaching people how to make moneynnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-51641981046917254222011-11-20T09:07:00.001-08:002011-11-20T09:07:26.109-08:00Spinglo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In 2010, the same amount of information was produced in 1 year as was produced in the previous 5000 years altogether! The Internet and in particular social media are the reasons. The social market is on the Internet. Not tomorrow, or in a few years, but today!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Spinglo has realized this, and that its customers and members are the future!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">With more than 1 million Spinglo friends in the first 6 months Spinglo.com have already broken most records for network growth on the Internet!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Spinglo delivers what you want when you want it. The Spinglo system will make sure that every user has the ability to customize their web experience in a uniqe way never seen before</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Welcome to social media - Welcome to the Spinglo revolution!</span>nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-21993160805018271272011-11-07T15:07:00.000-08:002011-11-07T15:07:31.494-08:00How to make money through gold<br />
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The price of gold is embarking on a pretty remarkable upward trajectory at the moment. This month it hit another new high, at $1,387 an ounce, having frequently hit new record highs across the year already.</div>
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So why is the price jumping? And how do you go about making money from gold?</div>
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Hedging your bets</h2>
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There are a number of different theories on just why the price of gold is rising so consistently. Some experts reckon that rising prices are here to stay, driven by the emerging middle classes in nations like China, India and Brazil.</div>
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However, in the short term, much of the price rise is down to investors looking to hedge their bets against the risks of both inflation and deflation, or looking for a form of back-up currency against the increasing difficulties in the foreign exchange markets.</div>
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And that demand from investors is only likely to increase if various central banks continue with stimulus programmes which weaken the value of paper currency and increase inflation.</div>
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So how do you go about getting involved with gold?</div>
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Buying bullion</h2>
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One way of investing in gold is to buy the actual gold bullion in the form of coins or gold bars.</div>
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There is a wide range of coins to choose from, printed by governments across the world. However, UK investors tend to stick to two main types, sovereign and kruggerrand. So what’s the difference?<span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.Spinglo.com is a new
popular website in town. But is it really worth your undivided attention or
should you look esle where? I myself have tried out the site and I have came to
certain conclusions. After you reading through this critique you can decide
whether or not Spinglo is worth valuable time and attension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Time is definitely not a renewable resource. Spending it, either
wisely or foolishly, means you never get it back. Before you spend that time on
Spinglo, or any other website, realize that you’re spending your most precious
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.Singlo.com is being jargon as “Your Social Network Booster”
The name derives from the title and used to coalesce for the user a social
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VIP. We we’ll dig into each one indepth indivdually.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The prime steak of the Spinglo Platform?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Many individuals are subscribing to www.Spinglo.com as they are
lured by Spinglo Bonus. Once you become a member and influence others to follow
suit, you are eligible to earn points when your leads and their leads take up
certain offers in the site.Once you have collected sufficient points, you may
convert them in Spinglo Life and Spinglo VIP which have not been announced as
of now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Spinglo Life is waiting for a critical mass of Spinglo Bonus
members to sign on before it opens its cyber-doors to what appears to be some
sort of online shopping mall. How many people need to sign on to the Bonus, or
how much real value will be available, isnt known at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Spinglo VIP is even more of an enigma. The website is heralding
that the Spinglo VIP experience will give its members the first shot at
participating in upcoming, and as of yet, unknown, beta testing when such are
offered to the inhabitants Cyberspace. I can’t tell you if Spinglo has worked
out deals with the major players in the Internet marketing business to make
this a “must have” option, or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To know if you should hop on the www.spinglo.com bandwagon, you
need to evaluate why you are online. Most people do want a good value when they
join services of this nature, but you need to decide if your time online is to
be spent looking for something just to pass the time and amuse you, or if
you’re looking for a significant return for the time you invest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If it’s amusement your looking for, then log on to
www.spinglo.com and then invite your friends to join and enjoy. But I can’t
really say that Spinglo is for those people look for serious gains from their
time on the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From what I have observed, what is seriously missing in the
present day businessman is target-based online marketing education. There is
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trained under 7 Figure Networker which is one of the master marketing
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<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And it the end, marketing is what seperates the successful
business from the rest of the herd on the internet. Learn the unique marketing
skills the Internet demands, and even sites like www.spinglo.com can be a
serious source of revenue for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What do you do if you have one main client and for some reason the work from that client dries up? Perhaps the client goes out of business or goes in a different direction or just has a lull in business?</div>
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Your main source of income is then gone. Which is why it’s crucial for anyone who relies on their freelance revenues to have multiple streams of income.</div>
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That’s easier said than done, of course, as many freelancers have two or three main clients and are happy to focus on those alone. But as many experienced freelancers will tell you, that’s a mistake.</div>
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Today we’ll look at a few different ways to set up multiple streams of income to make your freelancing business more stable and ensure that you’re living the freelancing good life for years to come. Please note that the following are just different options you can choose — I’m not recommending you do all of them.</div>
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n the two weeks leading up to today, Marc Beige has barely left his Queens, N.Y., office. He has kept his calendar empty -- save for issues needing immediate attention. And he hasn't taken just anyone's phone call.</div>
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While the 62-year-old president and CEO of <a href="http://rubies.com/" style="color: #365977; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Rubie's Costume Co.</a>, is hardly reclusive, during the final days before Halloween, Beige had spent hours poring over how well this year's costumes are selling. Will Lady Gaga still be white hot? Will Charlie Sheen be just another celeb flash in the pan? Will <a class="kLink" href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220634#" id="KonaLink0" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: green !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px;"><span style="color: green; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">KISS</span></span></a> still bring in the crowds?</div>
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Beige may be spooked, but he's not nervous. Rubie's Costume Co. has grown from a mom-and-pop shop into a thriving, $100 million mass-market juggernaut with the rise of the Halloween industry. And after nearly four decades of running the New York-based costume manufacturer with his brother, sister and, more recently, their children, knowing what costumes and accessories will be in demand year by year has become second nature. Of course, nearly cornering the market in Hollywood- and comic book-character licenses also helps.</div>
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With more than 150 active licenses, Rubie's offers a wide cast of characters -- from Superman and Batman to Princess Leia and Smurfette -- to help keep the costume-maker's books in the black. But, of course, you never know how edgier or new costumes will perform. "It's more of an art than a science," says Beige.</div>nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-79045427575230752602011-10-26T06:18:00.000-07:002011-10-26T06:18:34.008-07:00Helping small business grow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As far as arts entrepreneurship goes, the <a href="http://www.theslowdown.com/" style="color: #365977; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Slowdown club</a>in Omaha, Neb., started modestly. It was barely art, and barely entrepreneurship.</div>
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Jason Kulbel and Robb Nansel just wanted a place to hang out, drink a beer and listen to some good music in Omaha. Their neighbors learned of their plan and crowded a public hearing, furious at the idea of young people milling around, drinking and laughing late into the night. It's easy to imagine the rest: Conservative city prevents those damn kids from making a ruckus.</div>
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But that's not how it went down. What followed is so unlikely and so perfect that it could be the platonic ideal of how arts entrepreneurs can thrive by working with politicians and other businesspeople.</div>
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Some city officials learned of this fight and realized that in the 21st century what Omaha needs more than anything else is a lot of young people hanging out, having fun. As in many smaller cities and towns, the smart, young and ambitious left Omaha as soon as they could; they went to Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco--places that had the essential combination of fun things to do, fun people to do them with and fun and interesting jobs.</div>
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<br /></div>nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-27438273498554056392011-10-25T05:53:00.000-07:002011-10-25T05:53:04.680-07:00how to invest in stocks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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Whether you are an active investor or just looking for a place to park your retirement money, your best bet is with the stock market. You can reasonably expect a 8-12% annual return over time. That could end up being a lot of money if you compound those returns over a long time horizon. You really can’t expect those types of returns from other types of investments.</div>
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It’s not difficult to learn how to invest in the stock market. Even beginners can get started almost right away with the right investment strategy. If you want to get started right away as you learn the basics, consider investing in a broad market index fund like the SPDR ETF, which is a vehicle that tracks the S&P 500 composite index. You can also look at the Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund which tracks 3,000 stocks in an effort to match the broader US stock market. Both of these index funds have historically produced the returns of 8-12% a year that I was talking about.</div>
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Before you do anything, you should find a financial advisor. A good one will do far more than just give you <a href="http://financeworldonline.net/investment-advice/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #005299; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">investment advice</a> about individual stocks. They will help you create a comprehensive investing strategy that is based on your risk profile, time horizon and financial objectives.</div>
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You could go with a standard stock broker, but there are a lot of downsides to doing that if you are a beginner investor. I would look for a fee based investment advisor that you can trust and feel comfortable with. Some of the larger fee based advisory firms are Edward Jones and Ameriprise Financial Advisors.</div>
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<br /></div>nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-6331667501523448292011-10-23T02:04:00.000-07:002011-10-23T02:04:24.258-07:00How to spot a good sales pro<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
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Resume and interviewing skills aren't enough when it comes to figuring out whether a job candidate would make a great salesperson. Over the years, I've found that money motivation is the factor that sets apart great salespeople from the mediocre ones, or worse.</div>
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Money motivation means a salesperson lives to earn commissions and win prizes. A really money-motivated salesperson does what it takes to close the sale. To accomplish this, such salespeople become masters of strategy. They know the product, they know the competition, and they have good relationships with their customers.</div>
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It's crucial that a business owner or his or her sales department manager figures out whether a job candidate has this, because money motivation isn't a skill. It's a trait. A sales manager can add focus to a salesperson's desire to make money, but the manager can't force the salesperson to become money motivated.</div>
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I've seen companies too often focus on other factors that are less important. Expect disappointment if you're basing your hiring decision on past performance. The world is full of salespeople who caught a lucky break and were in the right place at the right time for a hot product.</div>
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All businesses need to be spending some time and money on generating leads, because new leads mean more sales and greater profits. The key to lead generation is using a variety of strategies at the one time. Just advertising your business in a local newspaper probably won’t generate a large number of leads for you to turn into customers – you need to be utilising a wide variety of <a href="http://www.bloomtools.com/index.php?id=1000607" style="color: #357ace; text-decoration: none;">marketing tools </a>simultaneously to really reach your target market and draw them to your business.<br /><br />This does not apply just to big businesses with large marketing budgets, because there are numerous cost-effective strategies that small businesses can use to generate leads. For example, a small local clothing shop could be combining their local newspaper advertising with a website, a newsletter, listings in various directories, building and car signage and a stall at the local markets. All of these strategies are very cost-effective and would expose a large number of potential customers to their business and products. Lead generation is not difficult, you just need to be creative and take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself.<br /><br />Here are some lead generation strategies that you may not have thought of using for your business:</div>
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<li><strong>Networking groups</strong><br /><br />Many business people go to networking functions for trade associations, chambers of commerce and other organizations on a regular basis. Most of them view these events as a boring hassle and do everything to avoid them. However, networking events are an excellent lead generation strategy for businesses, because the other business people that attend them are consumers too and need products and services just like the rest of us.<br /><br />So, instead of standing in the corner and counting down the minutes until you can leave, walk around and start up conversations. You can even ask the people you meet for permission to add them to your <a href="http://www.bloomtools.com/index.php?id=1000482" style="color: #357ace; text-decoration: none;">database</a> of contacts. It is also a good idea to follow up with the people you have met after the event with a quick phone call or email to build the relationship.<br /> </li>
<li><strong>Alliances </strong><br />Building alliances with other businesses that target a market similar to yours is a great way to generate new leads for your business. Choose a reputable business that treats its customers well, engages in proactive marketing strategies and is open to trying new things. Once you have built a relationship with this business and have come to an agreement, you can start targeting their clients with your own marketing. </li>
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Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.” But, becoming a great leader isn’t easy. Successfully maneuvering a team through the ups and downs of starting a <a class="kLink" href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/leadersecrets#" id="KonaLink0" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: green !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-variant: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;"><span style="color: green; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: green; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">new </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: green; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">business</span></span></a> can be one of the greatest challenges a small-business owner faces.</div>
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Leadership is one of the areas that many entrepreneurs tend to overlook, according leadership coach John C. Maxwell, whose books include <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership</em> (Thomas Nelson, 1998) and <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Developing the Leader Within You</em> (Thomas Nelson, 1993).</div>
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“You work hard to develop your product or service. You fight to solve your financial issues. You go out and promote <a class="kLink" href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/leadersecrets#" id="KonaLink1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: green !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-variant: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;"><span style="color: green; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: green; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">your </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: green; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">business</span></span></a> and sell your product. But you don't think enough about leading your own people and finding the best staff,” Maxwell says.</div>
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It turns out, the skills and talents necessary to guide your team in the right direction can be simple, and anyone with the determination can develop them. Here’s a list of 10 tips drawn from the secrets of successful leaders.</div>
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There is a lot of money to be made as a seller on eBay. Thousands and thousands of sales are made each day, resulting in a lot of income for a lot of sellers. And there is still room for you if you want to get involved – whether you want to earn some part time cash or set up a whole new full time business on the side.</div>
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But where do you get your stock from? How do you get started? And how can you build a business that gives you PowerSeller status? Relax – you’re about to find out.</div>
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It’s easy work to get started earning money on eBay. Once you’ve signed up for your free account the best way to get a feel for what selling is like is to auction off some of your personal items that you no longer want. If you are going to start buying stock to resell, you’ll do better by getting some basic selling experience first.</div>
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While we are on the subject of stock, you’ll need to decide what kind of business you are going to set up. Of course you can sell anything you like, but if you want to make a name for yourself it helps to become known for selling a specific type of product.</div>
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Now that doesn’t necessarily mean your product area needs to be a small one; on the contrary it could be quite large. You could sell toys for example – there’s plenty there to keep any seller going for months on end without selling the same thing twice. You do need to pick a popular product though, and it’s worth doing some research using eBay’s advanced search feature to find out what is selling and how much it’s selling for.</div>
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So let’s say you want to sell computer games, for example. There are hundreds of games you could buy to sell here, but if you don’t know which ones will sell you could lose a lot of money buying the wrong stock. By searching the ended listings you can see which titles consistently sell well, and which ones will produce the best profit for you.</div>
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Okay – so you know how to figure out what to buy. Now you need to know where to get it from. It stands to reason that no seller is going to tell you where they get their stock; that would be like giving away the keys to their business. In order to find the best sources for stock you need to do a bit of legwork.</div>
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We should mention here that there are two main sources for stock – wholesalers and dropshippers. Both have their pros and cons; it just depends on which method you personally prefer.</div>
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Dropshippers hold all the stock for you, so you only actually pay for an item once you’ve received payment from the customer. You may have to pay a fee to join the scheme in the first place though. If you choose to go with one or more wholesalers you will need to have the room to buy the stock, and the money to buy it in advance. This comes with more risk since you could buy stock that doesn’t sell, but with the tactic we’ve already covered for checking completed listings before you order anything, the risk here should be kept to a minimum.</div>
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So – back to where to find these sources. If you have a particular product in mind that you want to sell, the simple act of looking at the packaging can often reveal the name of the supplier. You can then check out their website to see what else they do.</div>
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Believe it or not, tens of thousand of people are using Facebook every day to chat with their friends and have fun… while others are making money at the same time.</div>
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Would you like to know how to cash-it on this social phenomenon?</div>
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Would $5… $50… or $150 in additional income make you happier? What would you do with the “new found” money?</div>
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Let’s make it happen, here are three quick steps:</div>
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Once you have signed up to Facebook your first step should be to think about how you want to present yourself. You don’t want to fake it, just be yourself and showcase your skill, your hobby or knowledge – that is what makes money from Facebook.</div>
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Don’t forget that you want to attract the attention of a specific group of people here, so that you become known as someone who is something of an expert on one particular subject. So choose wisely!</div>
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Go for a popular niche that you personally like and have an interest in. Develop your persona in that area. If you already have something of a web presence in a particular area then you’ll use that in your advantage because — it will help you as more and more people become aware of who you, your skill/knowledge and how this can help them.</div>
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Your first port of call, if you have anything second hand to sell which is related to your niche, is the Marketplace. It’s free to place ads in the Marketplace and there is no limit on how many you can place.</div>
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EXAMPLE: you come across a bargain lot of books on your subject on eBay or at a yard sale you can list them all individually on Facebook and sell them on for a profit.</div>
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When Monica Norley and her partner began making soap in their Hastings kitchen in 2005, she could only dream that one day she's be supplying Waitrose. Five years on, The Visionary Soap Company now employs six people and saw its sales double last year. She's anticipating that sales will jump again this year, with a deal to sell through the supermarket chain and Ocado in the offing, and Oxfam stores have agreed to add the soap to its range of Fair Trade products.</div>
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Norley's story suggests that reports of the death of manufacturing in Britain may be rather premature. Many companies are enjoying a boom in trade with a record number of manufacturers taking on new employees towards the end of 2010, according to the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) and accountancy firm BDO.</div>
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Exports are strengthening too, helped by the fall in sterling against other major currencies. The Office for Budget Responsibility projects a 6.9% growth in exports in 2011 and a 7.1% increase in 2012.</div>
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But if you are a budding Sir James Dyson, how do you start? There's now an enormous amount of information online, for example the government's <a href="http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?lang=en&r.s=m&topicId=1073858805" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="">Business Link</a> website first for tips on resources you can access and how to put together a business plan.</div>
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Susan Mashibe is the founder and executive director of Tanjet, an international Fixed Base operations service, providing logistical support for corporate, diplomatic, and private jets. TanJet is the first company of its kind in Tanzania and has transformed the way business aviation operates in East Africa. Tanjet’s clients include Heads of State, monarchs, Fortune 500 executives, celebrities, and military flights. She founded Tanjet in 2003.</div>
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Ms. Mashibe is also the owner of Kilimanjaro Aviation Logistic Center, a company that processes landing and overflight clearances for private jets throughout the African continent.</div>
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Ms. Mashibe was recently recognized by World Economic Forum as a 2011 Young Global Leader. The honor recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.</div>
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She was also recognized as a Fortune Most Powerful Women Mentee, Tanzania women of Achievement Award, Women in Aviation Int'l Achievement Award and Archbishop Tutu Fellowship.</div>
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She’s a Undergrad, Aviation, Western Michigan University. FAA certified commercial pilot and aircraft maintenance engineer, first female with such qualifications in Tanzania</div>
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Company: The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), Merisant Company<div style="font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">
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Position: President and Chief Executive Officer (JDRF)</div>
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On December 21, 2005 The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), the largest charitable funder of diabetes research in the world, named Mr. Donald as President and Chief Executive Officer.</div>
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Mr. Donald was Chairman (2000 -2005) and Chief Executive Officer (2000 - 2003) of Merisant Company, whose products include leading global tabletop sweetener brands <i>Equal</i> and<i>Canderel</i>. Merisant, formed in March 2000, is committed to the growing global need for health, nutritional, and lifestyle products based on science and technology. The company's 600 employees make and market high-value products in more than 130 countries worldwide.</div>
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When he was running Monsanto's $4 billion agriculture business, Donald persuaded the company to sell him its Equal division. Merisant, the $400 million company he founded in St. Louis, is now the undisputed leader in the artificial sweetener market. Donald also runs a $350 million VC fund that backs new life-science and biotech companies.</div>
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Mr. Donald received a BA degree from Carleton College, a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In 1997, Mr. Donald was named Executive of the Year by Black Enterprise Magazine; in 1998, he received the Washington University Distinguished Alumni Award; in 1999, he received the Eagle Award from the National Eagle Leadership Institute; and in 2000 he received the Black Engineers President's Award. In July 2002, Fortune Magazine named Mr. Donald #17 on their list of "The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in America".</div>
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Prior to assuming leadership of Merisant, Mr. Donald was a senior executive at Monsanto Company in St. Louis, MO. He joined Monsanto in industrial chemical sales in 1977 and worked in ever more challenging and responsible roles in his 20 plus years with that company. In January 1998, he was appointed Senior Vice-President of the corporation with worldwide responsibility in areas that include the company's growth, globalization, and technology initiatives. Prior to that, Mr. Donald was President of the $4 billion plus agricultural sector, overseeing three years of tremendous growth and marked by the successful introduction and commercialization of Monsanto's first crop protection products resulting from modern plant biotechnology. He was recognized by the agricultural industry as Agri-Marketer of the Year in 1996.</div>
nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-17326206794701097882011-09-20T05:44:00.000-07:002011-09-20T05:44:47.517-07:00Adenike Ogunlesi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Adenike Ogunlesi is the founder of Ruff 'n' Tumble, a childrens clothing line in Nigeria. From a tiny shop with her and her mother as the main staff, Adenike aka Nike turned Ruff 'n' Tumble into an instantly recognizable brand. She has built a reputation for being one of the best manufacturers of children's clothing in Nigeria.<br /><br />"My kids ran out of pajamas. And I used to make clothing for women. So I decided that I'd just make some pajamas for my kids. "<br /><br />In her second year as an undergraduate law student at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Adenike opted out of school unsure of what to do with her life. She then reluctantly accepted her mother's invitation to work in her womens tailor shop. That experience helped her to discover who she was and what she wanted to do.<br /><br />"I started in 1996, I was selling from the back of my car, I was selling at bazaars. Everywhere, there was a bazaar, I was there, my table and my suit case, my children and sometimes even my husband. So it all started then."<br /><br />Today Ruff 'N' Tumble is a thriving business with 50 employees and distribution along the West African coast.<br /><br />"We don't export now. Export to the West African coast, yes, all along the West African coast, yes, but to say, America or to England, I'm not interested in it at all. If 40 percent of the 120 million people in Nigeria are children, I have the potential of a huge market here."<br /><br />Adenike was featured in the <a href="http://www.nbpc.tv/mediacenter/africaopen/episode-02.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_top">Africa Open for Business documentary</a> and was recognized as the FATE Foundation Model Entrepreneur in 2005<br />.</div>
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Ursula Burns, former president of Xerox Corporation, was named by the board to succeed Anne Mulcahy as chief executive officer effect July 1, 2009 and assumed the role of chairman of the company on May 20, 2010.</div>
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She is the first black woman to head a Fortune 500 company. According to Xerox, this is also the first time a female chief executive has replaced another female chief executive at a Fortune 500 company.</div>
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Burns was ranked 27th on FORTUNE magazine's ninth annual list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.</div>
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Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern. She subsequently held several positions in engineering, including product development and planning. In June 1991 she became the executive assistant to Paul A. Allaire, then Xerox chairman and chief executive officer.</div>
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From 1992 through 2000, Burns led several business teams, including the office color and fax business, office network copying business and the departmental business unit.</div>
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In May 2000, she was named senior vice president, Corporate Strategic Services, and was named president of Xerox Business Group Operations in 2002. She was appointed an officer of the company in 1997 and named a corporate senior vice president in 2000.</div>
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nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-18286937086800980182011-09-17T13:06:00.000-07:002011-09-17T13:06:00.134-07:00blackentrepreneurs: Angela Samuels<a href="http://blackenterpreurs.blogspot.com/2011/09/angela-samuels.html?spref=bl">blackentrepreneurs: Angela Samuels</a>: Company: Voluptuous Clothing Position: Founder/CEO Industry: Fashion, Retail Country: Canada Angela Samuels is the Fo...nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-89779479829304515802011-09-17T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-17T13:03:26.162-07:00Angela Samuels<br />
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Angela Samuels is the Founder and CEO of the Toronto based retail chain Voluptuous Clothing, a store that caters to women sizes 14 to 24. The first Voluptuous was opened at North York Sheridan Mall in May 2001, followed by Dufferin Mall in May 2002, Scarborough Town Centre in June 2003 and the Vaughan Mills was launched on November 4, 2004.</div>
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Growing up as a minority and one of six children in the rough Toronto neighbourhood of Jane and Finch, Samuels felt acutely unsure about her chances of succeeding in life. But as a young woman, the drive to survive which had served her growing up kicked in. She would eventually use what she learned from her childhood challenges to improve both her life and the lives of many others.</div>
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Angela work as a plus-sized model for three years doing runway shows for designers such as Brian Bailey as well as catalogue and flyer work for stores such as Sears, Wal-Mart and Zellers.She then pursued her studies in the Child and Youth Care Worker program first at Centennial College and then George Brown College. Working with young offenders, Angela observed how, with women, much of their low self-esteem was tied to their appearance. If they couldn’t find ways to look good, she reasoned, then how could they feel better about themselves?</div>
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"I saw a lot of younger girls who were bigger and I realized that they grow up thinking they're different than everyone else, that they’re not a part of society because they're not a size three," Samuels says. "I thought that if I could empower them with the self-esteem they need, maybe they would look at life differently and have a better chance to become successful."</div>
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She said she chose the name Voluptuous for her company because, "I wanted something that said "positive," and something that said "sexy." And I figured, okay, there's a word for small, which is "petite." And it sounds proper. It sounds nice. And I thought, there has got to be some other word for "full-figured," "big." There’s got to be some other word. And I searched, and we came up with "voluptuous." It said all the things we wanted to say; furthermore, it implied that we are sexy. And that was important to me. And that became the name.</div>
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Voluptuous had sales of over $5 millions in 2004 and plans to expand across Canada over the next few years. Voluptuous will open a new store in a trendy upscale Mississauga shopping mall with an expected spring 2005 grand opening. Plans are also in the works for a location in Montreal later this year and the West Edmonton Mall in 2006.</div>
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Company: Globacom Limited,</div>
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Dr. Michael Adeniyi Isola Adenuga (net worth $2 billion calculated March 2011), is the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Globacom Limited (GLO), a privately owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.</div>
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He is Nigeria's second richest person, 5th richest black person and the 595th richest person in the world according to Forbes' <a class="external-link-new-window" href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/mike-adenuga" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Worlds Billionaires 2011</a> ranking.</div>
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Dr. Adenuga has grown Globacom into Nigeria’s second largest national telecom operator, with an estimated 25 million plus subscribers and it's fastest growing mobile service provider.</div>
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Globacom Limited is privately owned by the Mike Adenuga Group which also consists of Equatorial Trust Bank (ETB), Conoil PLC, a petroleum marketing company, and Conoil Producing, a crude exploration company and Equitorial Trust Bank, in addition to stakes and interests in construction and real estate firms.</div>
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He was honoured by the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the National Awards of the Officer of the Order of the Niger and later with the award of Commander of the Order of the Niger.</div>
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Dr. Adenuga studied Business Administration at Northwestern State University, Alva, Oklahoma and also earned a Masters degree at Pace University, New York, majoring in Business Administration with emphasis on Marketing.</div>
nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-88014616982004797532011-09-14T00:50:00.001-07:002011-09-14T00:50:43.262-07:00Mohammed Al Amoud<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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Mohammed Al Amoudi, is Ethiopia's richest man and the richest black person in the world, with a net worth of $9 billion.</div>
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Mr. Al Amoudi owns a broad portfolio of businesses in oil, mining, agriculture, hotels, hospitals, finance, operations and maintenance.</div>
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He owns Swedish refinery Preem as well as Svenska Petroleum, which made big plays in Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria and Angola in 2008.</div>
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Mr. Al Amoudi has invested more than $1 billion in Ethiopia. He controls his vast business conglomerate through two holding and operating companies, Corral Petroleum Holdings and MIDROC. His companies employs over 40,000 people through these companies.</div>
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Mr. Al Amoudi holds an honorary doctorate in Philosophy from Ethiopia's Addis Ababa University.</div>
nnamdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083950022800739381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3666873585135247750.post-53393965633692003842011-09-11T15:46:00.001-07:002011-09-11T15:46:41.257-07:00Femi Otedola<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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<b>Femi Otedola</b> (born 1967 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Epe">Epe</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_State" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a>) is a Nigerian businessman. He is the CEO of <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Petroleum_Plc&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #ba0000; text-decoration: none;" title="African Petroleum Plc (page does not exist)">African Petroleum Plc</a>, and appeared as one of only two Nigerians (alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Aliko Dangote">Aliko Dangote</a>) to appear on the 2009<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> list of 793 dollar-denominated billionaires in the world, with an estimated net worth of over USD$1.2 billion. Femi Otedola is the Nigerian President Chief Executive officer of Zenon Petroleum and Gas limited.</div>
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Femi Otedola is the billionaire owner of multi-billion naira indigenous oil giant Zenon. Zenon, which is directly ran by Otedola is the dominant force in diesel business among oil marketing concerns. It supplies this all important fuel used to power the generating sets of most Nigerian industries to nearly all the major manufacturing firms in the country. These include Dangote Group, Cadbury, Coca Cola, Nigerian Breweries, MTN, Unilever, Nestle, Guinness among others.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femi_Otedola#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></div>
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Otedola is the son of former Lagos State governor, Sir. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Otedola" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Michael Otedola">Michael Otedola</a>. Otedola owns one of the largest oil storage facility which he purchased for N2.8 billion. He bought hundred brand new trucks purchased for N1.3 billion to strengthen the distributive arm of his business and acquired a massive flat bottom bunker vessel with a storage capacity of 16, 000 metric tonnes of diesel for 6.8 million dollars. Zenon owns four cargo ships. He owns Atlas Shipping Agency, Swift Insurance, FO Properties Limited, FO Transport.</div>
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He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Zenon Petroleum and Gas, the company that is currently sitting at the commanding heights of the nation's diesel and kerosene business.</div>
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Otedola started Zenon few years ago and within a short time seized control of the market. Today he has become the pacesetter in the downstream sector while expanding the frontiers of competition. NNPC Group Managing Director, Engr. Funso Kupoloku acknowledged this much when he said Zenon was now the company to beat in the downstream sector.</div>
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From nowhere, Zenon is today rated among the top five companies in the country, with a huge turnover . But how did he do it many have asked? In an interview some years ago he attributed his phenomenal leap to “hard-work and staying focused on what you want and going all out to get it."</div>
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He exhibited patriotic sentiments in the same interview when he said: "We are investing our money here, to create job opportunities for people. Nobody is going to take the money outside the country."</div>
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His company appeared to have fully prepared itself for the deregulation of the petroleum sector as evidenced in its purchases. Buying three cargo ships in quick succession to bring its total number of ships to four. All named after his parents and wife. MT Sir Michael (his father), MT Lady Doja (his mother), MT Nana (his wife). His latest, he named Zenon Conquest. Energy experts say Zenon's expansion is to consolidate its competitive edge in the market.</div>
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Apart from being the biggest diesel and kerosene marketer in Nigeria today, he is said to be the biggest ship owner in the country. Which partly explains his nomination as President of Nigeria Chambers of Shipping, a powerful and highly influential body in the maritime sector. The oil baron and shipping magnate also bought 100 brand new DAF trucks from Netherlands to strengthen his distribution arm. Zenon now boasts of a total storage capacity of more than 147,000 metric tonnes total holding of diesel making it the biggest depot owner with the largest single storage capacity in the country.</div>
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He is also the owner of Atlas Shipping Agency, Swift Insurance, FO Properties Limited, FO Transport and Seaforce Shipping Company Ltd. His appointment last year into the board of Nigeria Investment and Promotion Council, NIPC, observers believe, is the President’s vote of confidence on the young man's business abilities. It is for this that he was also nominated by the President on the team of top Nigerian businessmen to go on an investment drive to South Africa They are essentially to meet and interact with the South African business community and the South African President, President Thabo Mbeki.</div>
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On his part, Otedola contributed well over N100 million to the President’s re-election expenses. And under the aegis of friends of Obasanjo and Atiku, he contributed N25 towards the rehabilitation of the National Mosque in Abuja. He was one of the co-launcher of Obasanjo Presidential Library, where donated N200 million. He is said to have direct access to the President.</div>
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Femi Oteola is happily married to Nana, with 3 daughters and one son. They all reside in London.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Robert L. Johnson</b> (born April 8, 1946) is an <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0645ad;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">American</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0645ad;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">business magnate</span></span></a> best known for being the founder of television network <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1">Black Entertainment Television</a> (BET) , and is also its former chairman and <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0645ad;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">chief executive officer</span></span>.</a> Johnson is currently chairman and founder of RLJ Development and former majority owner of the <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0645ad;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">Charlotte Bobcats</span></span>,</a> a <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1">National Basketball Association</a> franchise along with rapper Nelly and<a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0645ad;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;">NBA</span></span></a> legend and current majority owner <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1">Michael Jordan</a>. In 2001 Johnson became the first African American billionaire, and the first black person to be listed on any of Forbes world's rich list <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Johnson#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (excluding black Canadian billionaire <a href="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=B2eZygzhnTubXD6GT0AXE39H_CoPhiogCo8Oj0xTAjbcB8PZlEAEYASCF9vsZOABQxYCzxf7_____AWC7vq6D0AqgAcHZ9f0DsgEdYmxhY2tlbnRlcnByZXVycy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb226AQoyNTB4MjUwX2FzyAEC2gElaHR0cDovL2JsYWNrZW50ZXJwcmV1cnMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL-ABAoACAakCv2VKuhHOuj7IAvn_9QaoAwGwA5KVoAbIAxXoA6In6AObCegDkAb1AwoAAMSgBgI&num=1&sig=AOD64_3ELcdC75DGVIvEqL1A5hSJJpFodA&client=ca-pub-3629719443617040&adurl=http://www.oxford-learning.com/index.php%3FcPath%3D3%26osCsid%3D868512f92c24cacdedb4b17fe21c7f58&nm=1">Michael Lee-Chin</a> who first appeared on the list the same year, who is of mixed black and Chinese ancestry).</span><br />
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