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Being an entrepreneur can be very easy, but becoming a successful entrepreneur can be challenging & frustrating, thereby making it difficult for some people who are anticipating to start their own business . This article expatiates eight characteristics/qualities of a successful entrepreneur. 1 .  Risk Taking; A successful entrepreneur takes risk. He adapts with the existing and the precautionary risks which are posed by the economic changes and the environmental circumstances. You as an entrepreneur must be able to take and manage risk to become a successful entrepreneur. Note : It is risky if you fail to take a risk. 2. Confidence ;  This is one of the challenges, drawing some people anticipating to engage in their own business back. You want to become a successful entrepreneur like Aliko Dangote, but you don't believe in yourself. If you don't have 100% confidence in yourself, how would you expect me or anyone else to have 1% confidence in you? C...

Soap is a substance, which is able to mix with water and oil, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form. Soap is used for washing, and some people have been able to earn their living through its production. This article is written to teach anybody who is willing to venture into its production business to earn money or for school practical purpose. Anyone in this country can produce liquid soap, but few can produce quality and intriguing liquid soap. There are some methods to produce liquid soap, but this is the best method among others. Try to pay attention to these step by step processes and i can bet with you, you will triumph among other competitors. First, let me explain certain functions of these chemicals to be used for the production; 1. ¼ Nitrosol : it makes your product thick and clean. 2. ⅛ Caustic soda : It removes stain. 3. 2ltrs Sulphonic acid or Texapon :   it serves as foamy agent . 4. ½ Water soluble col...

Groundnut is one of the snacks that are nutritional to the body. It originated from South America. It is also called peanut mostly in North America. It has great benefits such as; It increases the chances of fertility.  It's also a natural man power food. Traditionally, roasted or fried groundnut is made in two ways; 1. Through using sand. 2. Through using ash . Let's get to the explanation of how groundnut is roasted/fried through those aforementioned methods one after the other. Ingredients ; Groundnut Sand Water Salt. Method 1; Boil water till it gets warmed like the one you use to make tea, then take it off the stove and pour the groundnut inside it, pour salt and mix it. Let it be in the water for minutes before using a sieve to retrieve it from the water. After that, let all the water in it dry, you can apply any method to make it dry, then stir another salt. Get a frypan and a stove, on the stove and put the frypan on it to m...

Do you remember I said I would teach you how to produce some of the profitable and fast selling products I discussed in the previous article? For those who are planning to venture into plantain chips business but prefer to be the producers, rather than being the retailers with a view to maximising more profit. These are step by step processes for the production of plantain chips; Ingredients; Plantains (Ripe or not  Salt Vegetable oil Sugar Water Onion. The first step is to peel off the plantains, then slice them into a flat round shape and put them in water.  After some minutes, retrieve them from the water and put them in a sieve. Step 2; Measure both the sugar and the salt as to how plenty the plantains are so as to avoid being salty and stir it. Step 3; Pour much vegetable oil in a frypan, then place it on a gas cooker, stove or fire wood, then let it boil for a minute before putting onion, after that, pour some plantains which the frypan c...

Recently, I discussed   6 reasons why you should choose entrepreneurship over a salaried job , and I believe you would prefer to be self-employed.         Now, I want to discuss with you five fast selling products you can start as a fresh entrepreneur that will yield great income. 1. Plantain chips;   81% Nigerians know this product as one of the fast selling products when it comes to trading. Yoruba people regard it as (Iya kaabo Omo kuule). I have a friend who buys this product in bulk and re- sells it in pieces, he makes a lot of money through this.  Assuming he's now the one producing it, how much income do you think that my friend will be making daily?  You too can give it your best shot because it production is not as difficult as you think. 2. Groundnut;  This is one of the products I will bet you  try.  You know why? Because you don't need a tray to hawk this time around, you are  not selling it lo...