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July 3, 2022

Tag: Organizational Structure

WHEN WILL YOUR SMALL BUSINESS STOP BEING SMALL?

Wednesday, 07 April 2021 by mapemond
Some businesses began as a means of survival.
Some began as a means of attaining a comfortable life.
Some as an alternative source of income.
And some as a vision to create a sustainable company.
 
The way you approach your business is often an indicator of how and why the business was started.
However, you have to be sensitive to know when it’s time to make the transition from where and why you started to the next level.
 
Too many people stay stuck at the survival and comfort stage under the guise of small business.
I would like you to think about this and find answers yourself.
 
Do you look forward to seeing your business exit the small business stage?
What needs to happen for your business to stop being a small business?
Can you handle your business becoming a company?
 
Being a CEO isn’t simply by founding a business.
Being a CEO implies there are other executive officers and you are the Chief of them all.
 
Look at your business, do you really have other executive officers?
 
My intent here is to stretch your mind to the fact that at some point you have to make the transition to building a proper company either by upgrading your present business or starting another one.
 
However, if a small business is all you sincerely wanted to build, that’s fine as well. Just ensure you make it a brand that stands out.
 
This conversation shall continue…
 
#DoBusinessBetter
 
Written by Maple Dappa
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DON’T DRINK THAT TEA ALONE!

Thursday, 13 September 2018 by mapemond
Branding

The story was told of a man who was completely unconscious and hospitalized at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital [UPTH]. His Wife didn’t have a penny on her, but she had her husband’s ATM Card with her; that would have been helpful, right? Wrong! She could not use it because she did not know the PIN. So the man’s own money couldn’t rescue him when he needed it most. His Wife had to ask other people for money or possibly borrow.

Another story was told of a Carpenter who lived somewhere in Port Harcourt. The Carpenter lived in a compound with his wife and children. The compound had two plots of land with an uncompleted building inside it, but the man built a makeshift home with wood by the fence where he lived with his family. As time went by, it was gathered that the man was once a laborer in the said property which his “Oga” was developing before he died. The story had it that the original owner of the property was building a house as a surprise gift for his girlfriend; he was married and of course his wife had no idea about this. So when he died, both girlfriend and wife didn’t know about the property. Carpenter positioned himself as custodian and gradually started claiming ownership. He was the one who attended all meetings of Landlords and even Tenants.

Some level of secrecy becomes foolish if the right things aren’t done.

Why do folks treat even the concept of writing a will with levity until some terminal disease or helpless situation comes lurking?

Why are folks so adamant to think that nothing bad will happen to them, so much that they never bother about succession planning even in their business endeavors until it is perhaps too late?

Why is the concept of passing the baton even in the realm of political and social leadership such a big issue in Africa? Why do we like to sit on things till we kick the bucket and we deny generations of what could have been a blessing to them?

If you are the only one with the password to your business email accounts, there’s a problem, start working at fixing it. I guess this is why the request for next of kin is mandatory in most legal transactions, whether you like it or not the system compels you to present someone else to stand in should anything happen to you.

If you have no one in this whole world to trust with your ATM Card pin, you probably will need to re-evaluate your relationships.

Branding is much more than identity and marketing communications, it also has to do with how your business or organization is structured.

Written by Maple Dappa

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