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Bootstrap Like a Pro. How to Finance Your Business Without Investor

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 31, 2025 With all the excitement of venture capital news and startup unicorns, it's easy to forget that some of the most valuable companies on the planet were built without a single dollar invested by outside investors. This kind of amnesia about the bootstrapped path reinforces a myth: bootstrapping as plan B — for most entrepreneurs, it's a smart, strategic process. In this article, we’ll explore how to bootstrap your business like a pro — effectively, sustainably, and without sacrificing growth. What is Bootstrapping? Bootstrapping refers to the practice of beginning and scaling a business with personal funds, internal equity or revenue from the business itself. And not having your hands tied up with others spit or huge Loans. Ownership is traded for capital unlike fixed funding in usual means.  The founder owns 100â„… of the business and gets to be the sole decision maker in bootstrapping.  Why Bootstrap? Answer the why prio...

Pricing Strategy 101: How to Stop Undervaluing Your Products or Services

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 30, 2025 Key Points :  Pricing strategy How to price products Do not undervalue your work Value-based pricing Product pricing strategy International pricing strategy Service pricing guide Table of Contents What Is a Pricing Strategy? The Risks of Underpricing Your Products or Services Reasons Why Business Owners Sell at a Loss Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Underprice Their Products How to Determine the Ideal Price Point Learning About Value-Based Pricing The Psychology Behind Value-Based Pricing Pricing Problems Everywhere on the Globe How to Increase Prices Without Losing Customers SEO Strategy for Global Coverage Conclusion Introduction One of the most critical—and most overlooked—elements of a successful business is the way that you are pricing your goods or services. Whether you're an independent-preneur, a free-lancer, or running a successful global business, one trap lies in wait that keeps you back: underpriced goods or services. ...

Ethical Investing: Can You Make Money and Still Sleep at Night?

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 30, 2025 Description : Learn how ethical investing brings your money and your values together. Learn strategies, benefits, and how to start with no sacrifice in returns. Introduction: The Rise of Ethical Investing In our conscience-made and environs economy, investors no longer wonder if the proverb is alive: Does the old proverb still hold true? Is it still possible to sell out and thrive? Ethical investment has been a big "yes" to that. A specialist niche product when initially introduced, it's developed so rapidly as an affordable and possible means of investing in a phenomenally short space of time. Ethical investment is about being able to invest your money in something you have an interest in—green, human rights, and governance issues—without reducing the prospects of good financial return. Here in this article, we explore whether ethical investing is ethical at all, in fact, if you can do it at all, and how you actually ...

Smart Budgeting For High Inflation Times: How to Stay Ahead Financially

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 29, 2025 Description : Read smart budgeting guides to protect your money from inflation. Learn how to save, invest, and spend money to stay money-wise ahead. Keywords :  Inflation budgeting high inflation budgeting  Inflation budgeting guides money management in inflation Inflation financial planning Inflation save money Inflation-proof your money Introduction Inflation can be one of the sneaky economic forces that impact your hard-earned money. As costs go up and your income is not increasing as well, your purchasing power vanishes, and it gets more difficult to cover your day-to-day expenses, save, or invest. Although inflation is an economy-wide issue, its impact is very much individualized. Starting from bread to gasoline to rent, everything begins costing more. If inflation does occur, responsible budgeting is more important than ever. It is not merely reduced spending but is really reconsidering how you manage money, alloc...

Financial Planning for Startups: Avoid the Top 5 Cash Flow Mistakes

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 29, 2025 Description : Discover how to help Startups in achieving success in financial planning by avoiding the top 5 most common cash flow mistakes. Receive expert advice, solutions, and expertise for long-term achievement. Introduction Cash flow is the lifeline of any business, especially of startups trapped in the uncertainties of early life. Even with a good business model or revolutionary product, the majority of startups fail due to poor financial planning. To succeed in the long term, cash flow needs to be comprehended and mastered. In this master guide, we're going to discuss the five most common cash flow mistakes startups make—and more importantly, how not to make them. You're a brand new entrepreneur or seasoned one, and applying these lessons can be the difference between making it big and just keeping it alive. 1. Not Making a Cash Flow Forecast Why It's a Mistake : Few startups have a good idea about where money com...

Mastering the Art Of Financial Management: The Role and Impact of the Financial Manager

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Written By: Ogundare Timilehin  Updated May 28, 2025 The current fast-paced, fast-changing business environment has every company plotting its every move on every decision since every operating or strategic decision is just as complexly connected to an organization's financial health. Tasked with steering every single decision through the difficult mission is the financial manager—practitioner-professional and in fact everyman, but with fiscal intellect and every bit of strategic knowledge. This essay describes the inherent importance of financial management and how financial managers chart the future and current organizational framework. What Is Financial Management? Financial management is planning, organizing, directing, and controlling financial activities of a firm. Financial management is not balancing books but ensuring that a company maximizes usage of money and profit to achieve objectives. Having sufficient money, profit to return to owners as much as it can, cost-effecti...