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THE BUSINESS LEAD BY ECHE ONWUGBENU Every business idea starts with a lead. Mine was a variety of
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The Business Lead. DISCOVERING YOUR STARTUP IDENTITY.
LinkedIn connections. It all started Jaime Irvine - who took the time to correspond with me through a series of inmail before advising me to do a 30 days challenge. This increased my activities on Linked, until I started another inmail correspondence that led to my first #LinkedInlocal event as a host. Fast forward two more connections/inmail correspondence with #FasterCapital and #Founderslive
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- my idea became ready for a startup team. All i had to do was
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DISCOVERING YOUR STARTUP IDENTITY. B Y
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What's my startup identity? What do I do best as a startup co-founder?I hear this alot from my startup founderHe usually puts it this way, " if your
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Tacklerr A social media network for sports fans..
distracted, I will be also".Being totally new in the startup industry, I crave
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genuine guidance and in the process of this i believe I will discover my startup identity.How can i understand my startup identity and IQ?I believe in doing something great, this could be any part to
MEET THE TEAM
Chike Chukwumba @SirChike
understanding where I fit in the startup industry and working along that path into achieving something great in the startup industry, for
Eche @ecHeonwugbenu Onwugbenu
now I'll totally enjoy being a co-founder
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ISSUE 2- JUNE 2020
STARTUP NEWS A Startup Story Content.
6 Steps to TO
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by Eche Onwugbenu.
A G E N Cby Y IN T H E E A-R#goblue LY STAGE. Photo UNICEF 1. Pick a platform.- Ask yourself, what interests you most about that platform? 2. Create a list.- Create a list on this platform, of interesting people, interesting topics, and other interesting kinds of stuff. 3. Create a digital product. - Something that people can subscribe for download. 4. Create a niche community. - Somewhere online that people can come to learn how to use what you produce. 5. Build a system online - Create a BUZZ about what your social ad agency does .6. Monetize everything. - Yes, everything digital is lucrative. Word of mouth is now digital, and the increase in "profile - themed" niche communities makes starting a #digitalad agency a unique concept for online business managers.
Interesting digital startups.
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CREATING MY STARTUP STORY. by Chike Chukwumba.
Creating my Startup Story. My startup story starts from my time in high school and always having this dream and hunger to one day create and own a business of mine. Of course as of this time I had no idea Wennovation Hub. what startups were and had not even heard the Nigerian accelerator word. I always had this thought of being part of and incubator. the creation of a business in the ecosystem, but it all came as a scattered idea at first. This @wennovation. gave me a tough time trying to piece that together, until I met my current partner and cofounder. I first started out as his assistant for a Attractive.ai. volunteering work before we both finally clicked - Expert UX and sort to creating a startup together. At that Evaluation — instant I knew he was the right partner because By bots, Like we both shared the same interest and A understood what we needed to have and do to Humans. create a successful startup together. This @attractive_ai brought about the creation and growth of Startup Story Inc. It's definitely not been an Meet The Team easy journey but it has toughened me and @startupstoryinc. taught me different lessons. Delving into the startup ecosystem had helped me think of Chike Chukwumba ideas, act towards them and develop old and @SIRCHIKE new skills. Of course more lessons are to be learnt and this would lead to me discovering my startup identity. Eche Onwugbenu @ECHEONWUGBENU
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STARTUP NEWS ISSUE 3 - JUNE - 2020
THE RISE OF NICHE COMMUNITIES.
classifieds - within Startup Story Inc. We are looking for Marketing and HR help. Our platform is not yet monetized so there is no compensation. We look to change that within the next 3 months. @tacklerr.com https://www.asfut.com/contest
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Founders CafÊ. - is an online cafe for first time enterprise creators.
The Rise of Niche Communities. A listing.
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Chike Chukwumba
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HOW TO GET STARTUP IDEAS.
•@SirChike
•by Chike Chukwumba
I believe the way to try and get startup ideas is to not just think of startup ideas, but to actually think and look out for problems in your environment or the society at large. As Eche Onwugbenu would put it, that's when your Aha moment comes up. You get this spark of an idea, and you realize that a solution in form of an idea is created. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common : * something the founders want * something they can build * something a few others realize. Something important every startup should take is to know that not every problem exists at a time or period. You need to be sure that there are people who actually need this solution your offering if not there would be zero users. That's why engaging in thorough research is very important, that can't be stressed enough. Best of all don't just think for yourself, think for others and know what really they would get out of your solution.That's why you need a cofounder.
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AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING. • by Eche Onwugbenu
How authentic is your #socialmediacontent? Last Christmas, I started evolving as a startup founder in early stage.I had not completely failed in my last startup - but I was heading nowhere, simply because I needed to find a cofounder. So, I choose to pivot. Before last Christmas - I had been planning a pitching competition as a city leader for Founders Live.I was pretty excited about this. Although it was a volunteer opportunity, it was the only job I could think of doing outside the creation of my startup.Nevertheless - I got to work. It didn't matter I was in a nose dive with my #startup at the time. Something about Nick Hughes stood out. He impacted me, with one phone call - and I was on a new race, again. Long story short. Two #pitching competitions later. I found a #cofounder - Chike Chukwumba. During the #pandemic lock down. We created a startup from scratch. With a focus on #foundersliveAbuja as a valuable platform for startups in early stage. I believe the future is in business storytelling. It's all about authenticity.Agree?
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Issue 5 & 6 - Special July Edition.
With a focus on digital media, websites, and publications.
Creating Subclass.com.ng. by Chike Chukwumba.
Creating an online social ads platform has never been an easy one, it usually takes time, energy and a lot of thought about it, and that's because detailing is very important for an online business. Having created a startup for early stage founders, l and my partner thought, why not create a service website for this founders and small business owners, this should help boost Startup Story Inc marketing strategy. This then led to creating our online classified ads platform which would be directed towards the promotion of startups and small businesses within our community. In recent years the term classified advertising has expanded from merely the sense of print advertisements and has found its way into the internet, as newspapers have taken their classified ads online. The creation of subclass was brought about to provide specialized classified market places online and to mainly cater to a niche market product and services. Subclass was brought out as a service from Startup Story Inc to therefore stretch what we offer founders and small business owners. We’ve seen that there is a gap in our community concerning classifieds focused on a niche market, and our intention is to use subclass to fill up that gap.
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What to do as a non techie web designer. by ecHe Onwugbenu.
As a startup founder, i believe tech is an integral point of growth. What every small business needs is a functional website. As a techie startup founder - my biggest joy is watching my non-techie cofounder embrace technology and all its norm. Seeing that inspires the heck out of me. This is the age of non techie CEOs and its mandatory you understand what tech can do for your startup.
Here a three ways to build a responsive website without coding. First, set aside a budget for your domain name. Pick a catchy name. Pick a website builder online. Examples - wix, squarespace, canva, and even powerpoint. Just to name a few. Pick a theme. Plan your design. Curate your assets - images, fonts, multimedia, and color. Incorporate social media. Make digital marketing a thing. Create, keep, and follow a "Concept/Mood/Story board". Get hosting services.
Designing a website is all about creativity, designs, innovation, and hyperlinks.
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