Startup HalfHour

The baking industry has seen a rise in young persons starting out there. But apart from just mixing and getting barter, founders need to learn how to grow their business as well as leverage current trends in the industry. The life of a cake maker isn’t for everyone. It has demands and pressures like no other job. Unyime Bonero Bassey of Bonero Cakes and events & host CAKEMANIA share his journe...

There are lots of opportunities for young persons to start either a small business, side hustle or remote job. On this freestyle Friday episode, three young guys share the opportunities whilst giving tips on how one can start.

The world is changing and with regards to the way work is done, digital tools and skills trump the old ways. Naomi and Edikan share their insights on remote work, how one can get into it, its benefits and disadvantages for startup founders.

It’s every entrepreneur’s dream to help their business thrive and grow into at least a medium-sized enterprise. Stella Wakky Paul of Allets Events Company shares some tips on overcoming obstacles on XL106.9FM with the host Francis Onuk. 

Products be it physical or digital, are quite hard to sell online by startup founders. Join us this Friday as Lucie Udeme founder of DexCliks a no-code funnel and landing page builder for African entrepreneurs and creatives who want to build funnels to promote and sell their physical or digital products and services on autopilot, share some tips with the host Francis Onuk

Good to Great from the standpoint of an entreprenuer. So many of us are discouraged on the saturation of many businesses and the likelihood of making it. well, today's episode is graced by one of our most admired etreprenuer, Deedee Bassey(a fashion Designer) as she walks us through her start up journey, experiences both good and bad, challenges, advise for new and already exisiting fashion design...

There has been a dramatic turn of events that sees more and more planners adopt a hybrid type of event management. Nsikan Udoh of EmeraldNela Creationz an event planning firm shares his journey, tips & challenges in the event sector with the host Francis Onuk on the topic- TURN OF EVENTS- THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

The digital economy, opportunities available, how can you plugin? Well, join listen to Aniedi Udo-Obong on Startup HalfHour as he shares his thoughts on this topic. Aniedi Udo-Obong is an experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the technology industry across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Currently Regional Lead for Google's flagship developer community offerings - Google...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation seeks to create 1,000,000 jobs in 10 years by injecting $100,000,000 into the African Economy in what Tony Elumelu calls Africapitalism. In 2021, approximately 5,000 Entrepreneurs in different categories (Start-Up, Innovators and Disruptors) smiled to the bank with $5,000 each non-refundable seed capital for their businesses. As Application opens for 2022,   Eno Pe...

As the year 2021 comes to an end, startups and those thinking of starting out have heard a particular word from most of our guests on the show. The word CONSISTENCY is very important in our work or personal lives.  Small consistent actions lead to big rewards. Consistency is deep in business practice and it can have a real impact on how your businesses grow. You will need a strategy that’s de...

We are entering a new year and with that comes the need to reflect on our operations, review our methods, implement changes & embrace the new. Business conditions are constantly changing, so it goes without saying, as the landscape shifts, various problems and opportunities require different solutions. We discuss how startup owners can connect the dots using technology and some of the trends f...

Connecting buyers to sellers is what WINNING ONLINE MARKET was created to do by Ntak Jonathan. Today on the radio show by entreps for entreps, she spoke with the host Francis Onuk on the need for startups to join her platform.

Content marketing is driven by the creation of content that will resonate with a brand, business audience. Created or curated content + a mechanism for distribution to a targeted audience = content marketing. Aniekan James Ekah who is the CEO of WetinhappenPR, Akwa Ibom's foremost online PR agency shares why content is essential to small businesses.

With the rise of selling and buying goods and services online, more business owners are looking for ways to expand their client base. Emmanuel Onuk, founder of Udua Uyo, a fast-rising Facebook marketplace group is providing its 48,000 plus members a platform to do business. He shares what the platform offers and how people can plug into it.

Celebrating food has become an increasingly visible part of local and regional calendars worldwide. The rise of food festivals represents this trend. Patricia Essien, our guest talked about her food festival USEN NDIA on the show that gets you past dreaming into doing on XL106.9FM with Francis Onuk

Crafting the perfect business name that is both catchy and communicates what your business is about is by no means easy. Businesses have failed in the past due to the names they gave their business, so it’s important to get this right. I had earlier wanted to do this topic some weeks ago, but due to some technical issues we could not, so today I will be discussing winning the name game. #startitup

A new innovative app that wants to solve the issue of convenient purchase of cooking gas, fuel, diesel, and oils is called Petro. Learn how this solution is giving value to lots of Nigerians.

Starting any business in today's environment is difficult, but the food business has an advantage over other businesses; we all have to eat! Martha Sampson who runs FoodRuns shares some tips and hints on making it big in the food industry.

Quality content is part of all forms of marketing. Startups need to know that Content marketing strategy comes before social media strategy as this will help you organize and structure your plan to effectively have BIG CONTENT! In this edition, I give tips on how to create a good content strategy and how it can help small business owners.

One of the worst mistakes startups can do is copying other businesses or internet trends’ values and images. Startups naturally have something that’s unique and connect them super strongly with the target audience. In this episode, Francis Onuk Xrays what a founder can do when thinking of branding.

You hear most times how startup founders leave a paying job to work on their dreams of solving problems but not every time do you hear of one who still keeps his day job while running his business at night or during weekends. Gabriel shares his journey in the banking sector as well as shoemaking.

He attracts attention where ever he goes, some stare in wonder others just imagine how he grew his facial hair. In this edition of Startup HalfHour, we listen to Ubong Muffat, the founder of Mush Beard oil share his business journey.

Fashion also alludes to the way in which things are made; to fashion, something is to make it in a particular form. Most commonly, fashion is defined as the prevailing style of dress or behavior at any given time, with the strong implication that fashion is characterized by change. Regina Warribo of Raw Stitches, a leading fashion startup shares what her journey has been like so far.

The rapid expansion of the business, tech, and creative ecosystem has given birth to diverse opportunities that present themselves regularly. We discuss this edition and what the Akwa Ibom Tech Community is offering for its tech week with Hanson Johnson Joy Gabbie

With the awesome definition of - FARMING: "Shaking hands with NATURE for the BENEFIT of MANKIND " ~ Mr. Aniebiet Antia MD/CEO ANTIA'S FARM, the episode opens up to the opportunities and challenges within the agric sector.