Let me first of all start by
saying that everyone on the surface of the earth has got something to offer. The creator has deposited so much
potentials in us that if we can discover and utilize it to offer value to our society, we all can live
fulfilled lives.
When I wrote the article about the
OYO days, http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/09/oyo-on-your-own-days-are-here-hustle.html.
I discovered from my interactions with people that many feel they don’t have
what it takes to achieve self sufficiency.
Many don’t believe they have
anything to offer, a lot have given up on themselves as entrepreneurs without
even trying. At the mere mention of the
word entrepreneurship, business, self employment or self sufficiency, they
cringe and totally separate themselves from such nomenclature preferring to
associate them to people of “special talents" and ‘’abilities’’ but again I make bold to say that everyone has got something to offer...yes it is in all of us to
be entrepreneurs and I can prove it to you.
There is this popular saying that
the world is a market place and that we all have come to buy and sell. As much
as that saying has different underlying meanings, I totally agree with its
literal meaning. This is to say that no day passes in life without business
transactions. We are all either buying or selling something but the issue is
that too many people are buying and very few are selling and so we have more
consumers than producers (and I speak as a typical Nigerian in Nigeria).
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER?
Look inwards, everyone has their respective areas of
strength.
If you can sing
develop your skills and sing as a professional don’t limit yourself to only Sunday service ministrations.
If you like shopping and going to the
market, then shop for people at a fee. See what Yemisi did with her own passion
for the market…
http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/08/shopping-and-errands-made-easy-by.html
If you can talk, find a subject that you are passionate about
and develop yourself on it; you can be a talk show host, motivational speaker,
and subject matter expert.
If you can bake, make small chops, chin-chin, chips etc… then
make them for sale. Make for families and friends at reduced rates, supply to
shops in your immediate environment and expand from there. Register with NAFDAC
and other relevant food regulation bodies, package them beautifully and market
until we find them in shop shelves nationwide and beyond. Check out Ifunanya’s
story of how she started making cakes… http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/07/delicious-creamy-cakes-for-all-diamond.html
If you can make people laugh comedy is profitable. Our
renowned comedians of today packaged their gifts, started small and gradually
climbed the ladder of fame and affluence.
If you can cook think about quick service restaurants, mobile
food vans, catering services. Many Parents are not satisfied with the lunch served
to their children in school, a lot of career women don’t have the time to cook
and need someone to make and deliver meals to their homes, offices need food
vendors, office workers and early birders need quick and healthy breakfast on
the go. These are available target market open for you to explore. You can
actually pick a particular food (moi-moi, pepper soup, stew, soups, salads
etc.) and specialize on it until your food brand becomes a household name.
If you like to process food, think about fish smoking/drying,
meat processing, dairy, fruit juice. We have so many agricultural products
wasting in this country, you can go into food processing/storage/ preservation
business. Agatha is doing well with her cat fish business http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/07/adon-smoked-fish-fresh-farm-catfish-for.html
If you are passionate about any sport, turn that passion to a
business! You can acquire relevant professional training to be a coach,
commentator, referee or any of the careers around that sport you love. You can
start an after school football club where children are registered to learn to
either be players, coaches, referees etc. (you can get professionals to tutor
them in your club).
If you like fashion, you can be a wardrobe boss for movie
sets, celebrities, career women and occasion lovers. We are in the makeup boom
at the moment, hair is money now, slaying is the “in-thing”…and you can align
yourself to any of those areas and be paid for your passion for fashion.
If you speak a foreign language, make it a business by
becoming a language tutor. Many people are more than ready to pay to learn that
same language. You can even start a language club and get people with knowledge
of other foreign languages to tutor.
Bags and footwear: We must not eat all
the ponmo! Think about making leather bags and shoes from it instead. Tammy
uses Ankara and leather to make fabulous bags, shoes, ties
http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/06/check-out-brian-siawes-hustle-with-his_12.html
John makes quality
handbags from locally sourced materials… http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/08/order-your-handbags-now3d-unique.html
Organic Skin care and natural oils: Team
natural is trend that has spread like wild fire…natural hair, natural hair
products, organic skin care products etc is fast selling now so you can train
to produce any of these items and start your business. See Judith’s business
with honey and coconut oil.
http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/07/natural-undiluted-honey-and-coconut-oil_25.html
Agriculture: You can go into fish/ snail/grasscutter farming,
plantain, oil palm, rubber, cocoa, coffee, cotton, groundnut production.
Clothing: clothing is a basic need and cannot be
overemphasized, everyone has to wear clothes! You can learn to make clothes
just like Darlington http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/06/achieve-your-comfortable-trendy-looks.html
or brand clothes like the Lefoo boss himself http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/08/treat-yourself-to-quality-branded-t.html.
Think about having a niche in tie and dye, Adire, aso oke, akwa ocha and the
many fabulous indigenous attires in this our multicultural nation. You can start
your own fashion line, make outstanding designs and use the internet to source
for clients.
Learn Instruments: Drums, Keyboard, talking drums, piano etc.
instrumentalists are key in the music industry.
Blocks and Interlocking Stones: Building projects are ongoing
everywhere and every day. And these projects need blocks, interlocking stones,
sand, rods, water etc… You can start a business that can fill these needs. Osas
is doing an amazing job with his OHS brand http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/06/ediku-osas-determind-to-break-out-of.html
Interior/Exterior House Finishing and
Home Décor: As mentioned earlier building projects are ongoing everywhere and
everyday so a business in this category can thrive easily. See Victor’s hustle
with his brand stellar finishes
http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/07/amazing-interior-exterior-house.html
If you have any natural talent then develop it and make it a
business like Goddy is doing with his art talent. http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/07/first-class-graduatefirst-class.html
But the beauty of all these is that you must not be naturally
talented to start a business, you can learn any trade and profit from it Nonye
learnt how to be a painter even as a woman! http://www.hustlewella.com/2017/09/meet-nonye-madu-world-class-female.html
There are still so many business ideas I can share with you
but I cannot share it all in this article you will have to wait for Hustlewella
101 business ideas to be published.
In the mean time please look inside you and
find your strength and passion and turn it to that amazing business brand the
world is anxiously waiting for and if you have other business ideas to contribute
to the ones mentioned here, kindly leave it as a comment.
Your comment may just
be the solution a soul so longs for out there.
Yours in the Hustle,
Uche Ucheka
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