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Meet Maryam- The Physiotherapist Who sells Pants

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What endeared the whole team to her business was her simple yet unique logo design. The colour choice was superb as the designer cleverly utilized the magenta and white, leaving no stone unturned as all relevant syllables were marked where necessary, following the rules of the Yoruba vocabulary.

The above and few other reasons lured us into taking it further by reaching out to Maryam to know more about her hustle and how she’s been able to run her small business alongside schooling.

This 500 level Physiotherapy student of College of Medicine (UNILAG) didn’t disappoint as she provided succinct explanation in making every point clear.

Here’s how it all started

“I started my underwear business

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Insights for Business Cards Printing Insights for Businesses

Using A Thank You Card

The belle store's thank you card

A thank you card like the name implies is a style of card used in showing special appreciation to customers after every completed transaction. While few business owners (who understand how effective it is as a customer retention tool) have continually adopted it, others who aren’t aware of its potentials keep wondering why they are yet to experience any significant growth in their customer base and profit level. At other times, such businesses lose a large  chunk of these metrics.

Thank you card

“So what exactly sets a thank you card apart?” You might want to ask.

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Interviews

How Blessing Alabi Nurtured Her Fashion Brand Despite Her Fears

For this Kogi born model, leaving her job to start a fashion outfit was somewhat difficult and really challenging as she lost a whole lot including close relationships but did this deter her from her dream?

This interview with Alabi Blessing, founder of TheStyleArchitect will guide us through her world, her hustle and her brand.

 

How It All Started

Being the second child and  first daughter from a family of 6, I knew I wanted to connect with people, have not just conversations but one that will yield positive results, on the other hand, I had a thing for style, l’d get angry on seeing people wear clothes that are 2 sizes smaller, like, I literally found myself walking up to people and politely righting some Wardrobe wrongs. ( lol. I still do, I can’t help it.)

ThestyleArchitect

Fast forward to last year April, when I made the decision to leave my job and start, just start something.
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Startup Advices

Printivo Meets Amina Ebele Of Deli Deli Foods

It all started when she took to twitter to unleash her delight in the quality of product and service she just received from Printivo. Amina’s testimony caught our attention (even though countless customers before her had done something similar). But on this particular occasion, we could practically feel the aura of her excitement from the screen of our computers the moment her notification popped up via twitter.

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Printing Insights for Businesses

Printing Is Yet To Die- Here Are 4 Reasons Why It Won’t

print is not dead

How can traditional printing techniques compete with modern day technology alternatives that seeks to replace paper products with digital product and systems?
Every pro-internet age debater will mostly have the above in his opening sentences during any debate on the future of printing.
While this might be true for print media especially in publication printing and newspapers, it isn’t so for commercial and specialized printing as the latter seems to be consistently gaining

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