{"id":83,"date":"2016-09-01T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-information-management\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:33:31","slug":"the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-information-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"The diary of a Biznessvirgin &#8211; Information management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, my sister teased me alot, in between our conversations,she often said , &#8220;Na wa o,you can think for Nigeria&#8221; (it was her way of saying i overthink issues). A friend of mine once called me a conspiracy theorist; in all fairness to them,i am one to analyze any and everything that happens.I never take situations at face value, with me ,nothing just happens.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-oEArTh1No4E\/V8gZdCLr3WI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/NALRUvWGQ2YzaUqIjkoDCEf3tj8BFSSpgCLcB\/s1600\/book%2Bon%2Bhead.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"experience entrepreneurship\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-oEArTh1No4E\/V8gZdCLr3WI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/NALRUvWGQ2YzaUqIjkoDCEf3tj8BFSSpgCLcB\/s320\/book%2Bon%2Bhead.jpg\" title=\"real life business experiences in entrepreneurship\" width=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">photo credit : www.thehobbyblogger.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In a bid to be a better entrepreneur,i am constantly acquiring information on business .In the past, I applied knowledge acquired into my business but never got results.<br \/>At this point,i began to admit to overthinking issues. Fortunately for me,it was then i stumbled on the business model canvas.<\/p>\n<h3>The business model canvas was designed by Alex Osterwalder,it gives the structure of a business plan without being as cumbersome .<\/h3>\n<p>It helped me use (or acquire) information to focus and structure my business along a definite path,i developed the ability to choose and channel information appropriately within my business.<br \/>The business model canvas simply gave me clarity in business.<br \/>Before i discovered the business model canvas ,here are ways i used information for business<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; overdose on it ,assume it would work for my business and apply it.<br \/>-over process it and never take action.<\/p>\n<p>After creating my first business model ,i made it a duty to review it every 6 months,this basically lets me identify deficiencies within the model and tweak it to be better.<\/p>\n<p>For fresh\/fairly new businesses that are self funded,i recommend THE BOOTSTRAP MODEL ; for more effective result combine your mental model (i.e what you set out to do with the business) with the bootstrap model to achieve a working model,It is better suited and allows new businesses settle into the business world better organised. Learn more about the bootstrap model <a href=\"https:\/\/biznessvirgins.blogspot.com.ng\/2016\/11\/bootstrapping-tips-on-how-to-self-fund.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The appropriate time to adopt a business model is when your business has reached a point of stability, i.e when your business revenue is predictable over time and able to sufficiently sustain business operations .<\/p>\n<p>Yours truly,<br \/>F.O (The Entrepreneur)<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, my sister teased me alot, in between our conversations,she often said , &#8220;Na wa o,you can think for Nigeria&#8221; (it was her way of saying i overthink issues). A friend of mine once called me a conspiracy theorist; in all fairness to them,i am one to analyze any and everything that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-diaries","category-opportunities-information-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}