Intellectual Property
We’ll keep this simple You own the copyright to your work. You worked hard to acquire it, so it follows that you have exclusive rights to it or at the very least be in control of who uses your property and the manner in which it is being used. The owner of a copyrighted work […]...
Corporate GovernanceGuest ColumnistInformation Technology
Social media has become one of the greatest tools businesses can use to scale their business and sell their products. Creating content to be posted on this medium must then be given good attention. Let’s consider 6 things you should do as you create content for your platforms. Plan Have a schedule for your social […]...
Corporate GovernanceGuest ColumnistStarting & Operating a Business
In the ever interesting world of startups and innovation, it is easy to meet a person and be intrigued by them – either by their crazy intelligence, or skillset or the promise of relevance they hold. Picture this: You, a guru in business development, go for a fireside chat and sit next to a promising […]...
Book Excerpts
As part of our internal growth plan, we came up with the Operation Kaizen-which just means Continuous Improvement. This means that every month, we would take up a book, read it and share our thoughts with you from the book. We do hope you will join in on this and let’s grow together. So, in January we […]...
Information Technology
It’s 2018. A brand new year. So let’s try some honesty. Do you absolutely trust that little privacy policy box that pops up on websites? People are by nature distrustful. Really it has nothing to do with you or your site…most of the time. There’s just this distinct voice at the back of our minds […]...
Corporate GovernanceIntellectual PropertyStarting & Operating a Business
Mr. Musa wants to invest in Adeshina and Chidi’s businesses. He, however, wants them to trademark their product and brand so other people do not use them. Any word, name, symbol, or device which is used to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others can be trademarked. […]...
ContractsEmploymentIntellectual PropertyStarting & Operating a Business
Olanna is a veteran of the creative industry needs copyright protection as she needs protection for her scripts. A registered copyright gives her legal right and enables her to take legal action against anyone who tries to steal her scripts. Also, as her brand grows, she hires an assistant to help her with the day to […]...
Intellectual Property
Bobby is an engineer who is passionate about good food and is planning to set up a website to make his homemade meals available for sale. A registered trademark gives him the right to stop others from imitating his product. His business elements that can and should be trademarked are: Business name Business Logo Business […]...
Ask Zainab
Hello Zainab, I recently contracted the services of a lawyer for my business registration but unfortunately she couldn’t complete the registration due to documents i couldn’t provide on time. Now i’m asking her to give me the memart and other documents with her but she refused saying it’s her document. Please what should […]...
Company LawStarting & Operating a Business
To be honest, when small businesses decide they need the services of a lawyer, it’s because there’s an urgent problem that needs solving. It’s akin to calling a plumber. You’d only do that when you have plumbing issues right? Candidly, that’s where the similarities stop, because if you wait until you need a lawyer, […]...
Ask Zainab
Hello Zainab, I run an ever growing business which I started 7 years ago after resigning my 9-5 job at a Digital marketing Agency. I am married and have two amazing children and a loving wife. Recently, a long time friend was at my office and in our plenty gist he mentioned that he was […]...
Employment
Ponder over these three scenarios: “We brought you in to discuss some difficult matters. We know you are not happy here, that you are not happy with your performance … We are not happy with it either, and feel you can do better elsewhere. So today we are going to part company […]...
