BUILDING GLOBAL BUSINESSES STARTING FROM NOTHING BY NWEKE CHUKWUNONSO.

INTRODUCTION;
Lets take a look at creation story
God started a business from nothing
The earth was in 3 states;
Formless – Not Clear
Void – Not Valid
Darkness – Not Visible, Not known

To begin, you need COLLABORATION
_ To start the work there was a collaboration between;
_ God the Father
_ God the Word
_ God the Holy Spirit
“Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team”
John C. Maxwell
_ The world may see one face but behind most global institutions you will find the active collaboration of a team. Such is the story of Facebook.
_ Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
_ Apple story started with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs

CASE STUDIES
Microsoft
_ Founders‎: ‎Bill Gates, Paul Allen
‎_ Headquarters‎: ‎Microsoft Redmond Campus, Redmond, Washington, U.S
‎_ Founded‎: ‎Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. (April 4, 1975;
_ Number of employees‎: ‎118,584 (March 2015)
Apple
_ Founders‎: ‎Steve Jobs; Steve Wozniak; Ronald Wayne
_ Founded‎: ‎Cupertino, California, U.S. (April 1, 1976;
_ Headquarters‎: ‎Apple Campus, Cupertino, California, U.S
‎_ Number of locations‎: ‎453 Apple retail stores in 16 countries (March 2015)

THE LAW OF VISION
_ This is the spiritual resource that births all things. Everything you see today once existed as a dream or a picture. This picture of something yet in existent is what we call a Vision.
_ A good Vision must have
Clarity(not formless)
Credibility( not voidable by law and culturally compliant)
Visibility( not veiled in darkness)
_ The first law of success is your personal vision

THE LAW OF DIVISION (VS 4)
_ Usually contained in the mission statement
_ What are the components that make up that vision

THE LAW OF IDENTIFICATION (VS 5)
_ Usually contained in the mission statement
_ What are the components that make up that vision
_ The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. A great portion of the value of the world’s best brands is resident in their names. Take for example:
Apple
Virgin
Face Book
Amazon
Disney

THE LAW OF SUBDIVISIONS (VS 6)
_ This refers to goals and tasks
_ Break them into daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly
_ A SMART goal should be:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-bound

THE LAW OF PROVISION (VS 11)
_ Provision without proper planning becomes a waste
_ Provision meets preparedness
_ Proper planning and documentation attracts investors and not ideas nor revelation
_ Learn to take calculated risks
_ Explore the various sources of capital:
Personal Savings/Contributions
Family and Friends
Credit Purchases
Customers (Advance)
Barter
Loans (Banks, Private Companies. Individuals)
Grants & Prizes
Equity

THE LAW OF PRODUCTIVITY (VS 12)
_ Reward productivity and not hardwork
_ Be a finisher
_ Build systems around working principles and policies
_ Focus on achieving set goals

THE LAW OF DURATION (VS 14)
_ Always set and supervise deadlines
_ Under promise and over deliver
_ Set timelines, budgets, and targets
_ Resources are expended with timeline

THE BLESSING (VS 22)
_ God brings multiplication where there is order
_ Multiplication of disaster is extreme disaster
_ God determines the harvest, the times and seasons

And finally these principles have helped me a great deal….
_ The principle of Work
_ The principle of Stewardship
_ The principle of Giving/Seed Faith
_ The No-excuse Principle
_ The principle of Accountability
_ The Source and the Glory

By  NWEKE CHUKWUNONSO