We have youth meeting at church on every Monday at my local church. We talk about a lot of things and it’s mainly attended by the youth or young people of the church. Today’s discussion was on the business subject of entrepreneurship, so I would like to share what was discussed at the meeting. They are just notes and there’s no power, so won’t be able to go into detai We have youth meeting at church on every Monday at my local church. We talk about a lot of things and it’s mainly attended by the youth or young people of the church. Today’s discussion was on the business subject of entrepreneurship, so I would like to share what was discussed at the meeting. They are just notes and I hope you learn something new.


**Entrepreneurship**
Entrepreneur is someone who has a business. Entrepreneurship is simply having a business.

**Ways to Identify some business opportunities**
There are several ways to identifying business opportunities. Some of them include;

*Family Business* : Inheriting a business or organization from the family.
*Friends whispering an idea* : Whiles talking with someone, you could pick up some information which will help you start a business.
*Study* : Your field of study or what you’ve had an education on can influence what you decide to do.
*Experience* : Maybe you have worked in a particular company and now you feel you know enough to also start your own company.
*Personal intuition* : Something could speak to you whiles you are going about your daily activities that could make you want to start a business.
*Motivation* : You could be motivated by someone’s success or seeing something done could make you want to start your own business.

**Structure development**
*Business Registration* : You need to register your business or business idea before it gets snatched away.
*Seeking experts power/advise* : Ask people who’ve been where you are so you could get some tips on what to do.
*Develop a plan* : Create a plan on what you want to do, or what you want your business to be about.
*Go according to the plan* : Unless something extraordinary happens, always endeavor to follow the plans you’ve developed.
*Create the modus operandi in accordance with plan* : Create a mode of operation for your business to know how things should go.
*Run the business* : After things are in order, start running your business.

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This is what was shared at tonight’s meeting and I hope you learnt something because I did. I think it’s great that you don’t only learn about God in church even though God is enough, but learning about life is equally important. At least, for now, we are all on earth.