1.
Starting a
Successful
Ocean
Business
Date:
16.11.2022

2.
Emmanuel Tetteh Apeku
Partnership and Business Development Consultant
Wami Agro Limited

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whoami

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Key to Success
Hardwork Persistance Discipline
ONLY YOU CAN DEFINE SUCCESS.

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Market research
Understanding your Customer
Systematical Investigation Gather and Analyze Data Gain Insight

6.
SimpleStart-upframework
Business Concept
Market
Validation
MVP
Market
Segmentation
Price
Analysis
Customer
resource
Launch
Competitive
Analysis
Revisit
the
Process
Breakeven
&
Scale
Solve an
other
Problem
Exit

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Key insights
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New Opportunities
Lower Risks
Relevant Strategies
Simple Budget
Win over Competitors
Better Goals
Easy Decision-Making

8.
Start lean
Read this Book
Build, Measure and Learn loop (Core framwork)
Generate Facts (Experimenting and testing)
Test with Customers (MVP)
Plan your growth (Scalability)
Be ready to Pivot or Persevere

9.
Funding
Known Sources of funding What investor actually looks out for
Family and Friends
Venture Capitalist VC's
Local Banks
Angle investor
Facts on your impact and profitability
Skillful Personality
Company Image
Your Team.
NGO's
Personal Savings

10.
permit
Registrar General Department (RGD)
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)
Register Business Name only
Register type of business Entity
Pay as you (Paye)
Value Added Tax (VAT)
SSNIT Tier 2
National Pension Registration Authority (NPRA)
Local Authority - District Municipal Assembly
Patent registration
Tax Avoidance
Tier 3
Data Protection Commission
Property Tex
Sales Tax

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Q&A
emmanuel.apeku@gmail.com
+233 550 031 054
Twitter : @ApekuEmmanuel
LinkedIn : @ApekuEmmanuel