Tom Huddleston Jr. People who start a new business often make one “fatal mistake” that″ll likely doom their venture before it even starts, says Steve Blank. The mistake: not researching your prospective customers or clients before deciding what kind of company you want to build, and the products or services you’ll offer. ”[I’ve] seen this a million times,” says Blank, an adjunct professor at Stanford University who has written four books on the subject of entrepreneurship and helped build eight different tech startups, of which he co-founded four. Coming up with an idea for a business first, and then determining…

Foreign investment inflows to Nigeria's equities market dropped by 29.66% in February 2025, falling to ₦18.05 billion from ₦25.66 billion in January. The reduction in foreign participation was significant, with total foreign portfolio transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) declining by 40.36% from ₦71.51 billion to ₦42.65 billion. Foreign outflows also decreased substantially, down 46.33% to ₦24.60 billion from January's ₦45.85 billion. Overall trading activity on the exchange fell by 16.07% month-on-month, with total transactions dropping from ₦607.05 billion (approximately $410.84 million) in January to ₦509.47 billion (about $341.36 million) in February. However, compared to February 2024, trading volumes…