Confessions of Business Lazarus

By Dr. Ope Banwo

Practical Strategies For Rebounding From Business Failures From The Survivor Of Multiple Business Failures

• Language: English
• Publisher: Opeolu Banwo
• Release date: Jan 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224300938

Dr. Ope Banwo

Dr Ope Banwo, is an Attorney, Techpreneur, Digital Business Coach and author of multiple bestsellers. He has written several books on Business, Lifestyle, Internet Marketing and Life application of artificial intelligence tools. You can follow him on his blog at FearlessNetpreneur.com

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CHAPTER 1

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What this book is NOT About

....and What It Is All About

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(Spoiler Alert: This Book Is A Lifeline To Ressurect Those In The Business Or Financial Graveyard)

Perfect Time! 

You have chosen the perfect time to read this book right now, I'm so glad.

However, I want to make sure you do not waste your time, and money, by diving too deeply into my book without first understanding its purpose or its message.

Before spending so much time digging into this book, I want to make sure you know what this book does and does not cover.

The cover, title, and design of a book often determine our decision to buy and read it. Many times, just like it often happened to me, the cover of a book enticed you, but once the contents are revealed, you may realize it's not what you were looking for.

So, let's clarify it right here, right now, before we go far, in case this is not what you are looking for, then you can quickly drop it or give it to the next person.

Throughout this book, I'll be sharing my own personal experiential stories, the principles and secrets I've learned in eventful journey through the business world, and the strategies I have used to rebound from every failure I experienced along the way.

I'm not going to waste your time by giving you bland theories that you can find yourself just by searching the web. It’s a fact that there are plenty theories available online on how to survive business failures but no one has my own unique practical experiences you will learn in this book

Let’s Clarify- What this book is NOT About

This book is NOT about Marriage counselling, so we won't be giving you advice on how to fix your marriage. If you are looking for solutions to your marital problems, I suggest you seek help from a marriage counselor.

This book is NOT about finding a job or regaining employment. If you are looking for a job, you will be better served by going to different online job engines, getting books on how to get a good job without stress, or attending workshops on how to get a job. This book is definitely not for job seekers. 

This book is NOT about resurrecting your spiritual life. Should you be going through some tough times in your spiritual life right now, you probably need your pastor or imam or your spiritual guru for that.

This book is NOT about how to rediscover your faith in God that you have lost or to deal with a spiritual problem you might be experiencing. This is a book about how to resurrect from business death.

This book is NOT about how to regain your social swagger after you may have been rejected socially because of how you look, the accent you have, or your color. That problme may require legal advice or help from the EOOC Commission. You may need to reach out to advocates for people who have been treated unfairly because of their appearance or accent. This book cannot provide you with those resources.

This book is NOT about how to live a healthier life or good habits to live longer on earth. There are a million resources available online and offline to help you manage your health and life expectancy better.

This book is NOT still receiving the rockstar treatment as well as having a rockstar bank account for their businesses. If you already have a fat bank account, or your income is still rising fast, then you need a different type of book to help you maintain it. I did NOT write this book for  those who are still in the top echelon, though they might learn a thing or two about how not to crash and burn.

The book is NOT even about how to avoid failure or prevent your business from failing. There may be a book that is better suited to that. You might learn or infer something in this area; however, this is not the book's main objective.

So, what EXACTLY is this Book about?

This is a book tailored special book for those who have failed in business, or on the verge of failing in business, and how to make a comeback into the winners circle.

This book is about surviving and thriving after embarrassing setbacks in business. It is about getting to that light at the end of the tunnel after a deep dive into the ground.

This book is about how to survive the ground zero of your business failure and how to turn the ashes of your business defeat into stepping stones to rise again like the mythical phoenix.

In short, it is about the technology, secrets and strategies for coming back to life as a successful entrepreneur after being in the business grave for a while!

Good news: The principles in this book works because I have personally experienced and practiced every single tip or idea I shared in this book. The book is a real life case study, with me personally being the subject!

Throughout this book, I'll be sharing the principles and secrets I've learned and the strategies I have used to make multiple come-back after come-back from every business setbacks.

I'm not going to give you theories that you can find yourself just by searching the web. Instead, I will explain, from my personal experience, how I have resurrected from many business ‘deaths’ and growing stronger each time. 

I called this book Confessions Of A Business Lazarus for this reason.

This book is for business owners who have fallen on hard times and now work for others, with little or no confidence to take business risks again, out of despair and discouragement.

My goal is to assist entrepreneurs who have suffered business losses or personal bankruptcies or those going through the painful process of a failing business who may need tips and strategies to resurrect their business or prevent disaster from swallowing them.

Confessions Of A Business Lazarus is about how to revive businesses that have been destroyed by competitors and the market.

This book can help you if you have lost your business groove, or  have been left in debt by business associates, friends, and admirers, and want to start again, or are wondering how to prepare for a business disaster. 

My overriding goal is to help you revive your dead businesses, dead ideas and dead initiatives..

If you've failed in business, I'd like to help you get back up and keep moving forward. Those who have failed and are wondering how to rebuild their businesses from the ground up can learn from this book how to get their financial life back on track.

My focus is also on helping people who are in financial trouble start their own businesses. Those who have gone through the struggles of bankruptcy, failed business, or business closure are eligible to learn a great deal from my personal struggles as detailed honestly and frankly in this book..

Essentially, the book teaches people how to resurrect like Lazarus and return to a fulfilling life as businesspeople.

I hope you understand what this book is all about. I do not want to stifle your expectations. It is not my intention for you to be disillusioned and disappointed after reading an hour or two of this book, only to realize that it is not the book you were looking for.

If you have one of those currently dead businesses and are looking for a way to resurrect, then this book is for you. It is a straight-forward book without cliches. It is straightforward, raw and very personal.

We will discuss how you can get back on your feet and take charge after a business failure in this book. It is also possible to apply these principles to other areas of daily life besides entrepreneurship.

The principles in this book work!

The book will make you a 'business Lazarus' once you have read it and put its principles into practice.

I hope after reading this book, you will be the new business Lazarus. You will rise from the ashes like a phoenix, and then you will start kicking assess in the marketplace, and get back to overseeing your own destiny.

There's nothing more rewarding than being an entrepreneur, whatever anyone says. It's time to rise.

This book should provide you with enough information to make a successful comeback.

If this sounds like your kind of book, then let's go!

Now let's dig into these principles

CHAPTER 2

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The Entrepreneurial Lazarus –

Surviving A Lifetime of Business Deaths And Resurrections.

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed- Michael Jordan.

I have experienced several business failures.

There have been many times I failed in business and survived. Over the years, I have failed in business numerous times before learning some business principles that helped me rebound.

I have learned these lessons the hard way, and now I teach others how they too can rise above their business failures and succeed.

When I tell people that I am an example of the modern-day Lazarus in the area of business, they often laugh and wonder whether I was just kidding. Yet, my life journey proves the point, and my knowledge of business resurrection stems from my experience as a master of the subject.

You may be asking, how many businesses have I failed in to qualify you as a modern day serial Lazarus?

It is my estimation that in a business career spanning thirty years, I have failed and returned to success in business at least twenty times, of which seven have been spectacular meltdowns from huge successes.

A serial entrepreneur, I've tried and failed countless times before, rising fast, then falling again. Business is a hard thing to figure out.

Even after a spectacular rise and an even more spectacular