Business guides
Explore clear, careful guidance on choosing an idea, registration, pricing, marketing, customer communication, record keeping, funding preparation, and everyday operations.
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Start a Business
A practical guide to choosing a customer problem, testing demand, estimating costs, setting initial prices, preparing simple records, and launching with a manageable first step.
Build a simple, evidence-led launch checklist.
Registration
A current plain-English guide to preparing for CAC business name registration, using the official iCRP flow, avoiding common mistakes, and keeping the resulting business records organised.
Read guideBusiness Ideas
A practical framework for finding, comparing, and testing low-capital business ideas in Nigeria without treating any idea as guaranteed income.
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The guide library is the learning layer of LaunchBOS. When a guide helps you make a real decision, continue into the Workspace if the result should become a reusable record, customer action or part of your business history.
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Open WorkspaceUse the pricing guidance to make the decision, then save the product or service in your catalogue so the price can be reused.
Add product or serviceAfter learning how to present the offer clearly, create a real quotation connected to the customer and the next sales step.
Create quotationUse the communication guidance for the wording, then create a follow-up when the conversation needs a clear next action.
Create follow-upUse the guides for context, then review real money, expenses and business activity when you need to decide what deserves attention.
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10 guides found
A practical guide to choosing a customer problem, testing demand, estimating costs, setting initial prices, preparing simple records, and launching with a manageable first step.
You will learn
Build a simple, evidence-led launch checklist.
A current plain-English guide to preparing for CAC business name registration, using the official iCRP flow, avoiding common mistakes, and keeping the resulting business records organised.
You will learn
Prepare the information needed to complete the current CAC business name registration flow safely.
A practical framework for finding, comparing, and testing low-capital business ideas in Nigeria without treating any idea as guaranteed income.
You will learn
Shortlist and test a realistic low-capital business idea before committing major money.
A practical launch guide for choosing a cleaning niche, pricing jobs from real costs, setting scope and quality standards, finding first customers, and keeping the operation organised.
You will learn
Define a focused cleaning offer, price one real job, and run a small controlled customer test.
A practical guide to choosing a catering offer, costing recipes and events, setting order terms, testing fulfilment, finding customers, and keeping food-business records organised.
You will learn
Build and test one clearly priced catering package before expanding the menu or event size.
A practical guide to choosing a laundry service model, controlling garment intake and handling, calculating cost and turnaround, finding repeat customers, and keeping order records organised.
You will learn
Create a simple laundry workflow that can track garments, price work, and deliver a controlled first batch.
A practical guide to evaluating location, provider onboarding, transaction economics, cash float, reconciliation, security, and daily records before starting a POS agency business.
You will learn
Test whether a proposed POS location and transaction model can operate safely and profitably before committing a large float.
A practical guide to setting up WhatsApp Business, organising enquiries, presenting products and services, using quick replies, confirming orders, and moving important records out of chat.
You will learn
Create a dependable WhatsApp customer workflow from profile to follow-up.
A practical guide to turning real costs and clear scope into a price list customers can understand and your business can reuse across WhatsApp, quotations, and invoices.
You will learn
Create a clear first price list that reflects the real offer, costs, and quotation rules.
A practical guide to deciding when follow-up is useful, choosing the right timing, writing respectful messages, handling silence, and knowing when to close the conversation.
You will learn
Create a simple follow-up routine that keeps real opportunities visible without repeated pressure.
Learning paths
Choose an idea, test the assumptions, and prepare a practical launch.
Put the formal, pricing, customer, and operating basics in place.
Make the offer clearer, improve customer conversations, and follow up respectfully.
Not sure where to begin?
Explore a business idea, follow the beginner learning path, or use a template to prepare for your next customer.