Did you follow the Money Fight? The record breaking fight between Floyd Mayweather  and Conor Mcgregor? The  fight had hundreds of millions following across the globe and in Africa we were not left behind with most people supporting the American boxer. Now there is a strong link between business and sport and it is no wonder that it was dubbed the Money Fight. It was all about money and for this reason, the fight story is finding its way onto business pages.

We asked the Zim Business Ideas and Network members to give us business or entrepreneurship lessons learnt and the responses are found below:

Treby Munya lesson 1 never get a kid to do a man’s job…

Sam Sam-Arzo Muvirimi endurance pays

Sir Emmanuel Angel Dausi less talk more action

Teacha Zefaniah you can do it when you chunk it small and but carefully resisting fatigue all the way to the finish line

Ronald Zidana He is a good bussinessman who knows how to make money by making people believe they are attending a sports event when it is actually just scripted entertainment.WWE needs this guy on their management team.

Kudakwashe Goromonzi TMT guaranteed 100m mcgregor 30m they is a serious shortage of big name boxers thus the money team had to bring a boxer from another different sports..making lemonade from lemons.hes a serious entrepreneur Floyd always breaking his own targets,semuno muzimbabwe the Floyd mentality inotodiwa zvakanyanya

Yananai Chiwuta McGregor still made a guaranteed 30 million. In every situation even if you’re on the losing end, find a way to benefit.

Kudakwashe Goromonzi Strive Mssiyiwa is also following the boxing millions,with charity begins at home..we had our own fighting night at the hicc

Liberty Toro Hard work is overrated

Liberty Toro Connor trained his behind off and still lost

Kudakwashe Goromonzi 600 million dollars,Americans and Irish governments have their share

WaMambo Machingura Experience will always win.

Tich Mapfumo …..that pessistence is one of the key elements in building a big business.Most people knew about TMT when the big buck$ started making headlines but a few knew that the guy have been fighting for 2 decades.It takes time to build something special thats the first lesson.The second lesson: TMT is only challenged bu the so called big names only why? it is because he has never lost a match in 50 bouts now meaning the guy has a reputation for winning.If ur in business and always close every big deal at a positive note you attract only big corporates to do business with you.Third lesson expirience gives anyone in business confidence to get any business deal done why? because everything that you do over and over makes you better at it.IF u were following McGregor was shouting a lot but May once said just wait and see i have fought many matches and won i practice a lot this guy is talking too much a match is not won elsewhere besides the ring.May had the confidence to say that in a calm and composed way because he knew he had done it over and over up to 49-0

Mike Nesselbeck Persistence is key. No matter what challenges come your way, strong persistence can beat anything. Mayweathers strong persistence to win gave him a win

SoulObsedian Xiv Africa is were the money is!

Tinos Samutete its all about the MONEY… they rigged the match and CASHED BIG …. SOON a rematch will be on the cards and more ching ching for the innovative

Watson Musenda The whole thing was a fraud, there was no boxing but kutora bag Chete….. let him move to heavyweight if he is serious with fighting.

The current operating environment is a rough one for the business sector. It is no longer business as usual and only the innovative and enterprising business people are going to survive . With a shortage of foreign currency from the formal banking sector and a liquidity crunch, the situation cannot be any tougher. The situation is increasing pressure on the business sector  to analyse costing methods as well as pricing. These are two important components in the calculation of your price and your profit as well.

Pricing is one major decision an entrepreneur has to take and this pricing calls for flexibility in order to adapt to a fluid business environment. If you are sticking to old methods of pricing then you seriously risk losing business. You have to adapt and move fast with pricing trends so that you get business in the tough economic times that we find ourselves in.

Some companies are insisting on cash as a method of payment when cash is hard to come by-the result is a loss of business. ZBIN will be covering this key topic on our Facebook Live on Friday as we explore various pricing methods that are relevant to a dynamic environment like ours.

Below we feature a post from Diana Elisha Nheera on pricing. She is a digital marketing professional and a freelance photographer and shares her thoughts on pricing by freelance professionals in her field.

You also meet the young service providers who overrate and overcharge their work much to their disadvantage in a struggling economy. They take pride in telling peers I ONLY CHARGE SO MUCH… They believe their value is increased by exorbitant prices and even go as far as believing potential clients walk because havana mari.. Not at all, things are hard all around, money is not easy to come by, that means everyone is careful how they are spending their every cent. Even big companies have realised this and keep adjusting… Where possible, package such that you serve all budget clients. High, low and medium. Take advantage of the low budget sales as normally those compensate on quantity, but all this without compromising on the quality of service and or product. Invest in some periodic market research and little surveys. The business environment is very dynamic and you cannot afford to be the static one… Grow. Accommodate and Benefit.