February, 2016 - SD Nuggets™

A Smarter and Cheaper Strategy for Earning Foreign Exchange [Hint: It's NOT Related to Crude Oil or Agricultural Exports...But It's Cheaper And More Sustainable]

February 19, 2016

It's become more apparent that we as a people in Nigeria still refuse to GET IT, when it comes to identify SMARTER strategies for earning TANGIBLE foreign exchange on a sustainable basis to boost our economy. Since I became a child capable of intelligent thought, growing up in Nigeria, most times the subject of foreign […]

Career Development

As Conventional Income Generation Models Grow Obsolete, We Need to Embrace Smarter PC and Internet Technology Driven Alternatives!

February 18, 2016

This article is based on excerpts from another in my Performance Improvement pod cast series which covers a variety of subjects I have a business interest in. Examples include my farm business software, built using custom Excel VB, and my other customizable software used by clients in other industries. Not only do I build and […]

Career Development

Verbatim Text Transcript of Welcome Video message for Tayo Solagbade's Home Study MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Programming Video Series on DVD

February 17, 2016

Hi. My name is Tayo Solagbade. This is the introduction to the Home Study Video version of my Microsoft Excel Heaven Visual Basic Programming Coaching. Now, typically in order for you to get access to this series of videos, you would actually have become a member of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club - which […]

Entrepreneurship

Succeeding Through Hard Work, Determination and Persistence: 3 Lessons from Nigeria's Igbo Traders

February 16, 2016

If you think the title of this article is an attempt by a Yoruba man, to suck up to Igbos (who happen to be my in-laws), I'm sorry to disappoint you. It is NOT. What I share here are insights based on objective study and evaluation of the trade and commerce (and sometimes manufacturing/creative) activities […]

Career Development

PII 001: The Secret to Succeeding by Creating Your Own Luck [FREE Podcast]

February 15, 2016

When I quit Guinness to pursue a longstanding dream of being self-employed, Andy R. Jones, then Benin Brewery Operations Manager, apart from uttering phrases like "Tayo simply refuses to Fail" while speaking at my send forth party, went further to send me the following super handwritten note in a Christmas card, days before I left: […]

Entrepreneurship

THE FARM CEO (Issue 36): Rabbit Farm Business Startup As Alternative to Traditional Livestock Businesses, The Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas Private/Closed Facebook Group Debuts, A Permanent Solution to Africa’s Low Per Capita Protein Consumption

February 15, 2016

[Tagline: If it can help your farm business, you’ll find it in THE FARM CEO™ Newspaper ] This 36th issue of The Farm CEO features ONE page less than previous issues as the first of a series of new content changes I will be implementing to streamline it with what I’ll be doing on the […]

Entrepreneurship

Rabbit Farm Business Startup As Alternative to Traditional Livestock Businesses

February 13, 2016

In a 2013 farm business ideas article (click to read it here), I wrote an article in which I made the case for Rabbit farming as a viable low cost means to boost availability of high quality protein towards raising the appallingly low per capita protein consumption in Nigeria/Africa. In my usual habit of walking […]

Entrepreneurship

Business Best Practice Ideas: You Do Not Have To Cut Corners To Make A Profit

February 12, 2016

Over the past decade or so, from the time I become self-employed in 2002, I have been "fortunate" to run into - and in certain instances - work quite closely with - some unscrupulous, or "not very honest", entrepreneurs. In most cases, I was heartbroken to find that the impressions I initially had, tended not […]

Career Development

Get My Home Study Excel-VB Programming Video Tutorial DVD

February 11, 2016

This is a due diligence update regarding my Excel VB club Membership Learning Opportunities. Some prospective club members recently expressed a preference for my branded auto run DVD based Step-by-Step Home Study Video & PDF tutorials. They made this request: A. So they can access the tutorials off line without incurring additional costs or inconvenient […]

My DN Travel News

Teach Kids to Develop (& Monetize!) Market Relevant Abilities EARLY In Life [VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: After Watching Short DIY Video, 12 Year Old Builds Battery Powered Toy Power bike Using Sticks from Sweets as Frames, a Rotor from Damaged DVD as Engine, Plastic Coke Bottle Covers as Tyres & a Microphone Battery from his Mother's Church As Power Source]

February 10, 2016

This video (click here to watch in a new window) shows me test running the battery powered toy power bike built my 12 year old son, whose natural talent for creating electrical gadgets continues to excite and amaze me. He's been like this since he was about 8 years old. I've written several articles in […]

February 2016

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