Career Development
Five (5) Action Steps That Can Increase Your Chances of Business Startup Success









In February 2001, about 4 months after I got promoted out of my shift-based Brewer position, to become the Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery Technical Training & Development Manager, I came to the conclusion that I needed to fast-track my plans to quit paid employment and start my own business.  I had been plotting […]







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Creating Demand for Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software Solutions in Nigeria/Africa (True Story by Tayo K. Solagbade)









Download this PDF ebook to read the true story of how I literally single-handedly created a market for my Excel-Visual Basic solutions development service in Nigeria/Africa. Since 2004, I've helped individuals and businesses in Nigeria/Africa (in recent years Asia/America as well) get MORE productivity boosting value out of the Microsoft Excel® on their PCs, at […]







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Be Proud of Who You Are, No Matter What (Hint: Speak Your Language, Bear Your Traditional Name, Practice Your Culture - Lessons from Fela Anikulapo Kuti)









Fela Anikulapo Kuti's legend has spread globally, decades after he passed on, because he practised what he preached i.e being a mentally emancipated, proud black African (free from what he termed "Colonial Mentality"). His story is as compelling as the Afrobeat music he invented, and used to preach his messages. Fela stood unapologetically, for the […]







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Do You Need To Be Error-Free? (Hint: Why It's NOT a Good Idea, If You Want Authentic Success)









“Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld, U.S […]







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Speaking Success Is Not About Audience Size









Everything I am about to say here is, as usual, my personal opinion. To me, a good speaker will be successful in influencing people s/he speaks to, both on and off the platform. So, if you are a genius on the platform and a goof ball in your personal interactions, you have a lot of […]







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Acquire Real World Relevant Skills. Create the Future You Want.









Real world relevant skills immunize those who have - and make diligent intelligent use of - them against failure. I always tell people of a news report I once read over a decade ago, when Daddy Showkey (who invented the unique dance styles and music genre that made him famous) explained how he survived his […]







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Everything You Want for Your Business Success…and MUCH MORE!









UPDATE: Good news. Apart from 65%discount on ALL my products/services, every member of my InnerCircle now gets ONE of my products of his/her choice FREE(e.g my Poultry Farm Manages, Ration Formulator, Payslip Generator etc). Read the updated offer pdf click here and let me know which product you want. Tayo K. Solagbade Watch a Clinical […]







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[NEW BOOK with Optional MP3 Audio files] Ten (10) ‘Storyfied’ Yoruba Proverbs for Children - Goes Live from 8th January 2015 at www.lulu.com/sdaproducts









[UPDATE: It's now LIVE in my online store here - click - Watch the preview video at [Audio Book] Tayo Solagbade's "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" Audio Book DVD - YouTube] or below: After working on it all through December 2014, I'm excited to announce this new learning tool, originally created for my kids, […]







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Do You Really Have To Find A Conventional Publisher? (A Case for Print On Demand Publishing)









Following recent sales conversations, I have come to the conclusion that many aspiring authors in my part of the world, STILL fail to see the cost, time and effort saving advantages offered by web based Print On Demand Publishing services.  Let me point out the following: 1. Conventional (brick and mortar) publishers will NOT […]







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Barter Your Digital Products to Make More Money (True Story)









This UAE based buyer's 24 hour old email provides a perfect ending for MY fairy tale run in 2014: From: Nelson Jr. s Date: 30 Dec 2014 15:43 Dear Tayo, ‪ First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family...‬ ‪ ‬Hope I was not too late for your year […]







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