Entrepreneurship

4 Reasons Going Out Without Your Car May (Sometimes) Be a Smart Thing to Do!

November 5, 2013

This writeup is based on updated/revised excerpts from an article I originally wrote (on 30th November 2006), as a service provider when I was still based in Lagos-Nigeria.As such, not all the ideas I offer here, may be applicable to you or your environment. NB: I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013, and […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 114: Speaking IDEAS for Farm Support Experts

November 4, 2013

If you provide farm support products and services, this issue of my weekly speaking IDEAS newsletter will interest you. That includes experts working with private owned agro-allied companies, government agencies or even Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Yesterday, I listened to a top Ekiti state government official (on Nigerian TV) explaining how they are attracting young people […]

Entrepreneurship

Smart Farm Owners Will Write Articles

November 2, 2013

The gains from low production costs will be wasted if selling costs are not kept in check. The more it costs you to sell your product or service, the lower your profits will be (and vice versa). This is basically common sense. But not every business owner “gets" or "remembers" it, when it matters most. […]

Career Development

How to Safely retire into Self-Employment (A True Story)

October 31, 2013

A client once told me how the first boss he worked for often told him: "Look Alooya, if you work 8 hours in a day for an employer, start making effort to work one hour per day for yourself as well. Think of things you can do for yourself to earn income that will benefit […]

Entrepreneurship

Succeeding With Social Media: The Required Mind Set

October 29, 2013

Top performing sales people often succeed by painstakingly building trust in the minds of their prospects. They rarely adopt pushy sales strategies or hype. Yet, over time, those they approach loyally buy from them, and even tell others about them without being asked. That's why I'm a believer in letting things happen naturally. Be it […]

Career Development

What Video Interviews Don't Reveal About What It Takes to Succeed

October 23, 2013

I have a deep passion for analyzing success stories, and extracting useful learning points from them. My most recent obsession has been ESPN’s video about how a guy, born without arms, rose to world class success as a vehicle engineer. The video however lasts only 7 - short - minutes. But It Actually Took That Guy 22 […]

Entrepreneurship

My Pineapple Peel-Based Drinks Production Project UPDATE: Pilot Scale Shelf-Life, and Variable Cost-Reduction “Trials”

October 22, 2013

This is an update on progress with my Pineapple Peels based drinks production project. I’ll also be posting an update on my Quick and Dirty Guide to English/French soon. [NB: That next post will include details of how I’ve now partnered with a 2-man Beninois team of language experts to produce chapters 2 to 10 […]

Career Development

NEVER Let Anyone Tell You What YOU Cannot Do! (Transcript Slideshow Version of ESPN’s July 21 “SportsCenter” Profile video about Richie Parker)

October 19, 2013

I created this PowerPoint slideshow (and published it on slideshare.net), to give people with poor (or zero!) connectivity, an alternative means of “learning” about Richie Parker. NB: To get the Power Point file version, CLICK HERE NOW to download it in a zipped folder (3MB approximately). === Read the article I wrote about Richie: It's titled […]

Career Development

Announce Your Goals, and You'll Be Forced to Achieve Them

October 18, 2013

Just today, I replied to an enquiry by a facebook friend, about progress I’d made with my Pineapple Peel based drinks production project. He’s not the only one who has been asking me this question. Clients, friends and relatives have intermittently requested to know how far I’ve gone. Thankfully, I’ve always had significant progress to […]

Career Development

All You Really Need Is Ingenuity...aka Creative Thinking (True Story: Man Born Without Arms Designs Championship Winning Race Cars)

October 17, 2013

How much effort do you put into doing your JOB each day? And how many times have you told your employer (or boss) you could do MUCH more...IF ONLY s/he would send you on some training, or buy some latest gadget for you to use? Well, I’m here to tell you (using the amazing achievements […]

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