Entrepreneurship

To Succeed, You Need to Treat Money With Respect

December 11, 2013

“If it is true that money talks, the only word we ever heard it say is: 'Goodbye'.” – Anon. Probably no other group of people understand the foregoing statement better than entrepreneurs – especially start-ups. With few exceptions, entrepreneurs often find themselves tormented with perpetual cash shortages, or outright outages. This happens at various stages […]

Entrepreneurship

Always Be a Dignified Professional (Especially When a Client Is In a Hurry and/or Demands Lower Fees!)

December 10, 2013

A South African poultry broiler farm business owner contacted me via my website last week. And he was in a BIG hurry: “Hi, Could you please send me the Excel trial Version of Broiler Chicken management software. Let me know also the price of the system please. I need this urgently. Regards, Molefe (surname removed […]

Career Development

When You're Not Working, Create a Bigger Dream (Hint: New Product - My Pineapple Peels Based Cakes...Made Without an Oven!)

December 7, 2013

When I'm not hammering away at my laptop keyboard, writing articles, reports and books...or building custom Excel-VB software, I'm likely to be found sleeping, or working to progress further towards my ultimate dream. That dream is to own what I call a Home-Based Farm-Products-Brew-Pub. And I've nursed it since 1999, when I still worked in […]

Entrepreneurship

Achieve Superior Success by Letting Your Work Speak for You

December 3, 2013

Henry Kaiser once said: "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt". Many people achieve their website (sales and other) goals very quietly - everyday. They let their diligent work convince buyers, and sometimes use "success stories" to re-inforce their impact. This article discusses requirements for succeeding that way. Many Whose Websites Succeed Noiselessly Are […]

Entrepreneurship

How to Use Niches & Specialties to Boost Your Profits (Article & Infographic)

November 26, 2013

I once got - in 2003 - a LONG email response to a proposal I submitted. It was from the CEO/founder, of a company regarded as one of Nigeria’s foremost brand marketing and advertising companies. He politely declined interest in my proposal of a Strategic Partnership between my start-up Self-Development Academy, and his well established, […]

Career Development

Smart Exercising Will Keep You Fit, Healthy, and Alive

November 23, 2013

Yes, that's the key to good health, looking young, and LIVING LONG. Sweating enables your body expel many "bad things" that can weaken it! I took the photo below, this a.m (Friday 22nd Nov. 2013 at 10.00a.m): Above: Photo taken in 2013 - I was 43 at the time Below: Photo taken in March 2017 […]

Entrepreneurship

“Biafra Born” Micro-Refineries Operating in Nigeria? Lessons for Nigeria/Africa!

November 12, 2013

Chinua Achebe wrote: “Let me give one more dimension of what we were hoping to do in Biafra...We were told, for instance, that technologically we would have to rely for a long, long time on the British and the West for everything. " This is Issue No. 3 in my "IDEAS for Making Nigeria Better" […]

Career Development

(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)

November 8, 2013

Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]

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 […]

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