Career Development
A Common Misconception About Spreadsheet Programming You Need to Know [Hint: What is Excel-VBA?]









[NB: The 2nd and concluding part of my tutorial titled "What You Need to Create a Splashscreen for Your Custom Spreadsheet Application" will go out next week] ====== Today, I feature the article titled "What is Excel-VBA", (which I wrote back in 2007) to inform and educate my desired target audience and other relevant stakeholders, […]







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Entrepreneurship
[Recommended] The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion









[Tayo Solagbade's comment: If you're not doing Shameless Self-Promotion (I call it "SSP" for short), you are short-changing yourself BIG TIME in your business marketing. This excellent Copyblogger article explains why SSP works, and how to do it] Here are some excerpts:The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion"So self-adulation is something I try to stay away from. […]







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Career Development
[True Story] Defying Adversity As a Nobody, to Create a Lucrative Niche Market for my Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software in Nigeria









It all still feels like yesterday - when in 2002 I quit a high paying job as a manager in a corporate multinational, in which I was an established high-flyer, to start offering my custom Excel-VB software development (and Freelance Writing) solutions to paying clients. Not a few friends, relatives and co-workers thought I’d lost […]







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Career Development
Get Novice Proof Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software [Hint: From Tayo K. Solagbade - a Multidisciplinary Provider Guided by a Code of Ethics That Protects YOU!]









Today, I enjoy the privilege/benefit of being able to win buyers for my custom Excel-VB driven software from within and outside Africa. Working 100% online to get found using a unique Web Marketing System I developed for myself, I continue to convince total strangers to send me payment for my custom automated workbook applications. It’s […]







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Entrepreneurship
[RECOMMENDED] 15 Negotiation Tips From People Who Always Get Their Way | The winning secrets of master negotiators









[Quick Take-Away: This article is a gold-mine of information. For me, the experience based tips in it confirm the most important point I always emphasize to people about negotiating - which is that is NOT the same as "haggling". The former involves people interacting based on empathy, while the latter is typically driven mainly by win-lose, selfish […]







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Entrepreneurship
Tayo Solagbade's Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager - Video Interview With Lagos Farm CEO After Problem Resolution [PII 055: To Succeed Even When Things Go Wrong, You Need Mastery of Your Craft - Part 2 of 2 | Based on a True Story]









In this second and concluding part of yesterday's newsletter, I feature the FULL video interview (with the verbatim text transcript). I recorded it with Thompson Obuseh, a Lagos based Poultry Farm CEO, after I'd resolved a major part of the "Compile Error" problem he'd been having, for 4 days with my Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager on […]







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Career Development
PII 055: To Succeed Even When Things Go Wrong, You Need Mastery of Your Craft - Part 1 of 2 | Based on a True Story









Nothing beats being a master of your craft. You need to invest endless time, effort, money and any other necessary resources, to become as proficient as possible at it, so that ANYTIME those you serve demand for your problem solving attention, you will not be found wanting. It is with regard to my Excel VB […]







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Entrepreneurship
[TRUE STORY] He was NOT smiling when we met, face to face, for the first time, today - because of My Excel-VB Poultry Farm Mgr!









He was NOT smiling when we met, face to face, for the first time, today - and for good reason too. My Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager which I'd personalized and emailed to him 4 days earlier, after I received his payment, had NOT once launched successfully for him to use! NB: He is the VERY […]







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Entrepreneurship
The FARM CEO (Issue 75): Top 11 Articles on Best Practice Farm Business Management for Profit - by Tayo K. Solagbade, Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the Farm Business Support Centre









Below are links to some past articles I've published that I give out to farm CEOs who reach out to me - with my best wishes. No strings attached I.e it's NOT designed to get you to buy from me. These articles explain various aspects of what I call a BOPMS (Best Operating Process Management System)™ […]







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Entrepreneurship
Two Learning Resources to Educate Farm CEOs and Other Stakeholders On the Need to Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset









Over the years, I've built a large following within and outside Africa using my Cost-Saving Farm Business Support Solutions. About a year ago, I began creating LEARNING solutions (real life and DVD based) for Farm CEOs and other stakeholders, to educate them on the need to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to their businesses. If you’re […]







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