Entrepreneurship - SD Nuggets™

Succeed Even In Economic Recession by Developing Multiple Competencies [Hint: Become a Multipreneur]

January 27, 2017

When I decided to become - and later begin calling myself - a MULTIPRENEUR in 2004 (2 years after I became a startup), many people criticized me for "doing too many things". Some said I was trying to be a "Jack of All Trades" and anytime I had a setback they readily pointed out that […]

Entrepreneurship

[RECOMMENDED] Role of Feed Mill Laboratory Towards Improving Feed Quality - Feature article from thepoultrysite.com

January 26, 2017

Below is a preview of an excellent article I found on thepoultrysite dot com - which I recommend EVERY livestock Farm CEO read! It's packed full of practical wisdom about the value a Feed Mill Laboratory can add to the feed formulation operations of a commercial livestock farming entreprise. Even if you do NOT own a […]

Career Development

PII 050: You Cannot Achieve Your Goals All Alone (Hint: How to Get Others to Gladly Support You to Succeed)

January 23, 2017

2 weeks ago, in issue “PII 048” of this Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter, I explained why “You Need to Habitually Study Successful People", if you wish “To Make Success a Habit. In that piece I also explained why you need to analyze your failures (and they will be MANY) also in order to learn […]

Entrepreneurship

Protected: THE FARM CEO (Issue 71): Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, AWARD LAUNCHES 2016 GAIA AGTECH INNOVATION CHALLENGE, 50 New Innovative Agriculture Business Ideas in 2017

January 22, 2017

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Career Development

Fear Can Be Very Costly!

January 20, 2017

This is a true story. Names, dates and locations have been changed. ---- It was a quiet afternoon in March 1995. She was visiting me as usual in the Training Centre, during break time. Annogu looked at me and said “Tayo, I hope you’re not going to get so busy as you often do, and […]

Entrepreneurship

[Recommended] Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers

January 18, 2017

The idea that companies must “delight” their customers has become so entrenched that managers rarely examine it. But ask yourself this: How often does someone patronize a company specifically because of its over-the-top service? You can probably think of a few examples, such as the traveler who makes a point of returning to a hotel […]

Entrepreneurship

Friends and Relatives May Not be the Right Target Audience (on Facebook) for Your Solutions

January 17, 2017

Like every other person on Facebook, I periodically get invitations to LIKE Facebook pages from friends and other contacts in my network. If truth however be told, I generally feel those who send such invitations will most times not be sure of getting as much quality connection with people fitting their target audience profile as […]

Entrepreneurship

THE FARM CEO (Issue 70): Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria AESON conference coming up in April 2017 [ Deadline for submission of Abstracts now January 31st, 2017]

January 15, 2017

In this maiden issue of my Farm CEO newspaper for 2017, I feature a flyer-based description of highlights from the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON)'s 22nd Annual Conference 2017, scheduled to hold at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria between 23rd - 26th April, 2017. Theme: Mainstreaming Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Extension Practice in Nigeria Highlights: NB: Deadline for […]

Entrepreneurship

Tayo Solagbade's One-on-One Practical Livestock Feed Formulation Training [Hint: Maiden Edition for 2017 Holds for a Startup Farm CEO from Benin City, Tomorrow 13th January in Lagos]

January 12, 2017

[Event] Ola Mojeed, a Benin City - Edo state, Nigeria based startup Farm CEO will (from 10a.m tomorrow) - meet me at a Feed Milling company's premises in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos (near the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture), to attend my one-on-one 4 hour practical Livestock Feed Formulation training he paid in advance for […]

Entrepreneurship

[Recommended] Marissa Mayer to Leave Yahoo Board; Yahoo to Change Name to Altaba

January 11, 2017

[Moves will come after $4.8 billion sale to Verizon] Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer will step down from the board of directors after the core internet business is sold to Verizon, while what remains of the company will be renamed Altaba. Yahoo Inc. said Monday it will whittle down its board after completing its deal […]