Entrepreneurship

How To Turn A Major Blunder At Work Into A Career Advancement Opportunity [Hint: The W x R(to the power of 3) formula]

February 5, 2015

This article describes a simple but highly effective self improvement formula I developed over a decade ago, that can be applied in any situation towards using setbacks as stepping stones to achieve authentic success. It works for both self-employed persons and employees, who want to know how they can turn a blunder they make, into […]

Career Development

When I Quit My Job, They Called Me "Mad" - And I Felt So, So Sorry, For Them!

February 3, 2015

", many people still think you must have been mad to do what you did." That's what a former senior colleague told me when we met 3 years after I resigned from Guinness to start my business. In this article, I reveal the TRUE fear-fueled motives that some salary earners (and their employers) have for […]

Career Development

No. 179: To Achieve Lasting Success, Even a Star Studded Team Needs the Right "Trainer"

February 2, 2015

Nothing compares to a passion-driven team of people, committed to giving their best at what they do. Whether in paid employment, sports or elsewhere, the results they get will often record spectacular results. Very often, the success of a team of people will depend on the leadership they have. Typically, that would be a central […]

Career Development

To Achieve Authentic Success You Need More Self Belief Than Looks!

January 31, 2015

Success in any area of life will come to you more frequently if you believe in yourself - unwaveringly - and show it. The foregoing FACT becomes even more important to keep in mind if/when you have to start-up or run a business of your own. Few endeavours in life, are as challenging as having […]

Career Development

To Borrow Other People's Money, You Need to Answer Their "WIIFM?" Question

January 31, 2015

This article offers you a unique opportunity to access practical wisdom shared by a successful entrepreneur about raising startup capital. It is based on my handwritten notes, from a seminar I attended in the year 2000 (24 months before starting my own business). From my undergraduate days I have honed my skill at taking […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 178: To Achieve Marketing Success at Low Cost, You Need a List of Potential Buyers

January 26, 2015

The more I “data-mine” my website mailing LIST of subscribers, and some actually go ahead and buy my products/services (sometimes years after signing up), the more I tell other business owners this: “The money is IN the LIST”! Curious to know what I mean? Keep reading then!! SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public […]

Career Development

Boost Your Ability to Achieve Success Using THIS Strategy!

January 23, 2015

My DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) mental attitude is the reason I have relentlessly succeeded, in spite of myriad challenges, over the past decade as an entrepreneur. Many of the obstacles I encountered were intimidating, and would have stopped me permanently, if I had NOT possessed this DIY reflex. For instance, this website (www.tayosolagbade.com), my newsletter, indeed […]

Entrepreneurship

Money Is Just ONE Measure Of Success - It Is Not The Basis Of Business

January 22, 2015

In 2003 my second year as a startup entrepreneur, I had the opportunity to benefit from the wisdom of the managing partner in a popular management training firm. I had gone to introduce my service on website marketing strategy development to his organisation, in a bid to interest them in having a website newsletter set-up […]

Career Development

Should You Give Up On Someone Who Is Chasing An "Impossible Dream"?

January 21, 2015

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists" During some difficult times in the life of my business, I have found […]

Entrepreneurship

Do You Need A Business Plan If Your Idea Is New, Untested, or Unproven?

January 20, 2015

"Market research does not work. One cannot do market research on something that does not exist." - Peter Drucker Who Should Read This Article? Anyone nursing a new (especially untested and unproven) - idea for a business, and/or who is at a loss as to whether or not it will be beneficial to undertake a […]

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