Farm Biz

8 Practical Considerations You Need to Start a Fish Farm (One Page Practical Mind Map, for Aspiring Fish Farmers and Teachers of Fish Farming!)

February 27, 2014

Starting business part-time, before leaving paid employment is best (though it did NOT work for me). However, this safer approach has its own challenges. Your "employee duties" can deny you time to properly investigate the prospects of a venture you’re considering. Sometimes, even if you can make out time, you may lack the training/skill and […]

Entrepreneurship

Once You Start Your Farm Business, You Must Think & Act Like An Entrepreneur To Succeed!

February 26, 2014

"I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going" - Richard Branson. In this article I explain why anyone starting a farm business needs to realize that s/he must become an entrepreneur in order […]

Farm Biz

3 Forms In Which Cassava Can Be Profitably Fed to Livestock (and 1 Danger to Guard Against)

February 25, 2014

Cassava can be fed to virtually any kind of livestock. Research reports indicate it can prove especially economical in feeding pigs and poultry - IF properly balanced with proteins and vitamins, which it is deficient in. This article discusses 3 forms in which Cassava can be profitably fed to livestock. Today, rising feeding costs make […]

Entrepreneurship

Automate Your Farm Record Keeping and Accounts to Succeed Profitably

February 22, 2014

In this article, I explain the importance of establishing and maintaining reliable farm records keeping/accounting systems as it is a crucial requirement for successful planning & profitable management of your farm business. A popular saying goes thus: "If you do not record it you cannot measure it. And if you do not measure it, you […]

Entrepreneurship

Feed Formulation Software Will Not Guarantee Livestock Farming Success (Here's Why...)

February 18, 2014

“Hi Tayo. I’m Eugene from Malawi and have been following you on and off for quite a while now…”(Full email below). Eugene asked if my Ration Formulator™ could be used for ruminants (e.g Beef/Dairy Cattle, Goats, Sheeps) and Ducks etc. The short answer: YES. But I wrote him this long one… ==Email Starts== Hi Eugene, […]

Career Development

Convert Your Excel Reporting Workbooks to Secure (& Even Money Making!) EXE Files

February 13, 2014

Below is a screenshot of the 2014 upgrade version of my popular Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator sofware. Do you notice it’s actually an EXE (executable) file, and NOT an Excel workbook...even though it's in Excel?! Users need not enable macros. Plus, it works on any Excel version (for Windows or Mac). All past buyers get […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 128: Using Location Independent Multipreneuring to Achieve Public Speaking Success

February 10, 2014

I began my “Location Independent Multiprenuring Travels” across West Africa, on 1st April 2013 – about 10 months ago. The amazing successes I’m achieving (some described below) convince me one MUST be willing to take greater risks, to move to higher levels of achievement. If I’d remained in Nigeria, I doubt I’d have achieved this […]

Career Development

You Can Agree to Disagree and Still LOVE (Tribute to my father at 80!)

February 8, 2014

Photo: My father - Ezekiel Oluwajimi (E.O) Solagbade - cuts his 80th birthday anniversary cake on Tuesday 4th Feb. 2014, with my mom (his wife for 43 years now). Dad is a Civil and Structural Engineer by profession. I absolutely LOVED the cake, because it was beautifully decorated to depict technical drawing tools he uses! […]

Career Development

Happy 80th Birthday to our SUPER DAD!

February 4, 2014

By the time you read this, I'll be in Lagos with my siblings and the rest of the "Luwaji Solagbade family" to join in celebrating with my father, on his 80th birthday anniversary, at the University of Lagos. [Update (12th Feb 2014): Dad's 80th anniversary celebration went perfectly! Click here to read about/view photos :-))] […]

Farm Biz

Potentially Useful Books, Website URLs, Software and Ebooks on Broiler Farming and Feed Formulation for Poultry Farmers

January 29, 2014

It happened about 2 hours after I sent out issue 126 of my Weekly Public Speaking Ideas newsletter on Monday. The title was "True Story - Public Speaking on the Road(Why You Must Always Be Prepared!)". I got a call from a gentleman based in Portharcourt, Nigeria, who excitedly told me he'd been (as he put […]

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