Entrepreneurship
You Can Market Your (Farm) Products On TV/Radio/Print Media At Zero Cost
May 5, 2015









My 3 part article series linked below, explains why I discourage COMPETENT experts from paying to appear on TV/Radio/Newspaper platforms in Nigeria. Part 1 of 3: Why You Need To Change The Way You Find Buyers for Your Products/Services Read here Part 2 of 3: Understanding How (Routine/Repeated) Use of Paid TV, Radio & Print […]







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Career Development
No. 191: (a) How to Keep Your Confidence Up When Your Fortunes Are (Seemingly) Down (b) To Achieve Sustainable Success, Closely Monitor News About Current Affairs and Politics! - [MP3]!
May 4, 2015









How confident would you be if your plans were failing so badly that everyone around you knew it? What if you had a business setback, and someone who had warned you against going into THAT business made of point of stopping over to say: "I told you so"? How confident would you feel subsequently, about […]







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Career Development
Become a SUPER Accountant, Engineer, Marketer or Insurance Broker
May 2, 2015









Many financial reporting apps allows users to EXPORT their data into MS Excel. That's because it's data handling and report generation capabilities are unrivalled. But Excel is so versatile that it is also used for many non-financial purposes as well. Since 2004, Chartered Accountants, Quantity Surveyors, Insurance Brokers, Marketing managers and owners of SMEs have […]







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Entrepreneurship
[MP3 PODCAST] How Lack of Social, Political & Economic Stability Kills Businesses (Case Study: Nigeria vs Rest Of The World)
May 1, 2015









It's happening again. Totally unexpected fuel scarcity across Nigeria. Everybody complains, but businesses suffer the most. And that's just one of many annoyances that routinely afflict Nigerians in Nigeria. The problem I see is that too many people fail to realize how far reaching the negative impact of these developments are on the health of […]







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General
Insights From A Yoruba Proverb On Choosing a Leader [Case Study: Nigeria's 2015 Presidential Elections]
April 30, 2015









The following DEEP Yoruba proverb came to my mind few days ago: "Won ti ti òjé bo olosa lowo. Owa ku baba nla baba eni to o bo!" I explain below, how it gave me interesting insights relevant to General Buhari's impending presidency. But first, here's a not-easy-to-do contextual translation into English for non-Yoruba speaking […]







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General
Super Grandma Abiola Solagbade Clocked 67 Years...Hurray!!!
April 29, 2015









My mother clocked 67 years old recently, and she and her hubby of 45 years celebrated quietly at home with visitors coming and going. I was there with my kids and they made Granda "special editions" of their cakes and pineapple peel drinks...which she has often told them she eats with tea in the mornings. […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
UPDATE: Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator - Hyper linked map of Nigeria, and autogenerated REGIONAL Results (Charts/Tables)
April 28, 2015









Below is a partially hyper linked map of Nigeria, which allows for clicking of individual states to view reports exported as images from the app. On this sample results web page (click) I share examples of summary reports and charts auto generated by my new Excel-VB Election Results Compiler, using Nigeria's March 28, 2015 INEC […]







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Career Development
No. 190: (a) ExcelVb Business Contacts Manager for Speakers Marketers Consultants and Entrepreneurs (b) One Question to Ask Yourself EVERY 24 Hours to Determine If You’re Using Your Website Profitably - [MP3]!
April 27, 2015









This week, I offer you a tool to help you with your sales lead generation or client prospecting - useful for Speaking Professionals, Sales/Marketing Professionals, Independent Consultants etc. Watch the video demo below, for my Excel-VB Driven Business Clients/Prospects Contacts Manager™ - built in 2006. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE   Tayo K. Solagade's […]







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Career Development
Don't Let Charlatans Mislead You (Hint: Seek Out Authentically Successful Persons to Learn From)!
April 25, 2015









Today I took my 9 year old daughter and her 3 older brothers to attend a "mentorship conference" for CEOs where they got to hear some great minds share TRUE stories about success and how failure HELPS to achieve it. I'll share details in my Monday newsletter to help aspiring/existing CEOs. Like I tell people, […]







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Career Development
Even When Competent, You CAN STILL Fail: 3 Abilities You MUST Develop To Protect Yourself!
April 24, 2015









People sometimes fail NOT because they are unqualified or incompetent, but because they are unable to manage themselves during hard times. They cave in under pressure. Our schools don't teach us how to deal with adversity. I think they should. It's because they don't, that many true geniuses in poorly regulated environments like Nigeria's, often […]







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