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Deciding How Much Your Startup Poultry Farm Needs (Hint: Should Not Depend on How Rich Your Prospective Investor Is!)

October 3, 2014

What should influence your decision about how much funds to ask for in your start-up poultry layer farm business plan? Does the size of your prospective investors pockets need to be a factor in deciding what scale you start your enterprise at? This article features excerpts from suggestions I emailed to a recent client on […]

Career Development

How Nigeria Can Manifest Real - & LASTING - Benefits of Independence (Hint: A Proven Zero Cost Strategy that INDIVIDUAL Nigerians Can use to Get Nigeria THERE!)

October 1, 2014

[Update: Uploaded CORRECTED PDF which now has pics - and NO missing text at 3.50p.m] Today, 1st October 2014, is Independence Day in my country – Nigeria. In this special issue No. 9, of “My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better” series (downloadable below as a PDF), I explain why I believe Nigeria’s ability to reap […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 161: To Succeed, be Prepared to Deliver a Smart Presentation Using Your (Farm) Business Plan

September 29, 2014

Last week, I delivered an elaborate Poultry Layer Farm Business Plan (see below) to a new client in Nigeria. Since reading it, he has sent me 2 emails (also below). I now explain why, even with a well written plan, you'll be wise to rigorously PREPARE yourself to deliver a convincing verbal presentation, to win […]

Career Development

Always Stand Up and Speak Truth on Behalf of Those Who Need It!

September 27, 2014

I spontaneously help others I identify to need it, without waiting to be asked. And I never expect to get thanked for it. I do not need it. The only way anyone can thank me is by helping others in the same way! I never let what anyone wants to do (or is doing) for […]

Career Development

Achieving Your Goals Requires This ONE Ingredient (Hint: It's Not What You Think)

September 27, 2014

“You may be on the right track – but you will get run over if you remain there” - Anon 5 questions for you to ponder: 1. How come NOT every Harvard graduate becomes “successful” in life? 2. Why do we all have the same MS Excel software on our laptops, yet some of us […]

Entrepreneurship

A FREE Report (& Articles) To Help Farm CEOs Make Better Livestock Feed

September 26, 2014

What follows below, are excerpts from my 30 page Annotated Pictorial Introduction to Feed Ingredients (N7, 500 value). I do NOT sell this report. ALL buyers of my feed formulations handbook (like the Farm CEO I sent a copy to in Abuja-Nigeria, just yester-night) get it as FREE i.e. as a GIFT! In 2006, I […]

Career Development

2 Reasons Not to Rush Into Quitting Your Job to Start Your Business (Hint: A Better Way to Do It)

September 24, 2014

“Patience is a virtue that carries a lot of WAIT” - Unknown Not everyone in paid employment gets to that point when they feel they need to jump ship and go solo (i.e. resign to start a business of their own). But some do. And when the bug bites, it can leave you feeling impatient, […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 160: Perceived Website Beauty Won't Guarantee Success (Hint: The Value You Offer Matters Most - 2 Real Life Examples)

September 22, 2014

What if you could do web marketing that yields superior profits, at low to zero cost? We all want that! This write-up uses 2 real life website case studies to explain what you need to do, and why. Example 1: www.google.com makes millions annually. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter […]

Entrepreneurship

3 Strategies You Need, to Achieve Business Promotion Success

September 20, 2014

The key to business promotion success is to - as INEXPENSIVELY as possible - get your target audience to notice - and eventually pay conscious attention to - you on a continuing basis. One business owner who excels at doing the above is Richard Branson. For years, I have deliberately studied him in developing ideas […]

Career Development

To Perpetually Achieve Noteworthy Success, You May Need To Be Moderate In Your Humility

September 17, 2014

I once read the following quote in a magazine, and it really hit home with me: “In all things, apply moderation - including moderation” - Anon There is, in some societies, this issue of “humility" and how important it is for a person not to appear “proud” or “arrogant”. I believe it is sometimes taken […]

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