Entrepreneurship
THE FARM CEO (Issue 03) – Low Cost Protein Sources for L/S Feed, Good Aquaculture Feed Manufacturing Practice, Replacement of fish meal with maggot meal in African catfish, Soybean Meal Alternatives, Pre-Feasibility BROILER FARM (7500 Birds), Evaluation of Locally Available ingredients used for Ration Formulation for African Catfish
June 23, 2015









Issue No. 03 of THE FARM CEO:I got a phone question from Uchenna A., a Farm CEO client based in Abakaliki, on Sunday 21st June 2015, few hours after I arrived in Lagos from Cotonou. His question, was… Q: What other alternative protein sources can I explore using if I cannot afford (or find) conventional […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 198: An Unusual LIVE Event Strategy That Attracts Buyers at Zero Cost (True Story)
June 22, 2015









If you’re willing to do the (hard but potentially rewarding) creative THINKING to conceive unconventional online/offline strategies, that attract paying clients at zero cost, YOU WILL reap superior and sustainable profits...from buyers who eagerly tell others about you. I explain below. The following short story about an event I attended in Benin Republic provides a […]







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Career Development
To Get Lasting Improvements In Employee Performance, Avoid Use of Money As Primary Reward"
June 20, 2015









Do you want to have a lasting and sustainable training system in your company? If YES, then you must avoid the TRAP of trying to use money to motivate your employees. If you don't you'll keep training them and they'll show little or no improvement in their performance. Why? Because money is like a chemical […]







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General
To Succeed In Today's World, Your Kids Will Need REAL WORLD Experience
June 18, 2015









No amount of "formal classroom based schooling" at ANY levels in the BEST (whatever that means) learning institutions in the WORLD, can compare to QUALITY time spent gaining real world relevant hands-on experience in any field of endeavor. This is why students are asked to go on INTERNSHIPS, or INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT etc. You need to […]







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Entrepreneurship
THE FARM CEO (Issue 02) - Rat Control, Integrated Farming, Economics of Egg Production, Agribusiness Handbook: Poultry Meat & Eggs, Watch Songhai's Award Winning Snails Feeding Video, Songhai's Leadership Academy - SLA
June 17, 2015









In this second issue of THE FARM CEO newspaper, you get my reviews of, and links to: (a) A 3 part write-up on Rat Control - VERY useful, by a UK based expert! (b) A PDF Manual on Integrated Farming (c) A PDF paper on The Economics of Egg Production (d) A PDF document titled […]







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1 Hour Talks
MS Excel Automation Education in African Institutions Can Boost Jobs Creation & Self-Employment!
June 16, 2015









Universities and business schools across the world often offer full, real world relevant Excel-VBA programming courses. But NONE in Nigeria, Benin, possibly all of Africa do. This write-up is targeted mainly at educators  and providers of learning solutions in Africa. There is a massive dearth of MS Excel learning in general and Excel-VB programming education […]







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Career Development
No. 197: Gatekeepers Can Stop You From Marketing to CEOs (4 Tips to Evade Them)]
June 15, 2015









In marketing for paying clients, smart experts know it's always best to target a decision maker who can sign a VALID paying cheque. Depending on the company size, and how they operate, you may or may not be able to readily access the CEO. Yet it ALWAYS pays to aim to meet with the CEO […]







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Career Development
It Pays to Keep Truth-Based Relationships (Lesson from True Story by Beyoncé)
June 14, 2015









What Kinds Of Friends Do YOU Want - And Keep? I want to surround myself with TRUTH all the time. I do not want to keep diplomatic and "anchorless Social Chameleons" (as Daniel Goleman described them in his book on Emotional Intelligence) in my social circle. Does not matter if they are relatives or friends. […]







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General
Teaching People To Make Money Helps Them Better Than Always Giving Them Money
June 12, 2015









I believe, from years of careful observation, that: People Who Always Get Helped Without Being "Taught" Seldom Stop Needing Help. The following quote explains why... "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work, the more their poverty is increased" - Leo Tolstoi (1892) For some reason, […]







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Career Development
"Do Not Ally Yourself With Power Against The Powerless!" - Chinua Achebe
June 11, 2015









Sometimes people need to be rebuked for trying to protect their vested interests, at the expense of others. Chinua Achebe once said: "there is a moral obligation “not to ally oneself with power against the powerless." (See [The Boston Globe] Achebe: Fighting corruption with fame - The Boston Globe) As a leader in a developed society - […]







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