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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Career Development
No. 177: To Be Unstoppable, You Must Be Incomparable!
January 19, 2015









Those who become unstoppable at what they do, often stand out from the crowd, in terms of their demonstrated abilities, and achievements. In other words, they are incomparable. By implication, their names come first in people's minds, ahead of any others who do what they do. One person I believe really personifies this concept is […]







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Career Development
Five (5) Action Steps That Can Increase Your Chances of Business Startup Success
January 17, 2015









In February 2001, about 4 months after I got promoted out of my shift-based Brewer position, to become the Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery Technical Training & Development Manager, I came to the conclusion that I needed to fast-track my plans to quit paid employment and start my own business.  I had been plotting […]







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Career Development
Creating Demand for Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software Solutions in Nigeria/Africa (True Story by Tayo K. Solagbade)
January 17, 2015









Download this PDF ebook to read the true story of how I literally single-handedly created a market for my Excel-Visual Basic solutions development service in Nigeria/Africa. Since 2004, I've helped individuals and businesses in Nigeria/Africa (in recent years Asia/America as well) get MORE productivity boosting value out of the Microsoft Excel® on their PCs, at […]







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Career Development
Be Proud of Who You Are, No Matter What (Hint: Speak Your Language, Bear Your Traditional Name, Practice Your Culture - Lessons from Fela Anikulapo Kuti)
January 15, 2015









Fela Anikulapo Kuti's legend has spread globally, decades after he passed on, because he practised what he preached i.e being a mentally emancipated, proud black African (free from what he termed "Colonial Mentality"). His story is as compelling as the Afrobeat music he invented, and used to preach his messages. Fela stood unapologetically, for the […]







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Career Development
Do You Need To Be Error-Free? (Hint: Why It's NOT a Good Idea, If You Want Authentic Success)
January 14, 2015









“Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld, U.S […]







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Career Development
Speaking Success Is Not About Audience Size
January 13, 2015









Everything I am about to say here is, as usual, my personal opinion. To me, a good speaker will be successful in influencing people s/he speaks to, both on and off the platform. So, if you are a genius on the platform and a goof ball in your personal interactions, you have a lot of […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 176: Serve Clients Fanatically & They'll Speak GLOWINLGY About You [VIDEO: Clinical Audiologist Client Speaks About Tayo K. Solagbade]
January 12, 2015









Due to my diverse client base I get many requests for widely differiug solutions I offer as a Multipreneur. Most come to me because they trust me. So much so that they even ask me to help evaluate prospective employees, or to decide what expert to engage to carry out tasks for them. They act […]







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Entrepreneurship
Glaring Contrast Between Cyber Cafes in Lagos and Cotonou (The Need to Create Enabling Environments) - True Story
January 11, 2015









Traveling helps one gain useful perspectives and insights, making one broad minded. My travels have taught me that one does need to be rich, or make big money to enjoy great QUALITY of life. In well managed societies, even the poor can afford a decent existence devoid of avoidable annoyances. The story I share below […]







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Career Development
Acquire Real World Relevant Skills. Create the Future You Want.
January 9, 2015









Real world relevant skills immunize those who have - and make diligent intelligent use of - them against failure. I always tell people of a news report I once read over a decade ago, when Daddy Showkey (who invented the unique dance styles and music genre that made him famous) explained how he survived his […]







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