Entrepreneurship
How To Deal Effectively With Risks & Uncertainties To Ensure More Consistency In Your Farm's Performance
March 18, 2014









As a Performance Improvement Specialist, with a bias for Farm Research & Extension Advisory Services provision, I encourage farm CEOs to adopt what I call a BOPMS™ i.e. a Best Operating Process Management System™ for Profitable Farm Management. When implemented correctly, a BOPMS™ can - among other benefits - enable competent handling of the many RISKS […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 133: To Succeed, Find Correctly Motivated Buyers
March 17, 2014









Why do people who buy YOUR services do so? Do you know? In this article, I explain why knowing the answer to that question, is the key to your long term selling success, as a service provider. The insights I share can make you more effective in selling your services for the long term, IF […]







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Entrepreneurship
Need Help to Raise Money for Your Farm Business?
March 15, 2014









On 2012-04-17 at 23:15:18, Obinna N., a Mechanical Engineer with a well known multinational oil company wrote me saying: “i have a plot of land and i have just raised 2 million naira to start cat fish farming please i need to succeed, i need your help in every way possible thanks” But I Never […]







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Entrepreneurship
Update: Saturday 15th March 2014 Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Workshop
March 14, 2014









Around 12 noon today, Ekere A., a Farm CEO in Uyo called me on my mobile, here in Cotonou, to confirm that DHL just delivered the Feed Formulation learning package I sent to him. I'd had to constantly liaise with DHL (via their website tracking system and by phone) from Tuesday, when I sent the […]







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My DN Travel News
A Society That Does Not Reward Competence Will Develop Poorly
March 14, 2014









Chimamanda Adichie left Nigeria for the USA at the age of 19. Today, she's in the news again for winning yet another award as a writer. Isn't it wonderful that a person from just about anywhere in the world, can go to the USA, and succeed on merit? Adichie and Lupita Nyong'o are two great […]







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Entrepreneurship
Your Practical Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Home Study Video Series is Now Available!
March 13, 2014









It's taken a LOT OF HARD WORK, but I knew it would be worth it. This is because I get to offer many busy Farm CEOs who've contacted me" a viable alternative to traveling down to attend the forthcoming LIVE workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. And it's a better option compared to even holding a webinar […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
Working As A Farm Hand Enabled Me Create My Self-Cleaning Aquariums
March 12, 2014









In 2002, I apprenticed on Muyiwa Adediran's Belewo specialised fish rearing farm for a period of about six (6) months. This was in line with my plan to acquire skills and knowledge to eventually startup my own Integrated Fish Farm later on. During this time I would come in on specified days (usually Sundays) to […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Achieve Success, Protect Your Client Relationships
March 11, 2014









Yesterday I spent about 2 hours in the accounts section of a medium sized hospital client company (in Ikeja, Lagos), who have been using my Excel-VB Driven Payslip Generator since April 2007. They had called me while I was in Cotonou about 3 weeks ago The app, according to the department head, was giving negative […]







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Career Development
Coming Soon: Practical Livestock Feed Formulation (and Compounding) Home Study Video Series
March 8, 2014









Update: The Home Study Video Package is now available - click HERE. I share below, my personal story as a practical example of how you can monetize what you know in different ways, You will learn how a combination of requests from buyers, and difficulties meeting unique challenges they faced with what I had, helped […]







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General
Asking Questions Can Stop People From Exploiting You (Lessons From My Seme Border Experience)
March 7, 2014









I took the picture below, today at the United Bank of Africa (UBA) branch, on the Nigerian side of Seme border. I stood outside because the hall where the ATM machines stood was too hot for me. The air conditioners had broken down, and a long queue of people had built up. Since I considered […]







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