Entrepreneurship
“Biafra Born” Micro-Refineries Operating in Nigeria? Lessons for Nigeria/Africa!
November 12, 2013









Chinua Achebe wrote: “Let me give one more dimension of what we were hoping to do in Biafra...We were told, for instance, that technologically we would have to rely for a long, long time on the British and the West for everything. " This is Issue No. 3 in my "IDEAS for Making Nigeria Better" […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 115: Why Persistent People Succeed (Hint: A Silent But Irresistible Force!)
November 11, 2013









You may have heard about - or read - Napoleon Hill’s book titled “Think & Grow Rich”. In this issue of my newsletter, I highlight what is perhaps the most potent message in that book for ANY reader, to take away. Especially one who desires to know how to succeed, no matter how tough things […]







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Farm Biz
Customizable Excel-VB Driven Poultry Layer Farm Manager Software (Video Demonstration)
November 10, 2013









Watch screen shot demonstration video of the Excel-Visual Basic Driven Poultry Farm Manager I build from scratch, or customize/scale down to suit the needs of different farm business sizes. It allows users make daily entries of farm production/operating data.   Click here to watch on Youtube And it instantly generates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), like […]







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Farm Biz
10 Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Articles
November 9, 2013









Some of the articles below touch on various aspects of what I call a Best Operating Process Management System (BOPMS)™ for Farm Business Management - or at least mentioned the need for it, towards achieving consistently profitable farm business performance. If you're interested, click the link below to request a copy of my questionnaire survey […]







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Career Development
(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)
November 8, 2013









Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]







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My DN Travel News
We Need Not be Good at the Same Things, to Succeed!
November 8, 2013









"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein Remember The Above Quote EVERY Single Time You Think About Your Child When your child does not perform well in school, sports or any […]







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Career Development
How to Make Successful Employers Want You (2 Simple Steps) – By Tayo Solagbade
November 7, 2013









"All successful employers are stalking people who will do the unusual, people who think, people who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them." -- Charles M. Schwab You can get better career advancement opportunities from your current employer, and simultaneously attract better employers to come knocking on your door.  Simply implement the […]







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My DN Travel News
"Number" Versus "Quality" of Friends: Which Matters More? (Tips from Beyoncé, and Blaise Pascal)
November 6, 2013









Question: What would be the point of your claiming to have many friends/associates/relatives etc for instance, when most (or all?) of them are not true to you? For instance, they say one thing to your face, and another when you're not around OR they say one thing and do another etc. A Lesson About Truth-Based […]







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Entrepreneurship
4 Reasons Going Out Without Your Car May (Sometimes) Be a Smart Thing to Do!
November 5, 2013









This writeup is based on updated/revised excerpts from an article I originally wrote (on 30th November 2006), as a service provider when I was still based in Lagos-Nigeria.As such, not all the ideas I offer here, may be applicable to you or your environment. NB: I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013, and […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 114: Speaking IDEAS for Farm Support Experts
November 4, 2013









If you provide farm support products and services, this issue of my weekly speaking IDEAS newsletter will interest you. That includes experts working with private owned agro-allied companies, government agencies or even Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Yesterday, I listened to a top Ekiti state government official (on Nigerian TV) explaining how they are attracting young people […]







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