Entrepreneurship
[WORKSHOP] How to Make Drinks You Can Sell Using Peels of Pineapples - Lagos based NGO invites Tayo Solagbade to Train 30 Members









During the past week, I had a meeting with the founder/CEO of a Lagos based NGO engaged in vocational skills training across learning institutions (up to tertiary level) in Nigeria. He had learnt of my one day workshop on drinks making using Pineapple Peels, from a partner of www.discovercotonou.com (my new travel produict/service website brand) and got […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
Bayo Adeyinka Shares his Frustration from Interviewing 50 "Graduates" of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions |Femi Ogedengbe - Nollywood Actor Turned Security Guard in USA Identifies Types Of Nigerian Leaders & Followers Responsible for Her Retrogression









This post's message is in line with the theme of my last few posts of the failure of the formal schooling system - especially in Nigeria - to prepare learners to arrive society with real world relevant competence that ensures they can fend for themselves. The most recent being yesterday's post about the meeting I […]







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Career Development
TRUE STORY: An Invitation from The Ministry of Youth and Social Development to Discuss My Paper Titled "Schooling Is a Means to an End and NOT an End In Itself"









Two 2 days ago (on Wednesday 14th March 2018) I got a call from the Ministry of Youth and Social Development. The lady asked "Is this Mr. Tayo Solagbade?". I replied that it was. She then went on to say they had received and read a cover letter and the 62 page version of my […]







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Entrepreneurship
PII109: Discover Business Opportunities in Cotonou - FREE Market Entry Support Service from www.discovercotonou.com









If you are like a growing number looking for business opportunities in Cotonou (who have reached out to me since I began writing - in April 2013 - about my experiences as I shuttled the Lagos-Cotonou axis), this article will interest you. Entering a new market requires careful planning and research SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE […]







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Entrepreneurship
Hurry Merchants With Get-Rich-Quick Mentalities Cannot Use a Web Marketing System (WMS) Successfully









In this article, I explain why people looking for quick-results-with-minimal-effort in their business marketing are unlikely to find my Web Marketing System (WMS) suited to their needs. I am unapologetic in telling anyone who asks me what s/he stands to gain by adopting my WMS, that s/he can look forward at the start to a […]







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Entrepreneurship
PII108: Why I Do NOT Want My Kids to Get the Same Formal Schooling I Got [PDF Report]









In December 2001, I quit my job to build and sell ExcelVB software as a business, and today, I am getting increasing recognition for it. Many IT graduates from places like NIIT have repeatedly reached out to me, to ask how they could also make money using their skills. They know how to code, but […]







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Entrepreneurship
Use a Web Marketing System to Create a RELIABLE Stream of High Quality Sales Leads of Pre-Qualified Prospects, That You Eventually Convert to Buyers [True Story: New Member of Tayo Solagbade's Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club Joins from Kenya's Nairobi]









"No matter how difficult the socioeconomic environment of your primary target market is, smart web marketing know-how like the one I possess, and which I use to support my clients (via a customizable Web Marketing System) CAN, over time, be successfully leveraged to generate a RELIABLE stream of high quality sales leads of pre-qualified prospects, […]







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Entrepreneurship
PII 105: To Achieve Greater Success, Offer to Speak Online - and Especially Offline [True Story: The First Speaking Invitation I've Accepted for 2018]









This week's issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter, I feature a preview and link to a Speaker ONE Sheet from 2015, which announces my FREE 1 hour talk titled "Attract Profitable Buyers at Zero Cost…Even While YOU Sleep " One evening on Tuesday 3rd March, I arrived the office of a multidisciplinary client company in Cotonou, […]







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Career Development
PII 099: You Need Reasoning Skills, NOT Memorization for Success! [www.discovercotonou.com - COMING SOON!]









All human beings are born with some kind of unique genius. We just need to narrow down to what it is for each person. Some of us discover it by ourselves. Others get it pointed out to them by those they interact with. Sadly few people who pass through formal schooling are able to preserve […]







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