My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better

To succeed As a Role Model Be True to Yourself (True Story)

February 15, 2015

Last week, I had an interesting telephone/email based exchange with a lady banker who called about purchasing my "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" audio book DVD. It turned out she knew me from way back in 2002, my startup year, when we both served with an NGO as volunteer tutors. In addition to buying […]

Entrepreneurship

Teaching My Nigerian kids to make American style Easter Eggs (Hint: Why You Need to Teach Your Kids MORE Than What They Learn In School)

February 14, 2015

This photo shows a new set of "experimental" or "practice" Easter Eggs made by my kids, in our Lagos home, based on a movie we watched, and other learning resources I compiled for them. Our plan is to produce special Easter Eggs to give out during Easter to buyers of cakes, doughnuts and chin chin […]

Career Development

Don't Let Age Stop You From Becoming A Positive Change Agent!

February 6, 2015

I learnt a long time ago that one will only be as old as one thinks s/he is. That knowledge makes me very comfortable relating with people of all ages and across social strata, without bothering about their age, color, income class or educational level. What I look for is a desire for self-improvement, evidence […]

General

To Achieve Her True Potential, Nigeria MUST Reject "Government Magic"!

January 28, 2015

Babatunde Raji Fashola has been hailed both locally and internationally, for achieving unprecedented success as Lagos State Governor. To show how impressive Fashola's achievements have been, UK based "The Telegraph" (on 24th Oct 2014) did a flattering feature article on him titled "Meet the man who tamed Nigeria's most lawless city". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11184759/Meet-the-man-who-tamed-Nigerias-most-lawless-city.html Little wonder Lagosians […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 178: To Achieve Marketing Success at Low Cost, You Need a List of Potential Buyers

January 26, 2015

The more I “data-mine” my website mailing LIST of subscribers, and some actually go ahead and buy my products/services (sometimes years after signing up), the more I tell other business owners this: “The money is IN the LIST”! Curious to know what I mean? Keep reading then!! SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Career Development

Everything You Want for Your Business Success…and MUCH MORE!

January 8, 2015

UPDATE: Good news. Apart from 65%discount on ALL my products/services, every member of my InnerCircle now gets ONE of my products of his/her choice FREE(e.g my Poultry Farm Manages, Ration Formulator, Payslip Generator etc). Read the updated offer pdf click here and let me know which product you want. Tayo K. Solagbade Watch a Clinical […]

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