Essentially, that was 2001. I knew I was going into Agric but we were not ready. Then we got this
information about a Piggery estate in Ikorodu. But then, I did not have any kobo on me, but I believed I had to get something doing to investing this idea.So I went around trying to find out exactly what it entails to start a piggery business and the market available.
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In 2016, I decided to create a new range of support solutions to help my Farm CEO clients build and grow their businesses to be more profitable.
To that end I setup a private/closed Facebook group to let paid clients interact with me, as well as one another, to share advice, tips, news/information and experiences.
See https://facebook.com/groups/992652147472525?refid=27
For years I’ve been having to link new clients with old ones, so the latter can buy point of lay birds, maize and other ingredients from (or with the help of) the former.
By creating this closed group, such interactions can happen directly between members and I won’t need to do matchmaker wahala anymore!
As one of my Farm CEO clients, you are likely to find this useful towards progressing your farm startup plans, since you’ll be able to post questions in the group and other CEOs with knowledge and experience can share with you at zero cost
In order to add someone to the closed group, I’ve noticed it’s best when s/he is on my friend’s list, so I can just click his/her name.
That’s why I’m sending Friend Requests to the rest of my Farm CEO clients (in and out of Africa) who are not currently connected with me on Facebook.
Except of course for those (about 40%) who’ve made it clear they prefer not to use, or not to be active/visible on Facebook or social media in general.
If you’d like to join, accept my request so I can add you to the group.
If you’re not yet a client, click here to request details of how you can join.
Apart from the above benefits, as a clu member you get lifetime discount of 40% or more, to buy products/services I offer now or in the future
Not just that. As I’ve proven to other clients in the past, I become available to provide information research support services to members e.g to find suppliers of feed ingredients, raw materials etc or to review market opportunities, contact potential partners etc.
Most of the above will be delivered via Your Lifetime Subscription to the Farm CEO Newspaper – http://www.thefarmceo.net
PS: There is another private group I manage on Facebook
It’s for my ExcelVB club..
A new Farm CEO user of my Excel-VB driven Poultry Farm Manager (PFM) app recently wrote me a series of unusual but potentially useful questions about how to use it.
It occurred to me that others might be nursing similar questions, and would therefore appreciate having access to my responses, hence this blog starting with the question below:
Hi Tayo
I have purchased a new Apple MacBook and commenced download of your software but it appears it is not compatible with this the apple applications. Is this right? All the boxes and commands as shown in the video are not coming up on the apple system. Is this right or I am not doing something wrong?
My Response:
I did not realize you’d be getting yourself a Mac.
My app is built to work with Excel for Windows. So it behaves funny in Excel for the Mac OS.
The link below leads to a page containing the best support information I’ve so far been able to find for my Mac users (you’re number 4 so far).
Let me know how you get on. If it does not work out, we’ll discuss other ways forward.
Okay Tayo, I will try this out and see how it pans out.
You should also consider adopting your software to change with time to avoid restricting your clientele.
My Response:
Have actually tried modifying the code by consulting reviews of common coding syntax conflict areas, but eventually realised my best bet will be to do the modifications and thorough test running (like I did with the Windows version) on a full fledged Mac OS – not a cross platform.
This is so I can get the best possible impression of what users in the unique Mac OS environment will likely encounter.
Will get there eventually. It only makes sense to do so.
Hi Tayo
I have tried to download windows 7 onto the mac computer but this is proving to be a bit of brain test and I don’t have much time in the day to do my work, talk less of figuring out this conversion. To this end, I will have to temporarily download your software onto a holding laptop and move it later. I hope this will not prove to be problematic as the main server exist with you (I think), and as long as I use the username and password to gain access to my spreadsheet.
I have no “server” like access to your copy of the app or any other client’s.
I designed it to be an independent workbook app that the license owner can freely use on any computer of his/her choice that has the needed version of MS Excel.
So I expect you will have no difficulty getting it to run normally on the Windows based PC you’ve now chosen.
Let me know if you need any help. I’m sure we’ll resolve any issues that may arise.
1. What would happen if I decide to change the laptop that the original software was downloaded onto. Would I lose all my farm information? Or do you have a server in the ‘cloud’ that stores all the information.
My response:
No. You would lose no data. And the app is not web enabled, so there’s no server or ‘cloud’ backend arrangement, It’s a normal workbook automation-enabled with VBA code.
However, I offer much more advanced DICTATOR apps that leave your data in seperate passworded workbooks or databases so that you can always upgrade to new versions without needing the hassle of moving your data from the old app into the new one. This ensures your sensitive business data remains with you – retaining its confidentiality.
The version of the app you’ve received has no such features built it. They are available only on request.
To make this app pocket friendly, I limited use of bells and whistles, sticking instead to the barest necessities.
Reason: I found many of the Farm CEOs who reached out to me to be often beginning or basic level users of computers and software in general. Most just wanted something simple, and my efforts to interest them in more met most times with resistance.
2. Can you detect if laptop changes?
My response:
Not with the version of the app that you ordered. But the full 12 month version of the app comes with the ability to detect if the computer on which it is being used is the licensed version.
If it’s not, it displays a message prompt informing the user that the PC is not licensed to run the app. Once the user clicks OK, the app quietly exits MS Excel.
Having said that, note that the app is licensed for use by YOU, on YOUR computer.
Feel free to transfer it between any number of PCs you use. I conceived it to be used that way.
Note however that the terms of use do not permit the app’s use on any PC that is not yours or to handle data for any activities outside the business entity for which you purchased it I.e Lynton farms.
3. Is the software you issued to me the latest version, and updated automated feed stock software as demonstrated in your video?
My response:
Yes it is.
4. From your video, the ‘feed stock movement’ appears to be based on feed purchase rather than production of feed on site.
My response:
That is correct.
5. I have constructed a feedmill house and purchased feedmill machine, hence production would be on site.
In this regard, how can I adopt the spreadsheet to reflect production of feed on site.
>>>> There is no default provision for that, but you can improvise in using the Suppliers Schedule by adding Lyton Farms Feed as an entry in the list of Feed Suppliers so that it shows up in the Suppliers Schedule. If the be told however, it may be a bit confusing.
The best way to go would be to build in a module to handle Feed Mill Data, linking where needed to the relevant interfaces in the full app.
6. My Pen house have been constructed to accommodate 2 cage rows / lines, hence would you need to adjust my software to reflect 2 cage lines per pen.
My response:
Not really. It just means you’ll not be making any entries into the row for the 3rd cage lines in each pen.
At the event, all issues would be treated and I would share tips for best user experience. Venue likely to be a Plaza in Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Details later.
I’ll be reaching out to everyone to arrive at a consensus, but I’m reasonably sure from past efforts to run my Feed Formulation workshop, that majority are likely to prefer weekend as well.
Many work 9 to 5 jobs during the week and run their farm businesses on the side with the help of their spouses.
Will keep you posted on developments.
[Tip: This is a publication for Farm CEO members of my Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas club, which I’ve left without password protection, for non-members to read and benefit. Enjoy!]
Times are hard for business owners today – especially in Nigeria. (Hint: Read
“My Dear, We Have To Sell The Range Rover. Nigeria is Broke. No Money To Steal” – Mazi’s Humour & Satire )
So if you serve people belonging to that group, you need to find ways to help them getter results at lower costs, if you want them to pay attention to you.
No one has any free money to spare for experimental projects anymore. You’ve got to demonsrate to them specific, tangible benefits that can accrue to them.
And after you make your sale, it will be in your long term business profitability interest to remain as passionate as possible, in helping them with tips, coaching as well as new ideas and resources they can study, explore or use to make progress towards their valued
goals.
I practice what I preach, so you can be sure I do the above. I’ve done it for years in fact.
Dear (name removed),
I’ll send you a zipped folder cotaining the 1st 37 PDF issues of The Farm CEO newspaper later. All clients get FREE lifetime subscription. If you’d joined the Facebook group you would have received it 2 months back.
I featured some writeups on alternative feed ingredients in some editions. It’s 17MB and cannot be sent from my BB due to the data limit.
Below are the URLs to some other potentially useful articles you can read.
1. Cassava root meal as substitute for maize in layers ration – SciELO
Click here to read
NB: The challenge for you will be how to get enough of this viable alternative ingredient in the desire form for use in achieving successful feed formulation
2. Story: After Resolving Layers Feeding Problems, Selling Increased Eggs Output Became a Headache
Click here to read
3. Practical Poultry Farm Business Performance Calculations
Click here to read
NB: I wrote this popular article around 2006. It explains the calculations used to generate the HDP% and other parameters in the PFM app.
4. Nigeria Finds Sorghum a Good Alternative to Maize in Poultry Feed
Click here to read
5. Effect of Replacing Maize with Brewer’s Dried Grain in Broiler Feed
Click here to read
6. Effects of Partial or Total Replacement of Maize with Alternative Feed Source on Digestibility, Growth Performance, Blood Metabolites and Economics in Limousin Crossbred Cattle
Click here to read
7. Utilization of cassava in nonruminant livestock feeds
Click here to read
8. Effect of Dietary Maize Substitution with Sweet Potato Meal on Performance of Growers (10-22 weeks) and Subsequent Egg Production (23-35 weeks)
Click here to read
9. 5 Powerful Tools for Accurately Measuring Your (Farm) Business’ Health | SD Nuggets™
Click here to read
10. 5 Proven Ways to Boost Farm Profits without Raising Prices
I’m often corresponding on phone, Whatsapp, email and Facebook with my clients in various markets.
In the last 48 hours, I’ve done a lot of that with one in the UK, another in Ogun state Nigeria, and just yesterday morning, one in Benin Republic’s Cotonou.
I feel blessed to be able to say my devotion to serving them with my heart and soul, continues to add value to them in a way that they appreciate.
It pays to serve with passion. Your clients will love you for it.
If you’re a client looking for a provider to hire, choose one who demonstrates that s/he truly cares with a passion, for you and your business. Otherwise you may end up throwing your money away!
Need my help? Click here to send me a message.
Indeed a section in my PDF Entrepreneur’s Survival Reference Manual (titled “25 Avoidable Mistakes No One Will Ever Warn You About In Starting Your Business in Nigeria) is devoted to JV Marketing.
See One Sheet Talk PDF reference to it here, and my 2006 EzineArticles.com reference to it here.
In that manual, I noted that many fail in business because they fail to explore use of JV marketing. I used excerpts from that book chapter to publish an article on the subject in Aug 2014 on my blog at http://tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets/use-joint-venture-marketing-partnerships-to-achieve-greater-marketing-success/
Many times, I included specific examples of ways I try to use them – and how others have proposed them to me.
3 months ago, for instance, on 26th Feb 2016, in Issue 003 of my Public Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offered a PDF report download, along with details of a Joint Venture proposal I made to Travel and Tours companies in Africa, regarding my Freelance Writing services.
That effort got me several useful Twitter mentions and retweets by notable players in the South African market.
Having said that, I must say that my personal experiences indicate that many Nigerian/African business owners and entrepreneurs need to explore using JV partnerships to boost their marketing reach and impact, while cutting their costs of marketing and customer/client acquisition by half or more.
This is an offer letter I sent out to the CEO of a magazine publishing outfit who reached out to me earlier in the year.
I share excerpts from it, for consideration by others who may be interested in this offer – and also to serve as useful information and education to those in need of ideas.
Dear (name removed),
Our previous phone conversation regarding your interest in Web Marketing Systems I develop for clients refers.
Thanks for connecting with me recently on Facebook. I was in Cotonou at the time, and made a mental note to contact you once I returned to Nigeria…
I’ve been thinking of ways to help you achieve your stated goals, along with mine, and I’m pleased to say I’ve found one that can work – if you’re interested.
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I propose we start a Joint Venture Marketing partnership
====================Since we serve similar markets (I.e Farm business owners and stakeholders in the agriculture industry) we can use a barter exchange type arrangement to work together.
My offer:
One Year (12 Full Months) Web Marketing Support for your (magazine name removed) brand – (magazine URL removed).
This will be as per the details spelt out on the Dec 2016 offer page for my 1 year Web Marketing Support Service at
http://tayosolagbade.com/smclub-nonfarm.htmlIgnore the past due offer dates on that page.
Ignore also the N150k service offer fee.
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Here’s what I request instead:
====================1. Payment to develop a custom Web Marketing System to boost your marketing reach and impact, on or off the web.
The Dec 2016 Promo fee = N150k.
My JV Partnership Offer to you = N120k
However, if you take up the offer on or before:
I. MNT today (deadline date removed), you can pay N80k.
If that’s not possible, take it up on before…
Ii. 12 Noon tomorrow (deadline date removed), and you can pay only N100k.
NB: Regardless of which option you choose above, after developing it, I will manage the WMS I build for you, as described on the above page, for 1 year or longer – at zero cost to you.
What I will do for you is what I do for my brand (via www.tayosolagbade.com which led YOU to me) I.e to generate quality sales leads.
A WMS, when well designed, and used, gets you noticed by (and attracts to you) those who need the solution(s) you offer.
I. View a mindmap I use to explain the key components of a WMS at the link below:
http://tayosolagbade.com/uploads/wms-mindmap-writers.pdf
Ii. In the email that will follow this one, I will attach a zipped folder containing a video in which I explain how a WMS works, using the above mindmap.
2. In exchange for managing your WMS FREE for one year, I would like to have FREE ad slots for my 3 Farm Support Products which I’ve sold for years using my own WMS (see details in the attached proof PDF) on your website, and in every issue of your magazine for as long as our JV partnership continues
3. Make N4k to N35k or more per sale of my products
The partnership I propose can also yield Passive Income benefits for you:
This is because regarding the adverts for my products that I propose you publish on your website and in your mag, I offer you 50% of any resulting sales – upfront – as JV partnership commission.
A special enquiry form designed to auto-copy enquiries to your email will be linked to the ad banners on your website.
Enquirers from your network will always be asked to make payment through you.
That way, you will be aware of sales made, and you’ll simply take out your 50% from payments made to you, before sending the rest to me.
All order fulfilment notes will be copied to your email box, for your use as Quality Control check that each buyer got what s/he paid for.
My 3 farm business support products are tried and tested in the market (having been on sale for years) and they meet a felt need of majority of farm businesses.
So this can make our partnership quite lucrative on the income generating front, even as I implement a custom WMS to better attract your target audience.
See the attached proof PDF document for 3 real life case studies of sales I made of my customizable ExcelVB Monthly Poultry Farm Manager software in a 6 week period, totalling N230k – all via my WMS, and without meeting any of the buyers in person.
4. Other benefits you get:
I. I will place FREE advert banners for ALL your magazine’s advertisers on http://www.tayosolagbade.com, in addition to http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets, http://www.thefarmceo.net and http://www.excelheaven.biz.
Ii. In addition, I will explore ways, in liaison with you, to implement other key components of a WMS for you. See the attached PDF mind map showing all 9 components.
5. Becoming my WMS client will get you lifetime membership of my Web Marketing for CEOs Club (see the closed/private Facebook group at https://m.facebook.com/groups/736287616508718?refid=27 )
Apart from FREE Web Marketing coaching, tips, ideas, information and strategies shared to members, this comes with 50% discount for life, to buy any other products or services I offer.
See examples at
www.tayosolagbade.com/sdn-sell.htm====================
Summary: That’s my offer!
====================I strongly believe we can make this JV partnership work, and that’s why I’ve put together this ready-to-implement offer, with significant concessions.
Some of the offers I’ve made are time limited, mainly because the discount concessions and benefits attached are quite hefty.
Many clients I have today are long term friends from years back because they too the required leap of faith to signup for my time bound offers.
The normal fees remain accessible upon expiration of the promo offer deadlines.
Let me know if you have questions or require clarification.
With kindest regards,
Tayo K. Solagbade*
Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist & Multipreneur*Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club & Competition
Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)
http://www.tayosolagbade.com [Flagship Performance Improvement Website]
http://www.thefarmceo.net [The Farm CEO Newspaper]
http://www.excelheaven.biz [Custom Excel Visual Basic driven Software Development]
http://www.tksola.com [Response Generating Writing and Web Marketing Solutions]
Below is a message I received from a Farm CEO few days ago, asking for a software solution:
“…I’m currently running a piggery business with no record keeping. At best, very poor and would love you developing a software that can help in terms of reporting, analysing and profitability including growth, effectiveness and efficiency.
I also have several colleagues needing same and it would be my pleasure leading them to you based on your products delivering my needs.
Let us explore this further please.”
I’ve been getting requests like these more frequently in the recent past, indicating that more Farm CEOs are keen to adopt best practice management of their farm businesses.
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NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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Below is a message I received from a Farm CEO few days ago, asking for a software solution:
“…I’m currently running a piggery business with no record keeping. At best, very poor and would love you developing a software that can help in terms of reporting, analysing and profitability including growth, effectiveness and efficiency.
I also have several colleagues needing same and it would be my pleasure leading them to you based on your products delivering my needs.
Let us explore this further please.”
I’ve been getting requests like these more frequently in the recent past, indicating that more Farm CEOs are keen to adopt best practice management of their farm businesses.
Below is a generic response message I typically send to them, in which I outline my recommendation for a complete solution, ending with several offers for the relevant CEO to choose from.
I share the contents of that message here, in the hope that others might learn a thing or two.
Dear (name here),
Thanks for your request. I’m an advocate of Best Practice Farm Business Management driven by the often neglected strategy of Variable Cost Reduction (VCR).
In 2009, I used my training and experiences as a Best Practice Batch Production Process Manager from my successful 7 year run in Guinness Nigeria, to develop what I call a BOPMS (Best Operating Process Management System) model, that I now encourage farm owners to adopt, and of which VCR is an integral element powered by custom software or Enterprise Information Systems (EIS).I mentioned this BOPMS concept, with its mind map on page 11 of the International Agribusiness paper I got paid to write by a European Union funded NGO in 2013. Learn more about it at http://tinyurl.com/AgribizPDF.
I see the BOPMS format missing in many farm businesses. And that’s why many struggle to yield consistent output. As a result, most owners cannot stay away for too long for fear of things going wrong.
Among other benefits, the BOPMS, used correctly, as I prescribe after setup, can help you maintain – even increase! – your profits without raising your prices.
Years ago I published the following article on the foregoing theme:
http://ezinearticles.com/?You-Can-Increase-Your-Profits-Without-Raising-Your-Prices&id=199684
Now, given the multiple layers of input price increases and scarcity (e.g. of maize, petrol) faced by farms and their target buyers, you will agree with me that raising farm gate prices will likely cause drops in sales volumes. But I argue that you can maintain or boost your profits by spending less while producing more AND selling more via a BOPMS. You will be increasing or maintaining profits by reducing operating expenses, increasing output, and selling more. This will not happen overnight, but it can, if done right.
And that’s why I would like to offer you a ONE Year BOPMS based Support Service.
I recommend you adopt what I call a BOPMS for Profitable and Stress-FREE Farm Business Management.
My Poultry Farm Manager app was built in 2009 for use by Farm businesses as a first step towards getting them to adopt the BOPMS. I can build a similar performance improvement app for your kind of farm business as part of a custom BOPMS in the same way.
Get 2 FREE bonuses:
1. One year Marketing Support to find bulk buyers
This is as per the details spelt out on the Dec 2016 offer page for my 1 year Web Marketing Support Service – see below.
http://tayosolagbade.com/smclub-nonfarm.html
Ignore the dates. Ignore the N150k service offer fee: If you take up my BOPMS offer, you will get the service promised on that page – completely FREE for 1 full year (you purchase domain/hosting with me). That means I will develop and implement a Web Marketing System to promote your farm business’ to attract bulk buyers for 1 year at zero cost to you.
So, you will end up with an Effective Online presence (built around www.yourfarm.com for example) updated with 100% original bulk-buying client attracting content ghost-written in your name by me and auto-published via your website, blog, facebook and Twitter platforms. See full details at http://tayosolagbade.com/smclub-nonfarm.html
What I will do for you is what I do for my brand (via www.tayosolagbade.com which led YOU to me).
2. FREE Customization of your Enterprise Information System (EIS) or Software
During the course of the 1 year period, I will modify the software I build for you to:
A. Meet any additional needs we identify and agree on for your farm business
B. Accommodate the various aspects of the BOPMS that will be setup for you. This will ensure you and your team members have ready access to required documents, farm record forms and reports that will be auto generated for use in your BOPMS from custom interfaces in the app.
What you need to do to get the above bonuses:
Signup to have me setup a BOPMS for your Farm business. Attached to this email is a mind map (bopms-video-shot.png) with highlights of key components. Pay particular attention to the Workplace Organization module (which includes development of Job Descriptions, Work Instructions, Record formats, KPIs, Problem Solving Guides etc).
Below are introductory articles about the BOPMS
Its proprietary nature makes it difficult for me to reveal more, except to paid clients.
http://tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets/best-practices-boost-farm-employees-productivity-3-tips
http://tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets/powerful-resources-to-boost-your-poultry-farms-performance/
FREE BOPMS Training:
I will provide FREE downloadable PDF, Video (and if you want, FREE on-site coaching) for you and members of your farm business on how to make effective use of your BOPMS daily, weekly, monthly etc
Payment Options
Option A: Standard BOPMS development fee – which includes building a custom EIS or software – is N500k (Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
However, you can sign up for full BOPMS by…
1. Paying N250k at once on or before (deadline here)
Or
2. Paying N350k in 3 installments, starting with N200k on or before (deadline here) followed by N75k payments every 30 days for 2 months.
Tip: You can take up ANY of the above time limited offers by sharing the payment with up to 4 other Farm CEOs. That way each of you only pays a fraction (e.g. N50k per CEO for Offer 1) of the fee to get the full BOPMS (which includes the software).
Another tip: If you need time to get buy-in from others, pay N75k on or before (deadline here), to tie down Offer 1, then pay the balance or before (deadline here).
Option B: If however the above offer of the BOPMS does not interest you, here’s an alternative offer:
I will build for you, a Custom Excel VB driven Pig Farm Business Manager software (based on requirements you specify), with similar best practice automated data handling and report generation features to my Poultry Farm Manager:
If you pay N200k instead of the standard N300k fee, on or before (deadline here)
Tip: You can take up this time limited offer to build a custom software for your farm by sharing the payment with up to 4 other Farm CEOs. That way each of you only pays a fraction (i.e. N40k per CEO) to get the full software.
Another tip: If you need time to get buy-in from others, pay N75k, on or before (deadline here), to tie down the offer, then pay the balance or before (deadline here).
Summary
Those are my offers (name removed). I hope you find one that meets your needs.
The options I have given you are a gesture of goodwill borne out of a desire to help you achieve profitable and stress-free benefits from your farm business.
I have done extensive research and review of best practice pig/swine farm business, and also have close contact with some active pig farm owners in Nigeria.
This is why I’m able to confidently offer you the above solutions. It goes without saying that I will still use my standard Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) Form to obtain additional information about specific features you want in your app, if you decide to go further with this.
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Tayo K. Solagbade* Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist *Creator of the Mastering Adversity for Perpetual Success Achievement Coaching Program Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic) Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others. Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners). Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm Manager™ software. He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others. In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos. On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region. His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details). In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager. In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting. Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc). When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter. You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook. Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity. ====
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