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What's The Future Of Spreadsheet Automation?!

December 4, 2014

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I build custom Excel-VB driven software used by a growing number of individuals and businesses within and outside Africa. Over the past decade in particular, I have successfully tailored the solutions I offer to SUIT the local environment we have, […]

Career Development

The Secret to a Worry-FREE Life: Never Let Your Problem Give Birth to Babies

December 4, 2014

“Either do wrong or feel guilty but don’t do both. It’s too much work.” - Anonymous A number of factors can cause a person to worry. Examples include financial difficulties, problems in the family or workplace etc. Sometimes we become so worried or pre-occupied by certain things that we inadvertently let them affect our behaviour […]

Entrepreneurship

White Paper (PDF), Blueprint for a Low Cost Automated Spreadsheet Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)™

December 2, 2014

In August 2007, an old client engaged me to write a research based paper on development of a low cost networkable Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) for a South Western state in Nigeria. We later traveled down from Lagos, to the state, so I could present the paper, but were unable to meet with top […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 170: Achieve Speaking Success Using Your Audience’s Local Proverbs & Stories

December 1, 2014

Popular Yoruba proverb: “Èhinkule l’ òtá wa, ilé ni aseni ngbé” [Meaning: “The enemy lies in wait in the backyard. The traitor lives in the home”. Read story-based interpretation in photo below].To speak successfully, one must connect emotionally and intellectually with an audience. Pastor Tunde Bakare is a speaker who does that effortlessly using local […]

General

Success Quotes Only Work When Diligently Acted Upon

November 29, 2014

I once heard a famous American celebrity quoted on radio by a presenter as follows: "Success is the result of good judgement. Good judgement is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgement". The moral - according to the radio presenter - is that FAILURES we go through in life (often as […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Make Your Excel-VB Software Complement Others

November 28, 2014

"Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?" I am sometimes asked the foregoing question in various forms, by prospective clients trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus my custom Excel-VB application development service). Here's a typical example of the […]

Entrepreneurship

Boost Your Supermarket Bookshop or Factory's Profits With a Custom Excel-VB Software [Hint: View Screenshots of an Excel-VB driven Pure Water Business Manager™ app built for a Pure Water Factory in Ogudu, Lagos-Nigeria]

November 27, 2014

UPDATE - 29TH DECEMBER 2020: Watch video demonstration of NEW version with Auto Cashbook, KPI Charts etc. The Typical Scenario Some bookshop/supermarket owners (especially in my part of the world – Nigeria/Benin/Africa) focus - almost exclusively - on capturing sales and recording expenses using cash registers/POS tools (sometimes in conjunction with a PC based financial reporting […]

Career Development

Use Excel-VB to Create Limitless Possibilities BEYOND What Off-The-Shelf Software Make Possible

November 26, 2014

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for recording, re-organising, analysing and presenting information. By Excel VB, I refer to Excel VBA - where VBA means Visual Basic for Applications(VBA). VBA refers to the highly extensive and flexible macro programming language developed by Microsoft for use in their MS office applications – Word, Power Point, etc. […]

Career Development

Adults Learn Best by Doing: Power User Experiential Coaching Learning Event

November 25, 2014

Become more productive in using Microsoft Excel through my Power User Coaching. I employ an "Experiential Coaching" technique which emphasises job-based case studies as a medium for imparting knowledge/skills to adults, so as to ensure increased retention. By "Power User" I mean a person who demonstrates: a. superior proficiency in using an application to the […]

1 Hour Talks

1 Hour Talk(No. 5): Proven Strategies for Using MS Excel to Boost Employee and Company Productivity

November 25, 2014

Key Target Audience: CEOs & Corporate Executives, Sales/Marketing Managers, Clubs/Association Presidents etc [Breakout sessions available] "Everybody knows some Excel, but stop seeing Excel as an office program that everybody MASTERS and that is used to organize numbers in columns and make a few calculations. Excel is the best reporting application on the market and it […]

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