If there are no opportunities coming your way, stop waiting for open doors. Go build a door! You can create your own opportunities.
Don’t wait for a record label or a book publisher to sign you up, be brave, sign up yourself! Pick yourself. You can create something valuable all by yourself.
If in doubt, ask Mr Mark Zuckerberg who created Facebook from NOTHING. Mark Zuckerberg was 19 years old when he sat down to hack together a social network to help people stay connected. Today, that social network has taken over the world.
The question is not can you? The question is would you?
Creating a new product or service these days is very easy. What we need to do is to sit down and think, spend some time to really come up with an innovative idea that will stand out from the crowd, add value to people’s lives and get rewarded handsomely as you acquire customers.
The question is not can you? The question is would you?
If in doubt, ask Mr Pete Cashmore, he started Mashable as a simple blog in his Scottish house at age 19 (Is 19 a magic number?). Today Mashable is one of the most influential internet news website, rumours surfaced some time ago that CNN wanted to buy Mashable for around $20 million. Not bad for a WordPress powered blog…
At this point, you want me to share a Nigerian example, and here you go:
Nairaland is an online community created by Seun Osewa in March 2005. Today, Nairaland is one of the most popular websites in Africa and Seun makes a lot of money from running the website. Seun Osewa is not hype. Linda Ikeji is another Nigerian that picked up herself and created a door.
The question is not can you? The question is would you?
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Watching the World
- Long queues in Banks as acceptance of cashless policy in Nigeria is still low
- What of you finally moved your idea from thoughts to reality? Join my BUILD YOUR IDEA class
- Mike Abdul is scheduled for a Twitter interview today
