More within, less without
If you are very fixated on the “without”; what is out there, you are likely to produce more of the same. This is where ideas such as building Nigerian versions of major global startups stem from. If you are more …
Business re-thinking
One of the many things that has happened to the business world in these mobile times is re-invention of businesses. Many companies playing in the old and defined industries have found themselves having to come up for air, they have …
The fear that stops us
The #1 enemy remains fear. I am yet to find a stronger adversary than fear and trust me, I am searching for something that freezes us and renders us incapacitated as much as fear does. Yet, most of the time, …
Remembering Gistcaster
Sometimes in life, if you are really blessed and God smiles upon you, certain events have the power to divide your whole life into 2 parts; before event X and after event X. September 6, 2009 was one of such …
Toughening Up
Everyone needs to get tougher at a point or the other. Its just like the jungle out there; once you are perceived to be weak, you will get hit upon until you breakdown and collapse. We are not talking about …
Steal my idea
Every now and then, we meet people are terrified, mortified and petrified that someone might steal their idea and so, they are extra skeptical to discuss the ideas with people who could help them with developing the idea into something …
Entrepreneurs and Job Creation
After listening to the audio recording of my brief talk about “the emergence of CEOs“, a #TMP Reader asked: “So, are you saying one has to be an employer of labour before you can be considered to be an entrepreneur?” …
Business is boring. Stick with it.
When many people (including myself) think about business, we picture this fun, funky ride full of adventures, complete with villians, secret agents, double agents and of course, we cast ourselves as the superheros. (haha!) But as we all soon find …
What is your product?
What do you really sell? What exactly do you do? Many retailers like kidding themselves that their product are the items they have for sale, like Coca-Cola beverages for example, but they are wrong. The Coca-Cola in your store is …
Would you like to grow your business?
We are starting an online community for people who want to start their business or grow their existing business. Many people are struggling in their business out there and cannot seem to be able to sort it all out. I …