Shoprite is building mega supermarkets across the nation. If you wanted to start a supermarket chain of yours today… What will you do differently? Google is a tech powerhouse. They started from web search and transformed news, email, online video, …
From hope to steps
Having hope and faith in your business is very good. You must never lose hope in your business no matter what is going on. One of your most important duties is to keep hope alive. Yet, hope on its own …
Overcoming the trust hurdle
One of the biggest hurdle to cross when doing business the digital way: over things like email, Whatsapp and your website is the trust hurdle. The first thing your customers want to know is whether they can trust you. How …
Another man’s work
A role model once said: “If you work for 10-15 years at a company, pouring your heart into the work, by the time you retire or quit, you should be ready to run your own company”. Many people do not …
A great truth about working and gaining experience
The greatest thing about working is that it qualifies you for a greater work. Once you have done something once, you can do it over and over again – a million times over. You can decide to raise the bar, …
All the good stuff is waiting in heaven?
In my discussion with Christians, I observe that many of them are content to just getting by day-to-day. They just waiting for heaven where they will enjoy all the good stuff. The are content with living wretched and beggarly lives …
Our NigComSat-1R
So, I just read this report from PUNCH NEWSPAPERS about the true state of NigComSat-1R, one of Nigeria’s satellite hovering above in space. The article starts off by declaring: “Four years after it was launched into the orbit, Nigeria’s communication …
Untitled, just another draft
I think it is very important to not rigidly define the future and allow some room for new directions to emerge. When people ask me “where do you see yourself in 5 years time?” My response is usually “Stay alive …
What do we know you for?
With so many people walking the face of the earth, if you will be remembered, if you will stay top of the mind, you gotta be known for something. What is the one thing you are known for? It is …
Underestimating the work
This internet-as-a-business-platform thing works, no doubt. People smarter than us are making money from their internet based operations, people dumber than us are also making money from their internet based operations. The question that pops up over and over and …