A Business Founder has to embark upon a journey, a journey of capacity building and key knowledge acquisition. What kills businesses is not always lack of funds, most times businesses perish for lack of knowledge – the owners do not …
Head of an ant
Would you be the head of an ant or the tail of an elephant? Literally, the question is would you hold on to your small company and stand as the CEO or would you rather band up with people to …
Where do you get your posts from?
The number one question I get from people about #TMP is usually along the lines of “Your posts are very interesting, where do you copy them from?”. I have even been accused of plagiarism every now and then. (The second …
Rising above the noise
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and …
If you cant beat them…
If you cannot beat them, you change the playing field. Change the dynamics of the game and you have won. That is what innovation or shady business practices does for you; it changes everything and forces your competitors to respond. …
Facebook now has 1.44 billion monthly users
During Facebook’s Q1 2015 earnings report on Wednesday, the company reported that its user base is now larger than ever on desktop and mobile. There are now 1.44 billion people who use Facebook every month, up from the 1.39 billion last …
The easiest way to boost sales
The easiest way to boost sales seems to be by selling more stuff to current customers. The question you need to ask yourself is this: Is it easier to acquire a new customer Y or sell more stuff to customer …
Building a 10 million Naira business
There are a number of ways to build a N10m business: 10 customers paying you N1m every year 100 customers paying you N100k every year 1,000 customers paying you N10k every year 10,000 customers paying you N1k every year Most …
Creative muscles
I agree with the school of thought that says everybody is born creative. We seem then to lose our creativity as we begin to grow older. It seems to me that the older we become, the less creative we are …
Ideas from above
Ideas come from various sources, but I prefer to optimise for ideas that come from above. Such ideas are usually superior in concept and they usually stand the test of time. Consider: “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the …