Kunle Afolayan and not fitting into the mould
Regardless of who we are or what we do, there is always a mould we are expected to fit into. A way we have to go about our business, a general counsel on how things ought to be. Most of …
What do you believe?
I have a theory that each of us is a manifestation of what we believe. Many years ago when I heard Sam Adeyemi say that he used to be very poor and then he changed his mind, I had no …
Power play
Well, it is certainly not news that Nigeria is generating so little power. This website reports that there are currently 23 grid-connected generating plants in operation in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), with a total installed capacity of 10,396.0 …
That Millionaire milestone
We all would like to become millionaires some day… Or we just deceiving ourselves. A common approach to thinking about it seems to be that we want an overnight jump. BANG! And you are now a millionaire. We soon find …
Starting a business is not more difficult than working a job
In my humble opinion, starting a business is not more difficult than working a ‘normal’ job. It is merely different. You can only succeed when you work hard to create value for the customers whether directly as a business owner …
One will chase a thousand
Most times we start alone, with very few support, if any. We pour in all we got – skills, passion, money, everything and yet, the vision still seems some what a little further out. For your projects, businesses to grow …
People, Products and Profit
When we have people, the kind of people we can work with, we can team up to create products* From products, we will make profits. Profits for everyone. Most people build their companies around products. So, you have a brilliant …
#TeamDelivery
We thrive on ideas, but our day-to-day business is all about delivery. This is one of the key nuggets I learnt from Richard Branson. Delivering products and services as promised. On time, every time. Delivering on promises made yesterday as …
Our deepest fear…
From Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to …
Venturing out into the weak areas
People say stay in your areas of strength and delegate out your weaknesses. Another camp says that we should actually delegate your strengths and work out in your areas of weaknesses. I think I will take camp B’s advice. We …