Accounting for the business
I am surprised that a lot of people I work with do not really know their business. They do not keep track of the business as much as they ought to, they cannot tell on one hand their available inventory, …
Those 16 million Nigerians on Facebook
Every month, some 16 million Nigerians use Facebook. Every single day, some 7 million Nigerians stop by on Facebook. I have been convinced for a while now, that Facebook is that ONE social media platform we need to focus our …
Faith force as a tool
Everyday, I’m learning more and more about FAITH. For me, God is real… He’s unlimited. Faith is real, the faith-force is real… Its unlimited. Its a question of how much of it can I internalise? Faith has to move off …
The one thing you should not do to your ideas
Believe in your ideas. Clarify your ideas (Do not run out to execute an idea about an idea). Build out your ideas. But under no circumstances must you fall in love with your ideas… Do not become so attached to …
For the long haul
A virtue that is core to the operations of any visionary is patience. It will always take some time before the mountains will begin to move. When we are committed to a project, a mission, a goal for the long …
Do we all need to build for a billion users?
In the wave of announcements of services hitting billions of users and many more, questions on my mind include: Do we all have to build services that can grow so big? In my wildest dreams, how big can the services …
A billion users
Whatsapp has finally announced that they now have 1, 000, 000, 000 users. Whatsapp signed up 100 million new users in the last 5 months to reach this milestone. Google has also announced that Gmail now has 1 billion users. …
Emotional
The wisest business gurus all teach us to keep emotions and business as far away from each other as possible. “Cold and emotionally detached is the way to go.” However, from my experiences with my team members, staff, partners and …
Nobody wants my products
When you market to people and they do not seem to get what it is you do or how you can possibly help them, then its time to either: Redefine your product (maybe nobody wants it after all) Redefine your …
Hunting for the killer idea
When we set out to start a new business we are tempted to take a look out there and see what works and then make a pick. I do not subscribe to this view. The reason been that doing so …