Life has a way of getting in the way doesn’t it? The truth is; if you are reading this post, you are blessed to be alive despite the roller coaster this year has brought. Its quite interesting that despite the shocking events of 2020, we are already in the last […]
Building a startup is like putting a puzzle together
When you get the idea, you are excited, thrilled and sometimes anxious…. You wake up in the early hours of the morning thinking about it…. It consumes you like a passionate lover…. It becomes the major thing you think about, breath on and talk about… It takes your time and […]
Don’t let fear stop you
Don’t let fear stop you… …. I had a vulnerable meeting with my owoafara team on Monday and I opened up to them about something I have never shared publicly for years… …. I told them the reason I had not become a Multi-millionaire before now despite the fact that […]
5 rules of doing business in this new world
You may have heard or attended a webinar or read an article about life or business in the post Covid era. In the last couple of weeks, I have attended so many webinars from my Business school webinar series, to the Investment community webinars, the impact/development community and my church […]
5 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESS ALIVE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Do whatever it takes to stay alive! That was the final advice I got before my meeting with a senior startup CEO ended. This was not the first time I was going through this situation where the future seemed uncertain. As I ended the conversation with our Adviser, I reflected […]
5 creative tools that can transform your business
You must have heard that doing business is war, or even experienced some tough seasons in your business. I had this mindset until I decided to start researching tools to help me and my clients do business with ease. I found various tools along the way and this year, it […]
The vision vs. The process
–Why only 5% of businesses will ever be successful One of the statistics that hits you when you research on business success is that 95% of businesses fail or barely stay alive within the first 5 years. If you watched my video, you know that the first price of success […]
Are you taking 100% responsibility for your success?
—How I learned the hard way. If you had asked me this question a few months ago, I would have said a quick yes without hesitation. I have ingrained ‘taking responsibility’ into my head for the last couple of years. Alas, it was not so… I digress. One of my […]
A call to scale
The word scale is used interchangeably with ‘scale up’ which means exponential growth or growth in significant proportions. Since I started evangelizing that small businesses should scale in the last two years, I have received several emails and had various conversations with people who say they want to scale their […]
The year of doing
Like most years, this year is already racing with full speed as the first month comes to a close. At the beginning of each year or towards the end of the previous year, we make plans for the new year and set goals of what we want to achieve. A […]
