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Leaders as visioners, hope peddlers, and capital creators

February 12, 2021
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Yele-Jan2021-Newsletter

Especially in challenging times like the one we are living in; economic independence and innovation has to be foremost in the thinking of leaders-whether it be companies or countries, this is the time for innovative disruption. Life and businesses have been totally and, sometimes, fatally disrupted, but as a nation we are embarking on projects and making decisions for which this generation will not want to be linked in 10 years’ time. Nigeria, for a long time, has lived off the inherent capabilities of her people, endowments, and intellectual desire. We are now firmly at the crossroads where the country will either rise by the genuineness and innovative nature of enterprises birthed or it will once again fall into the trap of colonisation-this time more economic than political. Someone said Nigeria has everything to succeed yet the country has not...

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3 tips from 25 years of Entrepreneurship

June 13, 2019
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3 tips for Entrepreneurs-Okeremi

The decision to become an entrepreneur comes in various formats. It can be the vision to identify a need and the attendant ability to provide a solution; it might also be the ability to create a need and develop a solution, and it might just be the ability of been aware of a product that will be needed. All these avenues can lead to the start to developing the business, but making it grow and become a success needs more than just an idea. 1. Be Aware Perhaps opportunity consciousness is the biggest differentiator between successful entrepreneurs and other people. While ordinary people see problems, successful entrepreneurs see opportunities that must be tapped into. Nigeria, as a case study has so many challenges, to which solutions are needed but it is for those who are self-aware and courageous to pursue...

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A letter to fellow and aspiring entrepreneurs

December 19, 2018
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Indigenous Funding Options for Nigerian Startups Shock statement: Apple, Facebook, and Amazon were once startups, but are now among the top 5 biggest business names in the world, bigger than Shell, Mobil, or General Motors. BlackBerry was also a startup but I won’t bother to tell you that story… How many people have a BlackBerry on them? A show of hands [no hands]…this paints the complete picture of where that company is. Startups “A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and it does not guarantee success,” says Neil Blumenthal, co-founder, and co-CEO of Warby Parker. “I will say a Startup is an idea, that if well incubated can harness funding from diverse sources and ultimately become a stable business.” According to Harvard’s Business School, a Startup has to answer these questions....

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