Objective Gist

  In Mark's account of the feeding of the Five thousand, I find some great business lessons in the narrative on how to start your business without capital. But Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.”  They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?” There was only one instruction above, "give them something to eat!" But the epic response was "it would take more than half a year's wages." The responder was quick to make calculations. Many entrepreneurs are in the position of this responder today. The instruction would often be, 'Go and start that business', but the response most often would be, "Where would I get such capital funding?" Or "I would require 10million to start the business as I would like it." You know what Jesus did to resolve the situation in the opening story? He asked what they had at hand. "How many loaves do yo

I think right now I can start to ask my governor what he has done for us, educated youths, budding entrepreneurs with creative ideas needing capital, and skilled young artisans seeking the necessary tools for business operations... please add yours if I did not capture your class/case among the above portfolios. The time is over boasting about what is being done for our parents by duly giving them their deserved rights (salary), the time is over bragging about paying our grandparents their entitled privilege for their tireless years of service. Now is the time to ask, what fate is ours, the youth of Oyo state to build a future we desire. It's time to ask, not just what the plans are because we are tired of learning about unexecutable plans, but we desire to know the actions being taken to meaningfully engage young graduates, educated youths, skilled artisans, and vibrant entrepreneurial business ideas!  I'm pained to hear about Billions of Naira for bus terminus!!! Or should I

It was a bright evening as we marched through the bush path towards an earthen well in the thick forest to fetch some water back to the camp.  Few miles towards the described location of the well, a young ambassador veered off path to cut a tree branch and he was immediately dragged back by another ambassador as he pointed towards a partially buried tree branch on the ground. He said that was a sign to warn about a trap. Lo and behold, he was right, there was a trap. The ambassador grew up in an agrarian village and understood how to navigate forests following certain signs of nature and hunters. It dawned on me, that the act of forest navigation is an art and also a skill Western States security network (operation Amotekun) was put in place to checkmate the activities of killer herdsmen. Why would it be imperative to have an outfit that would assist the military and other para-military outfits to end their menace? Simply because the military and police have failed and are inadequate w

Campus Fellowship scams. Sisters Eye service! I remember an issue that broke out in church sometime back. A mother was pissed off by the attitude of some ladies in the students fellowship. On a fateful day, she had walked past a fellowship sister and the lady merely muttered "Good afternoon ma'am" and walked past. Coincidentally the fellowship Papa (president) walked by at the same time and the said lady knelt on both knees to greet the Papa, a fellow student like herself.  Your guess is as good as mine, a church council meeting was convened on the matter. Students regard their fellowship excos more than even their parents. There was a time when the cooler ministry reigned. Sisters would cook and take food flasks to brothers (especially excos) in the fellowship, but ask many of them to cook at home, it becomes an issue.  I never received a cooler in that ministry though. It wasn't needed anyway, we had the best cooks in our room in D5. Mehn! Tosin can cook anything, w

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Someone once said, "blacks are Blacks' problem". I disagreed and he explained how an uncle gave him a shirt and shoe worth $4500 when he had earlier requested capital for his business from the same uncle but explained a lack of funds. I smiled and said, your uncle is not your problem, Africans' definition of "capital" is the problem. When we hear the word 'capital' what comes to mind is huge sum. He looked at me and nodded affirmatively. His uncle said he didn't have "that kind of money". I know many people have received that kind of disappointing response from people. The question is what is "that kind of money" called "capital"? Start small, grow big. Many young entrepreneurs prepare business plans with a huge capital base because they want to hit the ground running (start big). I'd rather say, break your business plans into small phases and milestones. For instance, I had a 100 million studio idea, but I broke

Each time I see that statement on twitter I ask, why not follow first. I discover it has become a norm for most Nigerians do not want to dare to be the first; first to take an action. Instead, they wait on others to take the first step for them to "follow back". This same mentality has been brought into social media. Observing events during the Biafra agitation and the Revolution Now campaign, I see many Nigerians yearn for leadership and direction. They waited in silence for years for the person to take the lead towards their agitation before coming out en-masse. But why do they die in silence and not take the lead? Fear? In classrooms, you will see children being afraid to say their minds even when they have an answer in mind. The assumption "what if I'm wrong," creates a fear that kills their confidence. What if you're wrong? There is no crime in being wrong, in fact, you learn from being corrected of a wrong. Grow your confidence by learning to take on i