Is Your Business Ready to Scale?
I want to scale my business! This is a common statement I read from emails, DM’s and form submissions we receive at Tale Alimi Global. Statistics show that 70% of businesses find it hard to scale their business. The reason is that scale is not for amateurs. Most people who say they want to scale […]
The Unspoken Rules Of Business Growth: Clarity, Capital and Connection
I have been studying the interconnection of The Three C’s in business and I would like to share a few observations: Capital Every time I am interviewed about small businesses in Nigeria, I am asked how business owners or aspiring business owners can raise capital to start or grow their business. I usually suggest they […]
3 Things That Are Important For Your Business To Grow This Year
Welcome to 2018! The Holidays were quite amazing and I had 5 whole days to rest, eat and spend time with Family. Everything was dandy until I climbed the scale during my year-end medical check-up, and I had gained 4kg! That was the moment when my mind shifted back to ‘reality’ and I switched back […]
You Need To Get Uncomfortable To Grow Your Business
Change is so uncomfortable! They say change is the only constant thing in life, but the truth is we really don’t like change….Okay let me speak for myself, I really don’t like change. Now, this is coming from someone who considers herself somewhat of an adventurist. I enjoy telling stories of landing in a strange […]
This Was Supposed to Be the Year!
I remember entering the year with great anticipation! This was supposed to be the year where a lot of my dreams that I had nurtured over the years would finally come true. Once I crossed over to January 1, I was on the clock to launch the ‘Find your niche challenge’, release my book Uplevel, […]
Is your Mindset helping or hurting your business?
I felt it was not big enough to be proud of…. When I was running my last business, I thought until we were doing revenues in the hundreds of millions, I could not proudly say I had a ‘thriving business’. What gave me this mindset? Expectations and wrong perspectives. I had just finished my MBA […]
You Can’t Build a Big Business with a Small Dream
I finally figured out what was wrong! I took some time off work to do some ‘internal’ brain storming. Our company turned two and whilst I was feeling grateful that we had being able to serve over 200 business owners and corporate executives, I was feeling dissatisfied at the same time… Whilst some of our […]
Cut to the Chase and Grow Your Business
As we enter the 2nd half of the year, it’s time to cut to the chase! If you have been getting distracted or getting confused or trying several fads, it is time to get focused and use your energy correctly to achieve your business goals before the year ends. I decided to go straight to […]
Is your business coasting or soaring? 4 ways to know
When we hit the 6th month of the year, it suddenly dawns that we are at the half year mark. It could lead to either of these feelings: Despair: you wonder what you have achieved in the last 6 months and why time has flown by so fast! Satisfaction: a sense of fulfillment knowing that […]
5 Reasons Why Your Business Might Not Be Growing
‘All I need right now is for my business to grow.’
How to Go From Being the Business to Having a Business
“I am the business.” I have heard this quote from several people especially entertainers. It sounds really cool and fancy until you dig deep and understand the implications of that quote. According to the BusinessDictionary.com, ‘A business is an organization or economic system where goods and services are exchanged for one another or for money.’ […]
The Multi-talented Dilemma
I remember my popular friend in secondary school, Ajibola. She was multi-talented personified. She could twerk even before the twerk was invented. She could sing like an opera singer and she was good at sports! It just didn’t seem fair that one person had so many talents while some of us seem to be good […]
The Journey to Finding My Niche
Every time it is my birthday, I spend time reminiscing, and on this particular birthday, I look back in gratitude on the journey to getting where I am today. For some people, they always knew what they wanted to do and become. For me, it was not straight forward. It took many years of stumbling, […]
Do Big Dreams Lead to Big Success in Business and Life?
From motivational speakers to rappers, we have all been inundated with the call to dream big! The other day, I also came across an insightful business magazine with a similar title encouraging aspiring and emerging business owners to dream big. Just as I thought that the ‘dream big’ message has probably being restricted to the […]
5 Steps to Be Bae in Business
Every time I attend a high-value conference like the recently held WIMBIZ conference, I am inspired by the thought process of some of the speakers and panelists. As I listened to their ideas and interpretation of concepts, I looked to find out what they had in common. As inspiring as their success stories were, I […]
Passion Is Not Enough To Succeed In Business
I have a confession to make…I have failed in or had to end a couple of ventures I was passionate about. Let me share some of them: My young ladies club– when I was in the university, I started a young ladies club known as virtue blazers. I was passionate about empowering young women to […]