Self-made, An Illusion.
Growing up, I was a huge rap fan. I still am, but not like I used to be. I got to a point where personal glorification and self-aggrandisement of rappers almost left me gasping for air. As American rapper, Jadakiss, rhetorically asked in his 2004 hit-track Why, “why do rappers lie in 85% of their rhymes?” To be fair […]
The Tipping Point: 3 Types of People That Can Cause a Big Difference in Your Business
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell’s book on “How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” has a lot to say on what brings about significant changes in a society’s education, health, business and general lifestyle. Of great interest is how the second chapter “The Law of the Few,” points out that there are certain types […]
Career of the Week – Eloho Onwah, Investment Research Analyst
Eloho Onwah is a chartered accountant with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting. She is currently employed as an Investment Research Analyst in the financial services industry. CN: What were you doing prior to this? I spent some time in a financial control function and prior to that, I was an accounting lecturer at my […]
How Do People Read 50 Books a Year?
Bill Gates reads 50 nonfiction books every year. That’s a book a week! Radio host Dave Ramsey also reads at least one book a week. Ajit Singh, partner at the venture capital firm Artiman Ventures and consulting professor in the School of Medicine at Stanford, reads 50 to 60 books a year. In 2015, Facebook […]
My Top Ten Books
My late friend and fellow #CNWriter Hammed Ajiboye was passionate about books. Every week, he would put up “My Top Ten Books” on his blog; a series that featured readers’ best books ever. He passed before I could send him mine, but it recently crossed my mind that Hammed would want to see it published. […]
Monday Motivation: 10 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read
Here’s a collection of some of the best books for those just discovering their call to entrepreneurship. Business Adventures by John Brooks Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder The Start-Up of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso From Resource Allocation To Strategy by Joseph Bower Rework […]
Meet the Boss: Zubair Abubakar of Pledge51 Ltd
Zubair Abubakar, creator of the Nigerian Constitution Mobile App, is a tech enthusiast/entrepreneur who strongly believes in the power of technology to solve problems and create wealth. When he is not behind his computer he likes to read and as often as he can volunteers few hours every weekend to a cause he believes in. […]
Okechukwu Ofili: How Stupidity and Laziness Saved His Life [2/2]
This is the second part of the Connectnigeria.com interview with Okechukwu Ofili. Read the first part here: Okechukwu Ofilili: How Stupidity and Laziness Saved His Life (Part 1). Who, or what, would you consider as your greatest influences? That’s a difficult question. But, it’s my dad. What I admire about my dad is that he prized education […]