HOW I BUILT MY PORTFOLIO - CELESTINE OMIN, SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT AT ANDELA.

I was browsing the Internet yesterday doing some sort of research on the next article to post on this blog. In the course of my research I bumped into an interview by TECHPOINT on Celestine Omin (pictured below). It was really inspirational. I learnt a lot from that interview, and decided to share a part of it here. Hope you find it inspirational too.

BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR

Before starting a business, one should conduct a self-assessment exercise to find out whether one has the basic entrepreneurial skills that are critical for success. As a new entrepreneur you need to understand and implement some important business skills if your venture must grow as anticipated. Business management consultants say there are many useful business skills available for new entrepreneurs.

IDEA #4 - 52 WEEKS, 52 BUSINESS START-UP IDEAS

Idea 4 of 52 - Packaged Sliced Carrot

1. The Idea

There seems to be a lot of Carrots in circulation this season, and I kept seeing the sellers from Northern Nigeria with their wheelbarrows loaded with carrots.

This led me to making the fourth (4th) business startup Idea in our series to be about Value Addition – Repackaged Carrots.

IDEA #3 - 52 WEEKS, 52 BUSINESS START-UP IDEAS

IDEA 3 of 52 - Graphics and Print media Consultant

1. The Idea
This is one Business you can start with little or no funds. I once came across this idea many years ago in a Newspaper article and it made some sense, and so I would share in this week Idea 3 post of our 52 ideas series.

IDEA 2: 52 WEEKS,52 BUSINESS STARTUP IDEAS

IDEA 2 OF 52 - Waste Disposal Business

1. The Idea

Let me once again introduce you to a country with a very high rate of unemployment, Nigeria. It is not a secret in the sense that it is a common saying in Nigeria, that there are no Jobs. If this translates to mean that there is nothing to do, wouldn’t this present a country that is so perfectly working well, and neatly organized, having little or no vacancies for new workers or improvement upon what the situation is??

IDEA 1: 52 WEEKS,52 BUSINESS STARTUP IDEAS

IDEA 1 OF 52 - Production of different flavoured Coated Peanut snack

1. The Idea

To begin our series, we start with one industry that will always remain, irrespective of the state of the economy: The Food industry. There is a common saying in Nigeria that goes like this; Man must ‘Wack’ (i.e. Man must eat). Food is highly important and it’s among the three (3) basic needs, along with clothing and shelter. In times of scarcity, the hardest hit businesses are the luxury ones.

52 WEEKS,52 BUSINESS STARTUP IDEAS BY MR EBIS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

On returning to Nigeria after 5 years of studying in the United Kingdom, I noticed how seriously under-developed the Nigerian society was in terms of the unavailability of certain basic amenities and the seeming adverse effect of unemployment among the young.

52 WEEKS, 52 BUSINESS STARTUP IDEAS

52 weeks, 52 Business Startup ideas is an initiative by Mr. Ebiseri Aginighan popularly known as MR EBIS. He is a lead consultant at Agape Development Consultants (ADC).

A LESSON ON PERSISTENCE: THREE FEET FROM GOLD

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. An uncle of R. U. Darby was caught by the ‘gold fever’ in the gold rush days, and went west to DIG AND GROW RICH.