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How to employ others by
first employing yourself.
@OluyomiOjo
starting
smallthinking
big
before
webegin
let’s
talk
about
john
@OluyomiOjo
JOHN HAD A DREAM
Starting small, thinking big
@OluyomiOjo
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
23.9
INCREASING AT
16%PER YEAR
Sources:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nbs-puts-nigeria-s-unemployment-rate-at-23-9-per-cent/147135/
+/-
THE LAST DATA might
NOT be 100% CORRECT
BUT THERE’S
ON THE
MOUNTAIN
FIRE
@OluyomiOjo
needs more
entrepreneurs
Nigeria
to save the world
you must first
save yourself
@OluyomiOjo
@OluyomiOjo
So you
have an
or a
unique
idea
product
/service
?where, when
and how
do I start
@OluyomiOjo
a JOURNEY FROM
TO
MUST START FROM
SOMEWHERE
IN
LAGOS ABUJA
LAGOS
@OluyomiOjo
@OluyomiOjo
covers ABOUT at
night but takes you from
lagos to abuja
30 metres
(724 Km)
CAR HEADLIGHT
@OluyomiOjo
start keep movin’and just
@OluyomiOjo
No one
said it
would
be easy
IF YOU TRY,
YOU WIN,MAY
IF YOU DON'T,
YOU HAVE LOST.
Crisi-tunity
CRISIS = danger and opportunity
10TAKEAWAYS
1
FIND YOUR
BLISS
what you love + what you know
+ what customers will pay for
2
profitability
versus
revenue
3
Don't just work
your business,
!
in
work on itbuild your brand.
Books, registrations, taxes... bla bla bla
4
take
structure
very
seriously
5Your
customers
are your
blood
6
reinvest
reinvest
reinvest
EAT IT ALL AND WATCH YOUR BUSINESS DIE.
7 staff up.
invest in them.
PARTNER UP.
8
dream
big.
fear
not.
9
be ready
for change
10 go start something
THE STREETS OF Lagos
ARE FILLED WITH GOLD
AND BROKEN DREAMS.
CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT.
THANK YOU.
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