Am I spending my best hours building the business, or building things the business could buy? This is a question all entrepreneurs must ask. A few days ago, my website crashed. Everything disappeared. It was frustrating. But it also forced me to ask a question I should have asked much earlier. What business am I building? The next day, I was comparing hosting servers. Four CPUs here. Another 48GB of RAM there. LiteSpeed or NGINX. …
I saw the news about Nigeria’s new deep-offshore investment framework and the potential to unlock up to $50 billion in investment. I didn’t think about oil first. My thoughts were on the other businesses that might come out of it. When we hear about a huge investment coming into Nigeria, it’s easy to think about the money itself. Our analysis becomes how many jobs it will create, or how much foreign exchange it will bring. …
Are you aware that two things can be true at the same time? The economy can be improving, and yet the lives of the people can still feel harder. I had this thought after reading the latest reports on Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis. It says that the country is attracting investment. That the stock market has performed strongly. Capital is flowing in. We have very good numbers on paper. But then you go to the market. …
When you meet them, they have ideas for books to write, businesses to start, relationships to work on, and more.
Whether King Leopold II wrote that infamous letter doesn’t change the question it forces us to ask.
The world tells us to move faster. But the strongest things in life grow differently. Before you call yourself “behind,” consider this: what if slow isn’t your problem, but your advantage?
The best football boots are terrible for a marathon. The best camera is a poor choice if all you need is a phone call. When you use “Best” without context, it is meaningless. Yet we build our lives around that word. You want the best job instead of the work that aligns with your assignments. We want to live in the best city instead of the one that gives us peace. We want the best …