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Nigerian Rulers, never learning the principles of leadership. Pity for Ekiti State.

walex2: Thanks OP for ur clarification. Delusional minds, there goal in life is to have a 2.1 and work in multinational companies but they have not pause a bit to enquire whether the real owners of Guiness,Unilever, Microsoft, PZ, Pand G and numerous multinational companies are owners of degree let alone2.1 u can never be rich working for someone.

You hit the nail folk. That is exactly the mentality we should be pursuing and not this over-emphasis on paper qualification and nothing to show for it practically while priding themselves on good grade. When we start thinking and acting this way, their will be more job creators than job hunters.

Yomieluv: Op,most employers believe that a person who didn't do well in school is an unserious person.

Now,opening a thread on why not to make 2:1 to succeed in life is misleading.

Truth is that,its not easy making it out there,in order to stand out,come out with a good grade.

And all you need is a single opportunity for a job interview and prove them wrong.

What is truly misleading is opening a thread on why I will not succeed if I did not graduate with a 2.1. My personal story proved otherwise, which i share in the post.

Yes, truth is making it out there is not easy, but what will distinguish you from others is not just your good grade, many already have that now but acquiring other qualities mentioned in my post.

Gunite: 95% of my course mates will graduate with 2.1,but i know that only 6 are real 2.1.You come here to argue nonsensically because you have browsing phones.

You are right on point. In this country where anything can be bought including grades, boasting of graduating with 2.1 is and using that as a yardstick for success on the job is truly disheartening and misleading. That is why I shared my story. I graduated with 2.2 but any day anytime, I can stand and compete with the best in my field and even in my department I was still one of the very best.

Karleb: I weep for a student who's gonna go ahead and follow the poo op wrote up there, I didn't read it tho'.

If you as a student did not graduate with at least 2.1 it probably means that you did not do well in your studies, in fact the last time I checked there are many things to do with your first degree and one of it is pride although the topic actually deals with the employment thingy but my stance is that; it will be a grave mistake for you as a student to finish with anything less than 2.1.

And this trash you spew here is the advice students should follow huh! Priding oneself in making a first class in school but a woeful failure in real life skills. Park well bro, school dropouts are changing the world and while first class grads are answering sir sir to them.

LARRYDKING: O.P, u funny o, shey u knw?? What gives u d assurance that u'll beat a 2.1 or 1 graduate @ a job interview?? With my own li2 experience, a 2.1 grad have a upper hand in all aspect to defect a lower grad holder @ any job interview and that's why employers demand for 2.1 and above.

Your comment shows clearly you didn't read my post. What gives me the assurance is that I HAVE DONE IT.

bulakos: I agree with you man. But don't let that hype misguide you. Because no multinationals will employ you with 2.2 or 3.0 and as for pass degree better just go one corner for your village open ur small recharge card stand Cos no one will look at you if ur uncle are not the likes of Tambuwal

The goal of education or a degree shouldn't be to get employed by a multinational company. a university education is far beyond the degree you are issued, it opens up your mind to see the endless possibilities that this life can offer. I can bet you that their are some consultants and expatriates who work with this multinationals who have no degree than you are aware of. Thinking out of the box will clear our minds bro.

This post is coming at the hills of a post featured here a few days back: https://www.nairaland.com/1896298/why-must-finish-least-2.1

I have very high regard for excellence at what one does, academic excellence not being the least of them. I would also encourage all undergrads who are still in school and who have chosen a job as their career path to do all they can to get the golden ticket to a good job - 2.1+.

My personal experience however, has taught me differently. While I was still an undergrad, I turned down three juicy job openings, one in the private sector and two with Govt organisation with pensionable benefits. The reason? I was determined to be a solutions provider and a job creator. So whenever I communicate with prospective clients and proffer solutions to common problems they face, they ended up wanting to employ me to add value to their organisations.

Even in my current position which I work as I finally decided to work for a while, I got the job beating several graduates with 2.1 qualifications while I was still an undergraduate (I graduated with 2.2 part time). All this with no connection or recommendation from any top Govt. Official.
I know several others in my city who have demonstrated entrepreneurial inkling that have turned down several job offers who do not have a university degree. No kidding.

The facts show that putting too much emphasis on pure academic excellence and good grades is diminishing the equally if not more important things any individual should pursue if they want to succeed in life.

Higher education and a degree is overrated and misleading.

Since secondary school leavers naturally aspire for a degree, that is where the problem begins. The trend today is for secondary schools to groom their students for higher education. To this end, most secondary schools focus on academic subjects that enable the students to score well in university entrance examinations rather than on courses that will equip the students for the workplace. Secondary school students today are under tremendous pressure from teachers, counselors, and fellow students to aim for enrollment in the best universities, where they will hopefully earn the degrees that can open for them doors to promising and well-paying jobs. This eventually denies them the most needed practical skills in real life. This continues throughout the university days.

A degree (good or bad) no longer guarantees a job

The popular opinion that for young people to succeed, the only option is to get a university education and come out with good grades has been proven false again and again. Studies show that in many sectors of our economy, there is an acute need, not for university graduates, but for people to work in the trades and services.

Employers are no longer looking for those with polished credentials with little or no experience to contribute. Many employers will prefer to employ an entrepreneur with a proven track record of attempts at succeeding at a business than candidates who wait for a job to come along that matches their good grade status.

Most people learn best outside of the classroom.

Some people prefer learning by doing — working, exploring, creating, or otherwise doing things in the real world. Learning via textbook is tedious and boring to such ones and no matter how hard they try, they just know they are not into it but since it is what is expected of them, they hang in there wasting a huge chunk of the most productive period of their life away. These set mostly come out with low grades but when they find their passion, they excel very well in life.

What are the alternatives?

First class self-development
Strong entrepreneurial undertaken
Start up something and be an employer
Gain inspiration from those who have done it

So whether you graduated with a first class, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 or even a certificate of attendance or dropped out, you can do a first class job and add value to any organisation you find yourself. Better still, darn the job search mentality and stop polishing a shiny and impressive CV, rather create a product or service, build a business and give your business a first class attention while rendering first class services to your customers. Yes YOU Can Make It Happen not your grade.

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Emyo: No to a betting site. Can't our youth think out of the circuit?

Good point raised there. Now that it seems sport betting is attractive to some people, people want to build a business around it. But some questions beg for answers.
Is it a business that will be around in the next five to ten years?
Is it something you can choose to pursue as a career business?
Does it really add value to the common man business organisations and the national economy in general?
Do you even have a passion for it?

when this questions are correctly answered concerning any business idea, then know that that business in on track.

One thing we should realize is that it's going to be very difficult for any body to just come up here and do what the OP is asking for. Many will shrink back with fear of their idea been hijacked and all what not.

That is why when AikFrank openly did so and since it was something I was already interested in, I supported the Idea.

Alternative, people should state which kind of business they are interested in whether, it is Real Estate, ICT, Agriculture, etc and all those who like any business in any sector, should go and form a group and continue the details of such business in that sector.

My suggestion.

aikfrank: Ok I have my online business model:

A little complex but unique please read gently.


Why I came up with this idea.
1- Every business needs an online store.
2- People want to buy safely online
3- Not every body can design a website
4- Except from facebook fan page that helps a little, some business needs more tools to show their business online and receive payment
5- Vconnect is the biggest business directory in Nigeria, all it collects are Name, address and phone number
6- Many business want to receive payments online but they don’t know how
7- So many people want to sell just ebooks, pdf, softwares, and many more online with little budget




THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BUILD:
Let’s use a random domain for better understanding – www.test.com (just example, this is not the domain to be used)

The business idea makes it possible for business or individual to create a business page or personal page, or business blog, or business sales page, or a personal sales page, I will explain in details.

For example if the site name is www.test.com, all I just need to do is to visit www.test.com and register an account, after registering, then I will be asked WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY?

At the dashboard I can do the following (possibly add more)
New business page | Personal page | New business blog | New personal business blog | New business sales page | Personal Sales Page |



Let me quickly explain what they all mean:
Personal page – Means an individual want to customize a personal page about him self, if created the page will be www.site.com/the-page-name

Business Page – This page means a company/org wants to create a custom page for their business.

Features of the Personal page and the business page – They will both have a contact us form that will be linked to the owners email, fully customizable page, add/edit contents from their dashboard and many more cool features.



The personal and business blog – This feature will enable the user create a blog page.
This type of page will have cool features like – Do you want users to comment on your blog (enabling or disabling comment from the blog), full statistics of daily visitors from the dash board, filter comments you don’t want to appear on your blog comments, ban certain ips (countries) from commenting on your blog, and many more features.



The business/sales page: (yea this is the deal, am very sure thousands have what to sell online, so I needed to carefully think about this to prevent abuse and scams)


I love this section – A company/ business/individual can sell online buy just creating a business page.
How it will works – There will be different category in this session, Those that want to sell digital products and physical product.

For all method/type of sale page created, who ever is creating it can choose which payment method should appear, they will never receive payment directly!!!

Payment will be sent to us, and if after the stipulated time frame, no disputation from the buyer as against what promised buy the seller, then payment will be sent to seller. This page will have ecommerce system enabled, one item page selling and many more. Users don’t have to learn any code at all, will just select yes/no to add any online payment module.

Let me quickly explain this - If the seller has in what I will call ‘Refund Agreement’ as:

-10 days money back guaranteed (Minimum of 7 days)
-If it’s a software and the seller says “This software will extract 30 times daily” and the software extracts only 20 times daily, the buyer can request for refund, within the stipulated period

Refund will cost the buyer some percentage
Also if money gets paid to the seller, we will also charge some percentage also.






The main essence of the site is the sales page/business page stuff and blogging, the personal/business pages is just to increase the number of participants at the site, and it could serve as a directory.



So a user will be able to build a business page, also build different sales pages, or an ecommerce store.



MY MAIN AIM
You can browse all sales pages on the site, and anyone can shop safely without fear of scam from any Adam Or Eve.





HOW THE SITE WILL MAKE MONEY
Since registration is free and it’s free to create anything, sales page, personal business or anything, so I see thousands already on the network if properly advertised.


First income opportunity – From all transactions, both refund and successful payment sent to seller. (don’t underrate the income here)

Second income opportunity – Maximum space allocated to each businesses: if not careful some persons are ready to upload over 50g of files and they will tell you that they are selling na. Every account will have a limit of maximum total files allowed, if user has exceeded the number of disk space allowed, then he/she can buy additional space (and pay yearly)
This will be very small and affordable, will not exceed N5,000 yearly


Third income opportunity – We will have premium accounts, VIP and ordinary users. I will talk more about this later


Fourth income opportunity – ADVERTISING –

I so much love this – If we now have the traffic, people are creating pages and the site’s name is every where, then definitely advertisers will be our friend
The advert will be very efficient, cos the advertiser will only choose where he wants his/adds to appear, either a cement blog or a blog that writes about farming.

Also the bloggers will shares some percentage from the income, to make more people want to write, they also get paid per clicks from advertisers who advertise on their blog category, or per impression.
So the advertising income opportunity, is both for those blogging and us, the percentage will be decided by the shareholders.


Ay body interested at all I just dey type since?

NEXT - I WANT TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING.

Cost involvement
How many persons i would love to raise the capital
How we will all know the income statement daily, infact every minute
How every share holder will be a part of the admin if wished
How transparent its gonna be


Good News - Since am a web developer, design/development becomes easier!!!


Interests?

I am in.

Hello House,

Been following silently. I welcome the idea with full embrace. I fully support online businesses because it's relatively easier to manage from any location compared to any other (Brick and Mortar) kind of business. Besides, a business requiring a physical location to market a physical product or render service physically will have the following challenges:

1. Where should it be sighted?

2. Who will be in the office running the business for the rest?

3. How do we know how the financial transactions are going? etc

With online business however, all we need is a technology that interfaces with any payment processor we use to allow all investor monitor cash flow real time.

Most importantly, Online business is the fastest way to create a billion dollar company compared to any other sector. Dangote has companies that are into sugar, cement, noodles, salt etc serving many African countries yet he is worth less than Mark Zuckerberg (facebook founder) who has just one online product serving billions around the world.

My suggestion: Lets filter all the online business and brainstorm on the merit and demerit of each and all of them.

Hello Newacca,

I am not from Abeokuta, I am a Port Harcourt resident but I must commend this initiative because meetups is what sustains and energizes entrepreneurs.

Here in Port Harcourt, Meetups such as TEDx, Converge, Open City, Creative Invasion, and many others are gatherings of entrepreneurs in the city that refuels our passion for perseverance in this leap of faith world of entrepreneurship. Lately though, the gatherings have become less frequent and so the city is loosing its steam gradually. And that is one area am working on a solution not just for Port Harcourt but for the whole country if not continent of Africa.

My advice though is that you have such meetings in a physical location. such meetings has its best potentials when you meet OFFLINE. The online forum can be an extension or follow-up of the meeting offline.

By the way, I read your blog post which you recommended on my post yesterday https://www.nairaland.com/1834725/what-best-way-validate-idea and it is very informative. Thanks for that.

I wish you all in Abeokuta the very best. Happy Entrepreneuring.

We all know that to start a business, you need a product or service, a group of people willing to pay for it, and a way to get paid. The number one rule in starting a business is: Don’t waste time building something nobody wants.

Lots of the information online is targeted toward the western culture, environment, social behaviour, etc.

Fellow Entrepreneurs, how do you validate your business ideas i.e. know exactly what people want and are willing to pay for in Nigerian and or African?

With mobile technology now taking over the world and mobile apps becoming the number one means of accessing online resources, it is very clear that mobile has earned its right of place in many forums around the globe.

On Nairaland however, This section is buried under either the 'Technology Market', 'Science and Technology', 'Computers', 'Phones' and what have you. I seriously think its high time we get a 'MOBILE' section on Nairaland, a one-stop-shop on nairaland that caters to anything mobile.

The following are suggested contents of this section: 1. Mobile apps trends, Latest Developments in the mobile apps industry, Mobile revolution in Africa, Mobile events on the continent such MWA2014 (Mobile West Africa conference that just ended in Lagos) and any other thing of interest that is found in the 'Mobile Industry'. and there will never be a lack to such contents.

This will make sharing and research on the local mobile industry to be well streamlined, a thing that will benefit this community even more.

I sincerely sympathize with you on this ugly development in your marriage. When the marital union falls apart, all partners including YOU the husband, and especially the innocent little child will face adverse consequences. Sad as it may be, and though you've got every legal and moral right to file a suit for divorce, My candid advice to you is that you DON'T file for a divorce just yet.

The most you should do is to have a separation and relocate from your current resident giving you the much needed fresh and new perspective to see the matter differently. This will also leave room for reunion should you heal in the process. Time has a way of helping us handle this matter more maturely.

Above all, Pray to your Grand Creator (Jehovah) for proper guidance in handling this issue.[/size][size=8pt][/size]

While forex has been a profitable biz at one time new and better ways to make money online are popping up. you can check this url for one of such.
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ONLINEbizDON4U: You are dem too right but I've tried to overcome that limitation in my own biz and you too can achieve that.OK?

I'm glad you've fixed that. I am presently considering many options but not decided on the one(s) i'll use. I may use a little help here brother.

@stanleydon and lennior: From my personal research, online money making opportunities are very real and practical in Nigeria but most people's fingers have been burnt trying to set up one. Especially discouraging is the failure rate of most who venture into Forex Trading and were wiped out. I have lately been into some things that will start yielding juicy fruits anytime soon. However I would like to enlist ur assistant on any useful tip to enhance my opportunities and especially when it comes to payment processors which by my own estimation is one of the greatest limitations in carrying out a successful online business. my email is skybeauty500@gmail.com. Your kind assistance will

It amazes me how some here reason when it comes to running a free tartiary institution. Nordic part of the world comprising of Iceland, Sweden, Norway etc have already demonstrated the sustainability and practicability of such an undertaken. Free tertiary education is a possibility and Owelle Rochas Okorocha wants to demonstrate it in Africa and all I see here is cynicism and criticism. Lets give him the needed succor.

So much noise, little or no action. Whatever happened to deadlines for gas flaring. now PIB, P.H Refiner, etc

Considering What Nigeria makes on a daily basis and how much has been wasted on unprofitable ventures, initiating this noble ideal that will cost the country Just 12 Billion Naira a year (a figure lower than our daily national revenue) is one of the best thing that can ever happen during this administration. Admittedly, there will be lots of challenges such accurate figures of the truly unemployed in each of the states since there is no trustworthy database of this set of persons, however, let it start, and along the line some of the challenges will be taken care of.

please am also preparing for this exam seriously. and i'm very much interested in this cisco dump. my email is alexkeby@yahoo.com. thanks in anticipation of ur favorable response.

fraudulent activities are very rampant nowadays. all nairalanders be very careful in considering this job advert.