QuitNotice:
True talk op. Presently going through same. I am just grateful to God that I didn't resign from work at the onset. Salary is the one paying my bills now, and also funding my new biz little by little. It's not been easy, but the main thing is that I'm taking steps, and some customers are showing belief in our products.
For the competitions, we have no choice but to keep giving it a shot, because they say "you miss 100% of the shots you fail to take". I have learned that a young entrepreneur is like a job seeker, or an upcoming artiste, searching for opportunities. You just have to be a moving force, always giving stuffs you believe in, a try. You might meet a life changing opportunity, just one day. And that could be the end. Mum always asked us, as children who would be reluctant to go out, hawking, because of poor sales the previous day, that "when sales come, will it call out on you, from home that you should come?" The answer is NO! Just a quote on patience, consistency and perseverance from her is all I have for fellow young entrepreneurs.

Persistence pays off eventually but I want aspiring entrepreneurs to be realistic. Many see stories of some Nigerian companies raising millions of dollars and see all this competitions and think everything is on merit. They should know what they are getting into. The African entrepreneurship awards had 4600 applicants this year and at most a 100 will make it past stage one only 30 will make it to the finals. That's a 0.65 percent acceptance rate. Most of this competitions like the venture clash are not even done merit. It's most times based on who you know. That's why so many startups with no viable way of making any profit win this things and still end up failing with all the money.

In recent times there have been massive songs about entrepreneurship in Africa most especially in Nigeria. It's now become a new pop culture of some sort. The word "entrepreneur" comes with a certain grandiose and an aura of some coolness to it. Most people are even advised to go into entrepreneurship without any capital, the most motivational statement is "don't think, just do".

Unlike the rest of the world where there are lots of venture capitalists firms and angel investors, Africa has entrepreneurship or startup competitions. Most of this competitions comes with a grand prize of between 5000 to 400000 dollars. A prime example is the Tony elumelu foundation entrepreneurship awards. African entrepreneurs are advised to take advantage of this competitions, win them and use the monies to start their businesses. There are hardly any angel investors in this continent except you are opportuned to be born with a silver spoon. A lot of rich African men don't invest in any businesses and the few venture capital firms around are owned by white people and most won't even want to see you except you have some serious connections or a lot of media coverage.

It's even appalling that some of this competitions have as much as 100000 applicants and only 10 will make it to the finals. In most cases, 70 percent of the finalists are from well connected homes or have some fancy degrees from posh schools. A recent case is the venture clash application which was organised by the United States in Nigeria. The winning startup CEO has an MBA from Colombia and has more than 10 years in insurance and is one of the big shots in corporate Nigeria. Now tell me, how a 20 year old can compete against people of such pedigree.

The bottomline is that entrepreneurship isn't cool. It's brutal if you have no funding or capital let's be realistic you can start a business without money but at a certain point you need money to grow that business. Bank loans in this part of the world come with an interest rate of 30 percent. Venture capitalists wont even give you the time of the day and angel investors are almost non existent here. The so called entrepreneurship competitions that are meant to provide hope are even rigged against you from the get go. If you have a job and you are seriously thinking or entrepreneurship or starting a business have enough money to cover your living costs and business operational costs as the journey of entrepreneurship is a very brutal, lonely, depressing and unforgiving one

Cc
Lalasticala
Mynd44

zionzone:


Bro…this doesn’t have to do with Ecobank o. I tried using my GTB card for same payment and the response I received was that I could not complete my transaction because I have selected a DCC (Dynamic Currency Conversion) that allows me to pay in Naira which has been restricted. I will advise you to reattempt your transaction and select the currency of the country you are transacting in. In this case, you should be selecting dollars - USD.

That means you will need a dollar account na.

I have been trying to no avail for the past one week to pay money to my facebook ad account with my ecobank mastercard but the transaction keeps on declining. I have mailed the bank and they are saying its a DCC issue. Is anyone else having the same issues with ecobank

Summary:

Having been married to a former carousel rider in my Blue Pill beta days, I thought I'd share some insight on how to identify former carousellers looking for a provider for those wanting an LTR. Considerations will also be made for men already in relationships with such women. This is a complementary essay to Rollo's Saving the Best.

 

Body:

A common scenario the Blue Pill beta male faces (assuming he's at least average-looking and has a stable career), is he meets a 30-something beauty who gives him more attention than other women. She's very open to him, initiates often, and she's so easy to date he doesn't have to put forth much effort for her to respond positively. Because he lacks a sex life and social interaction with women in general, meeting her is like finding an oasis in the desert.

But he's unaware that the most common sexual strategyof the attractive woman is to ride a carousel of cocks in the prime of her youth, and then secure a beta providersuch as himself when she's post-wall.

 

Signs that a woman might be a former carousel rider looking for a provider:

She's a 7 or higher in looks.

She's around 30 years of age or older.

She shows signs of slutty behavior. The major ones are she has visible tattoos, dyed hair and unusual piercings; she's on birth control; she likes talking about sex and reacts positively to sexual innuendos; she has daddy issues; she has the"thousand cock stare".

She attended college.

She's a single mom with some of the other traits listed here.

She asks "Where have all the good men gone?". She says she's "tired of the games", or she's "tired of jerks and players trying to get into her pants", and that she wants a "mature man" for a serious relationship.

She's a try-hard. She actively pursues you, calling you often, wanting to be with you, laughing at your jokes that aren't that funny. If she knows where you live, she comes by unannounced if she hasn't seen or heard from you in a few days. And keenly aware as a prostitute that men love sex, she makes herself easy to get into bed. The key here is that she puts forth most of the effort, with you doing little in return. Be sure to verify other carousel signs to distinguish between a woman who's genuinely attracted to you, and a woman who just wants provision.

She feels the need to confess her sexual history to you. Sometimes the confession is out of the blue, sort of like "I need to get something off my chest" to give her plausible deniability in case you hold it against her in the future (She confessed her slutty behavior and you stayed anyway). Other times it's her need to reminisce the good old days. But a good way to get her to open up about her past is to talk about your sexual past as if it was no big deal (public places you've had sex, kinky things you've done, how fun it was, etc.). If she feels you won't judge her, former carousel riders light up at the opportunity to talk about who and what they've done. Now, she generally won't reveal her sexual history while you're dating and she's attempting to marry you, but she'll be more open about it after marriage when she has legal access to your resources. Just don't fall for the"I've only known one man who was my boyfriend"line.

She will guilt-trip you into marriage within months of the relationship. When you first start dating and tell her upfront that you're not interested in marriage, she will be okay with the idea initially. But after some time she'll say things like "My parents don't like the idea of us being together for so long unmarried," or "It's against my religion/personal beliefs for us to have sex unmarried," or "I feel like I'm being used and I don't want to play games, I want someone who's serious", or "My biological clock is ticking", or "Don't you love me?"

She doesn't enjoy the role of homemaker. She doesn't like to cook or clean, and isn't very good at it. She lived such a hedonistic lifestyle in her prime with friendzoned betas at her beck and call, that being of service to someone other than herself is unappealing. She'd rather lay around watching TV all day.

She's closed off in the bedroom. When you first start dating she's easy to have sex with and many times she'll initiate (to get you hooked), but aftermarriage she shuts down. She's sexually prudish and not as enthusiastic in bed as she once was, and sex feels more like a chore and stress-reliever than something fun.

 

Signs that a man is being used mostly for his resources by a former carouseller (I've been guilty of many of these):

His behavior is beta. He's always showering her with attention, doing whatever she wants on a whim, being servile and supplicating, but she thinks it's "romantic" and appears appreciative, at least prior to marriage. To my bias, beta behavior is the #1 cause for ending up with a selfish, uncooperative, unsubmissive woman, and what helps makes her manipulation of him easier.

He's physically unattractive, but she knows he has resources. He's short, skinny, fat, unmuscular, etc. but he makes a good living, especially in the STEM fields. Her asking "So what do you do for a living?" is her way of determining if he's someone capable of providing for her. Of course, having good looks and a good job only raises his value, but if he's not all that good-looking and she's stillinterested, it's for his resources.

He's early to mid-20s. Though he prefers younger women (who aren't interested in dating him), he rationalizes dating an older woman by assuming she's mature and experienced and therefore should play her role in the relationship much more efficiently than someone younger. But I also think older, desperate women target younger men because they're generally more naive about how women operate and therefore easier to seduce and manipulate than older men (though older men aren't exempt of course).

He's Captain Save-A-Ho. He's with her primarily because of some "problem" he thinks she needs rescuing from. He wants to see himself as the hero who "saves" her from loneliness, or poor living conditions, or her fatherless child. He thinks his noble act will make her more appreciative and committed to him, forgetting the corollaries inBriffault's Law.

He only has vanilla sex. In keeping with his Nice Guy personality, when the beta male has sex with a woman, he doesn't Bleep her with any sense of dominance, he "makes love" to her. Maybe such a strategy is appropriate if she recently had a traumatic experience such as losing a loved one. But if the porn industry and 50 Shades of Grey hysteria is any indication, women much preferdominance and rough sex to love-making. This is why the Red Pill emphasizes lifting and alpha behavior. Because once a woman has been bleeped by enough cocks, especially good ones, her ability to stay with one man long term isdiminished because she judges her current partner by her carousel years. Good cock is like an addictive drug to women, and if her current partner is not giving her the feels that Chad did, she will cheat or leave.

There's no genuine emotional connection between the two, and she doesn't care. She's not genuinely happy to see him when he comes home from work, and she's not particularly upbeat (not that she's necessarily moody, just indifferenttowards him). They don't have shared interests or social interplay such as cracking witty jokes with each other on the fly, or some light-hearted horseplay. The relationship feels so effortful that they need a lot of outside influences (dining out, going to a movie, and other 'outings') to compensate for a boring relationship as opposed to using those things to compliment an already good thing. But she doesn't care about bonding with him because she never wanted anything more from him than his resources. Whereas the beta male is stimulated by being subservient to her, her stimulation comes from eating, sleeping, shopping, and cheating.

He's good father-figure/emotional support. "Resources" is not limited to money, food or shelter. Many single-moms want a father-figure for their children. For post-wall women, the provision they look for in a beta male is the same provision they enjoyed from the men they friendzoned: attention and validation; from a male servant around the house who flatters her like a princess and serves as her emotional tampon. Being post-wall and no longer attractive to Chad, she wants someone to tell her she's still desirable. The servile nature of the beta-male makes him qualified to fulfill these roles.

He's desperate for a woman. Loneliness and a lack of women willing to date him has been so prevalent in his life, that when a pretty women shows him some attention, he's willing to forego the carousel signs just so he can have some companionship. This makes her efforts to exploit him that much easier.

 

The takeaway from this is that being a beta-provider is like being friendzoned with benefits. He provides her with resources/emotional support and she occasionally gives him duty-sex in return. But the sex isn't fulfilling for her as it was on the carousel because unless he's decent looking and dominant in the bedroom, she's not sexuallyattracted to him. Her settling for a beta male means she sees him as a servant rather than a lover or partner.

 

Denial:

I realize this is a sensitive topic for men already in LTRs because it puts a spotlight on their current partner, and if perchance several of the carousel signs checks out for her, they may go through some measure of denial. I want to address this denial now. Keep in mind this is coming from someone who married and provided for a former carousel rider:

There is a segment of men in the manosphere who give carousel riders the benefit of the doubt by believing that even though she rode the carousel, she simply made a mistake in her sexual behavior that she wasn't aware of until she approached the Wall. That at some point she"came to her senses" and realized the jerks and players she was fucking weren't good relationship material, that she was never empowered by giving herself away for free, and now her seeking a "good man" is evidence of her remorse and repentance.

But assuming she started riding the carousel at say, 18, isn't it odd that it took her roughly 10 years to come to this realization, which just so happened to coincide afterall the jerks and players no longer wanted her? But let us recall the young carouseller's remark in Michael's storywhen he confronted her about her slutty behavior:

“Michael let me tell you something: not only am I going to have my cake eat it and eat it too. I’m going to have it with ice cream and sprinkles”

A woman's carousel years has nothing to do with finding a "good man" for long-term commitment and everythingto do with hedonism, which feminists have been pushing for decades. And the most telling evidence of this behavior is her lamenting "Where have all the good men gone?". To ask about these men after she's post-wall suggests they were available in her prime, but she wasn't interested in them at the time. She was far more interested in riding the carousel.

The man who holds the "good girl who made a mistake" perspective is usually in an LTR and wants to believe that the woman he's with is a Good Girl Gina who has a low N-count and loves him for his personality. In the face of Red Pill awareness of the cock carousel (examples hereand here), he doesn't want to consider that his partner might have been a deliberate carousel rider who plannedher sexual and provider strategy from the start, because it would make him the recipient of used-up goods. YaReally offers a similar perspective.

The fact they've been rejecting decent men who gave a damn about them for jerks and players since high school shows these women know exactly what they're doing, and they're even encouraged by feminists.

 

Anger:

Once the beta-male realizes the woman he's providing for had a slutty past, he usually goes through some measure of anger. He's disillusioned that she isn't the "good girl" he expected. And considering his friendzoned days with her former desirability, he realizes that he's married to the very woman who would have friendzoned or rejected him in her prime, making him a living example that "Nice Guys finish last."

And for many men there's the additional element of jealousy: It's not so much that she was promiscuous that frustrates him, but that he couldn't enjoy that sort of sex life for himself. For years he's tried to unlock the secret to getting laid like a playboy to no avail. But then comes along his LTR who tells him tales of her wonderful adventures at DisneyCocks Theme Park, the park to which he was denied employment. From his perspective, her reminiscing about her abundant sex life is like saying "Ha ha, look at all the fun I had that you never could!". And then for her hold back in the bedroom is a slap to the face; she was slutty for the men she hooked up with, but not for the man who provides for her.

 

Conclusion:

If for much of your adult life you could barely get women to look in your direction, and all of a sudden this attractive 30-something is giving you lots of attention, putting forth the effort to be with you, and giving up the pussy without you doing much for her in return, it's a sign she wants you to be her provider, not because she thinks you're hot or loves your personality.

The purpose of the carousel signs is to be aware that women who rode the carousel generally don't make good long-term partners because they're self-serving, disrespectful, unappreciative, they aren't good homemakers, and they aren't committed. Just like her relationships with friendzoned men, she will come in wanting the LTR to be all about her like a pampered baby.

For men already in LTRs with older attractive women, one of the greatest tests of Red Pill maturity is honestlyacknowledging that one's wife or girlfriend was likely aslut in her prime. I understand many men new to this information have children and financial constraints preventing them from making an easy exit from the relationship if her sexual history is a deal breaker. But I suggest at least assessing her current behavior to ensure she at least contributes to the relationship in ways that serve you, while also resolving any counter-productive behaviors in yourself that makes her uncooperative in the relationship, and unenthusiastic in the bedroom (see here and here).

Because the benefit of acknowledging her slutty past is it minimizes attachment and dependency on your perceived "goodness" of her for your happiness. This detachment makes it easier spot deception and manipulation, it reduces beta behavior, and it's easier to not put up with her bullshit and ultimately work towards getting what you want from the relationship because you no longer think the world of her.

The cock carousel is An idea perpetuated on manosphere blogs that women casually sleep around in their 20's with hot, non-commital player types.

Then, supposedly, when they hit their 30's and lose their looks, they realize they wasted their prime man-snagging years and become desperate to settle down, often with a boring, dependable flavor of guy they previously had no interest in.

So guys and girls do you think it's a myth or it really happens in our society.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the increasing aggressive rate girls beg on social media. It spans across all social media networks from Facebook down to even instagram. Funny enough the same girls after begging will be the ones updating status claiming feminism and gender equality.

Ps Nigerian women go and work and stop the social media begging it's insane. You have two hands and two legs and a working brain. Go and fry plantain or puff puff if you can't find a job. Stop the begging and the asewo works

Sai baba. Buhari till 2030. I want him to rule for 16 years. He has my votes come 2019. Sai baba.

DOnlooker:
6000 Naira multiplied by 250,000 members is equal to how much again ?

1.5 billion naira. Even if only 1000 members it's a lot of money.

chikarism:
so what of Igbo brothers in the do called Niger Delta

I said a referandum will be carried out in igbo areas there and nothing else.

Thanks op for starting this post. It really helped in my research and it's very eye opening.

venai:
Your post would have made my day... But why are you this angry? Has your niger deltan mistress broken your heart?
Can we not go about this biafran agitation with love? Are we not going to have friendly neighbouring countries when we realise Biafra?
We should learn from Nnamdi Kanu's mistakes.

Many of them are very annoying. See them shouting all the time that igbos want our oil every time. It's so annoying.

But 98 percent of girls are sluts. It's when they get into their 30s they slow down on their fast paced life and start attending church in order to trap one idiot maga.

giftq:
We the south-south format.

But nigger area has been oppressing the south south since 1920, what can you say about that?

cc chineji

They should continue being oppressed. Many of the south south minority tribe people are very stupid. They deserve to be lorded over by the fulanis.

tensazangetsu20:
This is eye opening. Thanks op.

Thanks

I need this on front page. Am tired of the niger delta minorities crying that the igbos want to annex them.

I never took interest in this biafran agitation of a thing until nnamdi kanu was arrested by the federal government and since then I have been following it like a cattle egret to a cow. I love nnamdi kanu and all he stands for but there's one thing I hate about the way nnamdi kanu is going about the agitation.

Nnamdi kanu is forcing the Niger delta minorities into the new nation he wants to form. Maybe it's because of their oil or their access to the sea I don't know. Oil is getting redundant and will continue decreasing in value. Most oil companies have been running at a loss. Chevron one of the largest oil firms didn't even make any profit last year. Aside the fact that oil is getting useless the environmental degradation of the Niger delta minority areas is something the new biafran nation cannot deal with. We cannot get an independence and use our scarce dollars to clean up their environment. It costs so much and take years.

I have seen so many igbos calling for a port in calabar but I have never seen a single efik calling for a port in their own state. In delta state, the urhobos and the itsekiris have been fighting for a piece of land which only God knows when the fight will end. Who is gonna build infastructure with biafran scarce dollars in those swampy mangrove areas that will still cost an arm and a leg to maintain. This renewed biafran agitation how many Niger delta minorities have died for the cause? It's igbo blood that have been shedded from day one.

Even educationally they can't compete with the igbos. Bayelsa has a cut off of 72 to get into a unity secondary school. It's not that far from the northern states.

I love biafra and all it stands for but I will never vote for a biafra that will include the Niger delta minority tribes.

The referandum if it ever comes should only be carried out in the igbo areas.

The Niger delta minorities have nothing to offer to the new biafran nation. We don't need their oil. Heck how many igbos even own oil wells in Nigeria today. Silicon valley will buy all the oil wells in Africa but there's no single oil company there. Alphabet incorporated which was incorporated in 2015 has more equity than ExxonMobil which has existed for years.

We don't need the Niger delta oil and we don't need their sea. Shipping might be taking the bulk of global transport but a new innovation will beat it soon enough.

We can't leave Nigeria and create another Nigeria. The niger delta minority tribes hate and disdain the igbos so why would any igbo want a country with them. God bless Phillip effiong but his era is passed.

This is what I believe has to be said.

Cc
Billyonaire
SHTFguy
Alcatraz005
Lalasticala
Tonyebarcanista
Ishilove
Crystolsexy
Nwaamaikpe
Amarabae

CHARLYX9: guy you knw nothing were did u arrive at d figure 6% out of 100% get admitted ur sick.u jst spit nonsense from ur mouth vagabon.thats hw u said in the other thread that computer science is a useless course except u go for professional A+,CCNA.BUT A PERSON WHO STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH B.S.C,COMP.ENGR,BUSINES ADMIN,ENGLISH CN WORK ANYWHERE BT YOU THAT WANNA STUDY NAUTICAL SCIENCE/MARINE ENG U CN ONLY WORK IN MARINE SECTOR NO OTHER PLACE.DUMP TWART
*SPITS ON UR POST*
*GOES BACK TO FLUSH MA TOILET HOPE TO ALSO FLUSH UR BRAIN*

let me warn you david that never in your life will you quote my post you frustrated idiot I will see what you will achieve in this world with this your attitude you have not changed never I repeat never should you quote my post you dirty freaking bastard no wonder everybody avoids you like a plague go join your mates at the bus stop you yellow fool kpele maybe because you failed your WAEC eyah try again a lot of people have failed and tried again idiot

CHARLYX9: guy you knw nothing were did u arrive at d figure 6% out of 100% get admitted ur sick.u jst spit nonsense from ur mouth vagabon.thats hw u said in the other thread that computer science is a useless course except u go for professional A+,CCNA.BUT A PERSON WHO STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH B.S.C,COMP.ENGR,BUSINES ADMIN,ENGLISH CN WORK ANYWHERE BT YOU THAT WANNA STUDY NAUTICAL SCIENCE/MARINE ENG U CN ONLY WORK IN MARINE SECTOR NO OTHER PLACE.DUMP TWART
*SPITS ON UR POST*
*GOES BACK TO FLUSH MA TOILET HOPE TO ALSO FLUSH UR BRAIN*

And besides you sound like a frustrated fellow please you can always visit yabaleft for counselling I do not have your time mtscheeew some nigerians ehn

CHARLYX9: guy you knw nothing were did u arrive at d figure 6% out of 100% get admitted ur sick.u jst spit nonsense from ur mouth vagabon.thats hw u said in the other thread that computer science is a useless course except u go for professional A+,CCNA.BUT A PERSON WHO STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH B.S.C,COMP.ENGR,BUSINES ADMIN,ENGLISH CN WORK ANYWHERE BT YOU THAT WANNA STUDY NAUTICAL SCIENCE/MARINE ENG U CN ONLY WORK IN MARINE SECTOR NO OTHER PLACE.DUMP TWART
*SPITS ON UR POST*
*GOES BACK TO FLUSH MA TOILET HOPE TO ALSO FLUSH UR BRAIN*

Do I know you charlie and why have you been attacking me recenly go get a life nigga.

CHARLYX9: guy you knw nothing were did u arrive at d figure 6% out of 100% get admitted ur sick.u jst spit nonsense from ur mouth vagabon.thats hw u said in the other thread that computer science is a useless course except u go for professional A+,CCNA.BUT A PERSON WHO STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH B.S.C,COMP.ENGR,BUSINES ADMIN,ENGLISH CN WORK ANYWHERE BT YOU THAT WANNA STUDY NAUTICAL SCIENCE/MARINE ENG U CN ONLY WORK IN MARINE SECTOR NO OTHER PLACE.DUMP TWART
*SPITS ON UR POST*
*GOES BACK TO FLUSH MA TOILET HOPE TO ALSO FLUSH UR BRAIN*

why the hate must you abuse am entitled to my own opinion some nigerians ehn smh

This is not enough we need more universities both in the north east west and south america has 4128 universities that is excluding the number of trade schools and vocational schools we need more in nigeria the number of people taking JAMB is increasing every year and less than 6 percent get admitted where should the rest go Goodluck do more or stop complaining when peeps go to private universities or other countries for their education my 2 cents

Oh God my people perish for lack of knowledege op you have said the bitter truth it is left for them to accept it or not why are you apologising you have fallen my hands there is no day I do not see articles like this on yahoo and people respond positively take it or leave it some courses are just irrelevant in the countrys economy that is the bitter truth

Poster you are spot on do not mind them please we need such threads to educate prospective undergrad go to yahoo you will see articles like this everyday and you will see comments that make sense thank you poster