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Jarus:
Overused and abused lie.

Google recently poached Ruth Porat from Goldman Sachs and she will earn $70m (N14b) in 2 years. (http://ww2.cfo.com/people/2015/03/google-greets-new-cfo-ruth-porat-with-70m-pay-package/)


She is not an employee, not part of owners of Google.

Tell me if N14bn in 2 years is not wealth. Immediate sign-on bonus for her is $1m (N0.2b)

Coming to Nigeria, the CEO of Shell is an employee of Shell (not part of owners), and tell me the CEO of Shell is not wealthy.

I agree we should encourage entrepreneurship, but you guys go to the extreme in making your point.

I do not agree with the "you-cannot-be-rich-if-you-an-employee" mantra too but it takes a long time and doesn't give one freedom of time. Although being wealthy via entrepreneurship takes time too but that time freedom gives it an advantage.

You sighted an example of ceo of shell. The person is rich (I envy am self) but not richer than his employee (Shell) as against your argument.

Do you have dreams that keep getting
pushed to the side, and every time they are
revisited you make another excuse as to
why it’s not the right time to chase them?
Successful entrepreneurs all have one
thing in common -- they pushed the
excuses aside, not their dreams.
While there are countless excuses, these
six in particular are both horrible and
unfortunately common -- and you should
not let them stand in the way of your
entrepreneurial dreams.

1. “I’m too old.”
You are never too old to accomplish
anything that you set your mind to. The
media tends to highlight young
entrepreneurs and founders -- a headline
about an Ivy League college student
creating a successful company is going to
receive more media attention than a
headline about an entrepreneur in his or
her early 40s that launched a successful
venture out of the garage.

Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in
his Harvard dorm room and Evan Spiegel
co-founded Snapchat while at Stanford --
but there have also been plenty of
successful companies founded by older
entrepreneurs. Reid Hoffman was 35 when
he co-founded LinkedIn, and Henry Ford
was 45 when he created the Model T. Age
is just a number -- not an excuse.

2. “I’m scared.”
There isn’t a single entrepreneur that
wasn’t scared -- anyone saying otherwise
is flat-out lying to your face. You have to
take that fear and use it as motivation
rather than let it stop you. When it comes
down to it there is only one thing you
should be scared of -- not reaching your
dreams.
Know what’s scary? The thought of
someone else coming to market with your
idea in the future and you kicking yourself
daily for not pursuing your dreams. Now
that's scary, right?

3. “I don’t have money.”
Reality check: you are never going to have
enough capital unless you are Apple and
have $194 billion cash to spend . Every
business can always use additional
funding. Look a Uber -- it is valued at
approximately $50 billion and currently
raising between $1.5 and $2 billion .
Don’t let limited funds stop you --
bootstrap your growth and make sure that
your business model generates revenue
fast enough to keep you above water.

4. “I don’t have connections.”
This is not a valid excuse today -- social
media makes it possible to connect with
almost anyone. Introductions and
connections can sprout from a single
Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn message. In
fact, some of the most influential
entrepreneurs and business personalities
are more accessible than you might think.
You can also use website contact forms
and email addresses. If you send a
message through a website form the
intended recipient is going to see it --
whether they respond or not depends on
your message. Anything that comes
through my company’s website addressed
to me gets forwarded to me -- it doesn’t
necessarily mean I respond to all of them,
but I do read them.
You might have to kick some doors down,
but if you are willing to work, you can
make connections. Truthfully, anyone
claiming that they aren't making any
connections isn’t working hard enough.

5. “I don’t have time.”
Every single person on this planet has 24
hours in his or her day. You can’t buy any
extra -- it is on you to use your time
efficiently. Want to start a business on the
side while working your full-time job? You
just have to prioritize your time away from
work.
Wake up early in the morning and work on
your business or skip happy hour and go
home and work hard through the evening.
The people claiming they don’t have time
are the same people sleeping in every
morning and going out every night
socializing for hours. If you want it bad
enough, you will find the time.

6. “I might fail.”
Failure sucks and it's always a possibility
-- there’s no avoiding that. There is also a
chance that you could get into a car
accident on your commute tomorrow --
are you going to let that possibility stop
you from reaching your destination? Of
course not.
“You miss 100 percent
of the shots you don't
take.” -- Wayne Gretzky

This list just begins to scratch the surface
-- what are some other horrible excuses
that you have heard? Add yours to the list

Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246744

Good one maxxy. Hope to join the league one day in the future. However, why don't you do the business part time now while you are still on your job. Reason is to actually see the cash flow from the business. That is the reason most successful entrepreneurs will tell you. Aside that it is not that rosy for a first timer in entrepreneurship. I am not discouraging you, just a word of advise.

kodded:


so this is the kind of beauty shop that kind make some one donate N170 million and buy a wristwatch of N10 million ....SMH

Oma se o.
What a pity!
Low thinking people.









...........pathetic


all lairs shall perish in hell fire

Oma se o.
What a pity!
Low thinking people

Aminat508:
I dunno him o

Probably, you were small then or not yet born.

SARCASM

Cirphrank:
Make sure you're on mtn iPulse! Use 200 during the day! And don't sleep off during 1-5:00am.
Sir, it worked, it's working and it works.
#Goodluck.

Must the #200 be spent on calls, sms, data or all?

I don't want to be dragged into this wrist watch furore but I am forced to type this.
Firstly, that a husband is prudent translate to a wife being the same? I am married. I do not like and I am not used to buying personal expensive things. Does that mean my wife too won't like it or will not be used to it?

Hey guys let's be realistic. These two beings came from two different family and there lifestyles can never be the same. I heard few minutes ago that Aisha was the daughter of Minister for Defence of this country. I beg to say that her life styles can't be compared to a Daura boy who lost his father at 4 and rose to become Major General.

And lastly, Aisha owns one of the biggest
spas and beauty institutes in the country. An institute was
consulted by the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation/Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical
Company to help train individuals under its Youth
Empowerment and Skill Acquisition Programme. What do you expect from the owner of such magnitude institute that is patronised by highly classed locals and internationals? A bend down select wears and jewelleries or ibo made wrist watch watch.

I beg make una leave matters for Mathias jare.

Aminat508:
JIM OVIA.FEMI OTEDOLA .ALIKO DANGOTE at the inauguration in Abuja.


https://instagram.com/p/3WtyNyEbOu/

The rich mingle together. The poor did same.

Someone should help me with the articles of this man. I am already addicted to it.

Nice one but was actually thinking the "her" will be Solat. I also thought the article will end at the grave. All in all, nice one. I wish it will make FP next Friday.

jman77:
pls house, I'm new here and happy to be here.I just submitted an application 3days ago via same procedure and was offered admission almost immediately, looks strange to me and don't even know what to do next. a candid advise Is highly needed on how to go about running a smooth and successful course of computer science. thanks

Go to your chosen study centre to do screening then get matric number. Get the list of courses you will do, get your materials and start reading. That's all for now.

Damieadeh:
I purchased the form last year Dec 2014/2015 but along the line I had some financial issue so I couldn't pay for the tuition fee up till now.
Do I need to write the authority for deferring the admission till next year?
Please kindly advice me on what to do.
Thanks.

I think this has been addressed sometime ago.
You do not need to write anybody and you are not deferring your admission. Whenever you are financially stable go process your payment.
NB: Ensure you are cleared and given admission number even if you are not pursuing your academics yet. That doesn't cost any fee just your original credentials.

PhockPhockMan:
Meaning what? Is it not the same weekend they submitted asset declaration form?
Why wait for working day to make it public?

It wasn't weekend. It was submitted on Thursday before inauguration on Friday

kilode100:
Are you scared of me? My size scares you huh?

Scared of you ? No. Your size? No. Solely because I am a lege lege but can destroy mountain.

kilode100:
Is he taller than Fashola?


Hmm,... Skinny and tall, exactly my specs

Your moniker prompted me to see your dp only to realise that your moniker fits you

Promise #1 fulfilled.

captainBIAFRA:
[s]s]
RUBISH FROM AN OLD ILLITERATE DULLARD

e still dey pain you? The earlier you get use to it the better for you.

[quote author=stinggy post=34241402]False report. Just because she hasn't opened for some days doesn't mean they've closed down. She can't so dumb not to hand over the affairs to a trusted Manager.
That was exactly what came to my mind when I read it to the end. False report it was. Worse still, they won't report back when the institute is reopened.

firstEVA:
Which song is he going to perform

Which song other than Godwin

Jarus:
One of my writers, who holds a PhD and works in Shell Houston, reduced the frequency of contribution because of poor engagement by readers. I more or less propped him to continue writing.

Imagine, a foreign professor from Germany once contacted him for an article he wrote. The man disagreed with a couple of points he made in the article and sent a lengthy email for robust engagement with my guy. My friend was impressed and didn't know his readership traveled that far.

Yet, people here, who are our major target audience, hardly bother to read talkless of commenting.

I have lost a couple of other fine contributors due to lack of comment/engagement on their articles. It is discouraging.

That's Nigeria and Nigerians for you - hardly read what is beneficial to him but quick to download the latest 2pac song who never knew him. It's very pathetic.

Salam alaikum...... Let us all ensure this topic hit FP. Today is Friday. Read and comment.
https://www.nairaland.com/2343329/how-prepare-yourself-jumuah-prayers#34208144

Ma Sha Allah.

So simple. No security. No entourage.

Twaci:
"Busy People". Chikena.
But Madam Osinbajo's neck take style long sha

Naso u for dey abuse people if you had won miss Nairaland.

This might not be the right section/thread but I think it calls for the attention of we Muslims that are here.

Someone actually created this in a thread and yet unfortunately on 37 people viewed it (and non registered Nairalander may be one of them). That proved again why Islamic topics do not make front page.
The content of the thread is pasted here:

Assalamu'alaiku waramatu lah wabarakatu.
I have observed, most times Islamic thread don't
make front page on this forum. At times, on a
friday you will hardly see any on the front page.
Other religions, you will see not less than 5
threads on the front page on their day of
worship.
Please, fellow brothers and sisters in Islam, help
let bro. MacTunji know about this.
A/slm.

And my personal view on it is that it then becomes our collective responsibility to
ensure that there is Islamic thread that makes
front page on every Friday, at least one if not
four.

The original link to the above thread is hereunder:

https://www.nairaland.com/2330836/why-islam-threads-hardly-make

Lmao

IdisuleOurOwn:
@ Kazrem. I did observe that too. sometimes, on a Friday, no one makes front page.

Meanwhile, there will be like almost 4-5 threads of other faiths on the front page on their days of worship.

It then becomes our collective responsibility to ensure that there is Islamic thread that makes front page on every Friday, at least one if not four.

FLAWLES:
THEM SAY PIKIN WEY SEE SAY EM OPPONENT GO BEAT M"EM GO QUICKLY LIE SAY EM PAPA SAY MK EM NO DE FIGHT AGAIN" abi pikin wen see say dem don beat m go talk say HE NO CHOP B4 EM ENTER D FIGHT; MTWWWWWWS

Wetin this one dey talk self.

emmyvet:
Sorry for the delay in response

Next semester he can add more courses if and only if he have not reach the 24units of course (that is from the old semester) then he can add more courses to get 24units.

Then for the old courses (missed exam)
let him write the TMAs and the register only the exams

Thanks bro.

NixowL:
Your friend doesn't need to repeat course registration, but will have to redo the TMAs in the new semester. Also, by that time, the student can add more courses either from her current level or the next to compensate for the lapse of time.

Thanks bro for always been there.