This 25-Year Old Found Success When He Started Helping Others Succeed

Scott Oldford

Success is the prime focus of so many people. I did a simple Amazon book search to see and there are 272,519 books about success. Success is often focused inwardly. In fact, the drive for success is a need to go from where you are now to where you want to be. Look at that sentence… it is all about you.
In my opinion, we put too much emphasis on success. In my journey of life and business, I have achieved great success and still asked “is this it?” In other words, I was not fulfilled. I ended up losing it all and making my comeback.

5 Keys to Entrepreneurial Success in 2017

If you are ready to experience entrepreneurial success in 2017, be prepared to work. There aren’t any $37 eBooks or $97/month programs that are going to magically eliminate or reduce the workload that is required to be successful.

The other day I overheard a business owner say, “Hopefully, luck will be on my side next year and business will take a turn for the better.” Sadly, that way of thinking isn’t going to help him one bit -- if I were to make a bet, I would let it ride on him failing again.
If you are banking on luck, you might as well hit the casino and let it all ride on red or black at the roulette wheel. Here are five very simple, yet seemingly overlooked key points you need to address if you want to experience a successful 2017.

1. Put past failures behind you.

There are far more failures than there are success stories when it comes to startups and new businesses. Most fail, and that’s just how it is. It’s very rare that you will find a successful entrepreneur that hit a home run at his or her first at bat.

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Dangote, Putin, Trump, Merkel most powerful persons in the world-Forbes

Foremost Entrepreneur and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, was at the weekend named along other world leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, American President-elect, Donald Trump and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel as the most powerful persons in the world.

These personalities were ranked along with 7o others as the most powerful people with Dangote ranked as the second most powerful in the African continent.

The Nigerian business mogul has constantly featured in the list since 2013 when he was listed as the only black African so rated by the popular Forbes Magazine in the list of 100 most powerful persons.

Listed as number 71 most powerful last year ahead of the American President-elect, Dangote, Africa’s richest man, moved up the ladder of influential people as he was named as the 68^th most powerful in the world weekend, coming only after the Egyptian President, Abdel el-Sisi, who was adjudged the most powerful in Africa and 44th in the world.

The famed American business magazine, Forbes in the latest edition of its 74 World Most Powerful People ranking list released at the weekend showed that the 64 year old Russian President, Vladimir Putin is the most powerful in the world, ahead of Mr. Donald Trump who is second on the list.

While the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ranked the third most powerful person in the World, out-going American President, Barack Obama placed 48^th on the list.

Meet JR Kanu; Builder Of African Businesses, And Founder Of Reach, A Social Financial Management App

In more ways than one, I can relate to JR’s journey. JR Kanu, that is. 9 years ago, between November 2007 and September 2009, he worked as a journalist at Black Enterprise and Esquire Magazine. 6 years ago? He was a Technical Advisor for the United Nations Millennium Villages Project. 4? He helped launch a cookstove manufacturing facility in Haiti (presumably part of the UN’s after-earthquake resuscitation efforts).
After that, he dabbled in investment, then managed Operations at Zappos (an online fashion store owned by Amazon), after which he found himself teaching human-centred design as a Design Thinking Coach at Stanford University. Fast forward a few months, and he’d picked up an interest in e-commerce and joined Konga in November 2014 as Vice President, Business Development. While there, he led the 32-strong team that built out KongaPay and made it a standalone product. Oh. JR founded The Design Institute, Lagos, he’s got a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Calvin College, an MA in Journalism from NYU, and a Stanford MBA. Whew.

54 Thrones: Meet the Amazing Entrepreneur Behind This Beauty Brand That’s Made in Africa by Africans

After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Christina Tegbe had serious thoughts about the beauty products she was using on her hair and skin. She found many products actually have harsh chemicals and synthetic substances even when they are labelled as ‘natural.’

Christina found she wasn’t the only one concerned with the authenticity, source and content of substances used in beauty products these days. Her friends had the same worries and, as she later found out, more users of beauty products are becoming aware and asking questions.

This experience sent her down a rabbit hole of discovery and testing that unravelled her entrepreneurship abilities. Today, she’s the brain behind 54 Thrones, a remarkable brand of beauty products that are ethically sourced, locally made by African artisans, and curated to the unique needs of the market.
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Business Challenges Are When Your Team Builds Muscle and Confidence.

Marty Fukuda

Contributor

Chief Operating Officer 

of N2 Publishing

When I was younger, I used to read about the wildly successful companies featured in popular business magazines, such as "Entrepreneur," with a great deal of jealousy. I thought, these companies are so successful, every day there must be like paradise. No struggles, stress or challenges on the horizon. These upper echelon organizations must never have software issues, be forced to let someone go, or deal with challenging customers and deadlines. And then a funny thing happened.