As someone who has been in rooms with billionaires, let me give you this advice: take the N10m and go start a farm or something.
They meet about 6 of you everyday, and they are not interested in your great idea that 75 other wannabes already pitched to them before.
No one cares
They meet about 6 of you everyday, and they are not interested in your great idea that 75 other wannabes already pitched to them before.
No one cares
And no, they're not gonna give you a job or a supply contract or anything that will change your life.
The most you'll get is a business card for their PA/Admin person who will answer your call the first time, then dodge you until you get the message.
The most you'll get is a business card for their PA/Admin person who will answer your call the first time, then dodge you until you get the message.
Nigerians need to get over their fascination with "favour" and other unicorn stories. Those things are called unicorn stories because unicorns do not exist.
Real life is a process without elevators. Even the ones who took political elevators to success earned that access somehow
Real life is a process without elevators. Even the ones who took political elevators to success earned that access somehow
It's the same blithe lack of awareness that has fresh-faced 20-somethings with 1 year of work experience and a few semi-viral Facebook rants constantly in my inbox asking "Can you help me get my work into The New Yorker/CNN/The Africa Report?"
Lol you better go and hustle.
Lol you better go and hustle.
