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Dr Ola Brown
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Jul 3 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Its often due to "Empire Building''. Let me explain.
This Halloween, Jeff Bezos dressed up as Batman and his fiancée as Catwoman. This is costume play. Everyone knows that Jeff Bezos is not Batman, and more importantly, Jeff Bezos knows that he is not Batman. Image However, what happens with corporate cosplay is that many startups don’t realize that they are startups, not corporations. They start spending like large corporations, try to look like large corporations & act like large corporations before reaching product-market fit.
Jul 3 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
This article took me years to write; not because the facts were hard to find, but because Aliko Dangote is an emotive subject. To some, he's an evil monopolist. To others, a ruthless operator. And there are many who believe billionaires like him simply shouldn’t exist. You’d be surprised how often people say things to me like,“If I had your kind of money, I’d buy 10 Chanel bags, a Rolls Royce, and only wear designer clothes.”
Apr 6 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Not all entrepreneurs learn through textbooks/business courses.

Some learn through case studies understanding what went wrong & how to avoid the pitfalls. This is a thread of case studies. Nigeria LNG, Disneyland, Eurostar and Murtala Muhammed Airport 2; Domestic
Mar 30 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
A thread of my FREE courses that will help you learn more about finance/banking/venture capital and economics over the long weekend. Venture Capital youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Mar 30 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1. Dividends Matter in a Tough Economy

Nigeria is not a rich country many retail shareholders depend on bank dividends for basics like school fees. With poverty everywhere and inflation crazy high, that cash isn’t luxury; it’s survival for shareholders. NGX Liquidity
The stock exchange in Nigeria barely movew, so difficult to money off capital gains. Shares don’t sell easy, so dividends are the real win for investors.
Sep 30, 2023 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
The concept of the "customer-funded business" by Professor John Mullins focuses on building and growing a business by primarily relying on customer revenues to finance its operations and expansion, rather than seeking external funding from investors or lenders. Image Here's a summary of the key principles and ideas associated with the customer-funded business model:
May 13, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I have always thought I needed to brush up my accounting, but I have realised that most people actively investing and running businsses on twitter have NO idea abt the most basic concepts.

Pls I take God beg you. Read this #thread.
May 12, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A 6 foot man earning $63k is as desirable to women as a 5'6" man who earns $240k

The average woman is ready to sacrifice nearly $200k in salary for those extra 6 inches in height. Image Source: Don't trust your gut
May 12, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
What to know about the new CEO of twitter and hence our new landlady Ms Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) Yaccarino was chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal (NBCU), where she worked for more than a decade and manages a global team of 2,000 people who have generated more than $100 billion in ad sales, according to her company profile
May 11, 2023 • 14 tweets • 1 min read
If you fly frequently, you know the drill.

When you arrive at the airport, police ask you for your passport and ticket before entering the airport. Then you scan your luggage. After this NDLEA call you for a physical search of your luggage.
May 9, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1. Polygamy
2. Lack of sucession planning
3. No external investors
4. Poor corporate governance
5. Poor family office structuring

Indian and Lebanese businesses do fine some are 3rd/4th generation in this same Nigeria.
May 5, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Amazon are the masters of this idea of converting cost centres to profit centres.

For example, they realised that were spending billions with delivery companies like DHL and FedEx. Image By developing their subscription service "Prime" they were able to sustainably build their own logistics infrastructure, just like Toleram.

This helped them deliver cheaper, faster and more profitably to their customers.
May 4, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Interesting how a small delay, plus African Air logistics made my life a whole lot harder over the past week +

Surgery that I had been avoiding for years due to time constraints finally scheduled for the Sat 22nd of April. However, unfortunately doctors assessment was that I need a few more days of medication so surgery was delayed till Monday 24th. That's how wahala started because I plan my work schedule/meetings in advance.
Apr 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Two baby girls have been born after being fertilized by a robot, marking a breakthrough in infertility treatments. The startup behind the robot, Overture Life, aims to automate IVF and make it more affordable and accessible The experiment was undertaken in New York's New Hope Fertility Center last spring. There, the scientists put their robotic fertilization instruments together, assembling a microscope, a mechanized needle, a tiny petri dish, and a laptop.
Apr 21, 2023 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
Disclaimer. There are plenty of personal finance gurus on twitter, that's not me.

For this thread to make sense to you, you will probably need to be managing significant funds or helping someone else manage significant funds as an advisor. However, comrades who will be mounting flying bikes from our muster point in Alimosho to overthrow the Ikoyi bourgeois, please pay attention.

As after the revolution there will be significant funds coming your way. 😭😭😭😭
Apr 20, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Gentle reminder than female breadwinners are actually more likely to be victims of domestic abuse.

Turns out that the more money you give a man, the more likely he is to beat you because of it. The chance of a woman experiencing domestic violence surges by 35% when she earns more than her male partner, new Australian research reveals.

SBS News reports that female breadwinners were also 20% more likely to suffer emotional abuse at the hands of their partner.
Apr 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My friends textile company vs Flutterwave

A friend is raising money for his textile factory in the North of Nigeria which does over $50m in revenue.
Flutterwave; a Nigerian technology company in the payments space was making this amount in revenue when it was valued over $1bn. Image Many fintech companies like Flutterwave aren't profitable when they raise money at these large valuations.
Apr 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The ability of a country to "make things" according to this Harvard Professor, is most important factor when it comes to development.

He explains how in 1962, Ghana and Thailand had roughly the same levels of export productivity and know how. Image Ghana also had the advantage of investing more in education and should have found it easier to build global trade relationships due the fact that English is the lingua franca.
Apr 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Tom Nicholas from the Harvard business school, as well as many others think that the origins of a ‘venture capital’ like structure came from whale hunting in the 1850’s. At that time, wealthy merchants and blacksmiths would invest in certain whaling expeditions, even though they had an incredibly high chance of failure.
Apr 12, 2023 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
Understanding the Bond market
#Athread. When most Nigerians think about the word "bond", one of two things come to mind.

1. James Bond Image
Mar 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Are you in full time work, but looking to take an online/distance Msc in Finance at a tier 1 university? Check out some options here: Kings College London

kcl.ac.uk/study/postgrad…