WHAT WENT DOWN AT THE YOUTH ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE 2018; FOURTH EDITION 2

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Rich Tanksley, CEO and former head of publishing at PulseNg and actor said that he relocated to Cameroon when his girlfriend got a job there.

At Cameroon when he went to a coffee shop, he eavesdropped on conversations hoping to find any interesting news to work on. He met a stumbling block because he could not understand their language and French is the lingua franca in Cameroon.

At a point, he launched a mobile excel application and sold it an Indian company when he suspected that he might relocate again.

When his relationship with the woman did not work out, he relocated to Nigeria and got offered a place at PulseNg.

His business nuggets;

1. Always employ people who are smarter that you are and get out of their way. Do not interfere. Let them do the job that you have hired them to do.
2. Employ high performers. People who get the job done. People who do not have excuses for not getting a job done.
3. Never pursue only one solution to a problem; try different solutions. For example, if I have no water at home, I can call; a plumber, a water seller and the water corporation office, all at the same time. This is because one of them might not come at all or may come late.
4. Project the future of your company from the onset.
5. Focus on your work. Turn off the notifications from social media; put it in the airplane mode so that you can accomplish a lot in a day.
6. Mind how you spend money when you start making it; be prudent.
7. To find a mentor, ascertain your elevator pitch. When conversing with a prospective mentor, client or investor, go straight to the point and stop beating about the bush. Many of these people have a short attention span.

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Tolu Oniru-Demuren (Toolz), has the following business nuggets for us;

1. Nobody owes you anything. Your parents, uncles, aunts, etc do not owe you anything.
2. You have to be fully accountable for your future/career.
3. Have the right kind of people around you; motivators and helpers.
4. Get work experience before and after graduation and before you start your business.
5. Information is key. Do online and offline courses and learn from those who know.
6. Keep learning.
7. Having the right mindset is necessary for success.
8. Say to yourself; I am going to be accountable for my future. I will get there. I will be successful.
9. You fail when you stop trying.

She talked about how she got a job as a dish washer before graduation (fourteen years old) so that she could have her own money and be able to augment the pocket money that her parents gave her with her salary.

She will be launching a new project soon.

She has the following advice for aspiring radio and television presenters;

1. Have an engaging personality. Do not talk at your audience. Talk to/with them.
2. You do not have to have an accent. Simply enunciate clearly and speak correct grammar.
3. Be authentic. Do not be fake.
4. Have a genuine interest in radio/television.
5. Listen to all different radio/television stations within and outside the country so that you can add what they have (songs, programmes, etc) that you do not have at your radio/television to yours.
6. You will make mistakes but learn how to get out of them swiftly.
7. Be on social media. Find a way to connect with your audience. Let your brand have a presence. Have a show on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.
8. Tell yourself that you will be successful and keep at it. 
9. Develop your own style of presentation. 

After Toolz's presentation, the following awards were presented to the recipients;

1. Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation= Sola Akinlade
2. Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Entertainment= Ubi Franklin
3. Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Night Life Business =Founder of Quilox, Shina Peller. He was absent but was represented by the general manager of Quilox, Mr. Leke Oki.
4. Young Entrepreneur of the Year in New Media = Japheth Omojuwa
5. Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Tech Business = CEO of HotelNg, Mac
6. Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Movie Business=Mrs. Remi Njoku. She said that that was her first award ever.
7. Overall Young Entrepreneur of the Year = Jason Njoku

The final panel of speakers consisted of;

1. Jason Njoku
2. Japheth Omojuwa
3. Biola Kazeem
4. Olashile Abayomi CEO of Soupamarket

 

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Question:

How does a person who wants to start an online business start?

Answer:

Jason Njoku: Offer services for other people on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, to make money before you start your own business.

Question:

Mr. A wants to be a social media influencer. How does he get there?

Answer: 

Japheth Omojuwa: Use any style; comedy, music, etc. Go straight to the point in your style. Do not waste time.

You have to evolve.

You have to be influencing something.

What area? Decide the area of the society that you want to influence.

What platform? Decide if you want to use Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

How will you evolve? By regularly posting your influencial updates.

Olashile Abayomi turned down a Cheveron job just to cook. She has been cooking since she was in higher institution.

Question:

Is it possible to grow your business in a rural area?

Answer:

Biola Kazeem:It is more about the value that you create. People will look for you wherever you are. Be extremely good at what you do for that to happen.

Question:

How should I attract traffic to my blog?

Answer:

Do great things regularly. Do not wait for people to give you permission to do what you love. Use the social media constantly.

If you have something of value, investors will find you. Investors want to know that you have gone past the, "I have an idea stage".

The conference closed at exactly four o'clock.