Setting up a Succesful business in Nigeria

We have installed our first 5 clients. What did we take out of the experience? 1. We did it. We executed. 2. Quality matters. There is no need to explain. Buy and sell quality. 3. You can't run the business if you are not present. It is like cooking you leave the kitchen and the food burns. Watch the video for more lessons.

You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have. Denzel Washington   The Egyptians tried it and all they got was robbed.    Don't tell this guy that though  

The product has finally arrived and we set out on a two week installation marathon. We installed our first system in Lagos, the 2nd 3rd and 4th in Abia State. We returned to Lagos and installed the 5th. We suffered failures, road in vehicles that were death traps, traveled to places that I had never been to before. Creating logistics that did not exist. Putting together employees in a very short period. In the end we pulled it off. We officially were a company that installed solar power. 13 months the concept did not even exist. I was unemployed and had no clue that by July of 2014, I would be running a company that installed solar 6000 miles away from my home in New Jersey. In a country that I left when I was 16 years old. Watch the video for what we did.

Life Lessons: Nothing is Permanent Our guest this week is Mr. Olu Abosede, Founder and former Managing Director of a wholly indigenous, quoted company, Aboseldehyde Plc. The company was once used as a reference point for other local entrepreneurs who would want their companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Within a period of 14 years, the company had become a very strong brand in the country in its niche area. Things were also pretty good for our guest who built his first personal multi-million Naira house at age 28 and the second at 32. His children were in choice schools locally and abroad. His house at Gbagada, in Lagos State, was a beehive of activities by friends and associates who regularly showed up on weekends to treat themselves to some choice wines in his well-stocked personal bar. Then, in a sudden twist, from 2000, there was a gradual but irreversible slide of fortune, starting with the forced take-over of his company by creditors. And the rest came in

“There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.” ― William Barclay

We finally paid for our solar panels, batteries, cables, racking and combiner boxes. We have picked a shipping agent who will remain unnamed and we have handed him our waybills and invoice. He tells us to expect our delivery in 30 days. We figure March or Early April 2014. In anticipation of seeing the products first hand, my wife and I fly to Lagos in the Middle of May. She departs and we did not get the goods till then end of June 2014. Watch the video to understand the journey and the feelings that washed over me during the wait. Please share with friends and subscribe to my blog for more content