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Game Changer

Getting into YCombinator’s Startup School

Well everyone that applied got in 😉 A tweet by Suhail Doshi advising anyone with current or future plans of running a business to sign up for YC’s startup school was all I needed to apply to join this year’s batch of startup school. I’ve been following him for quite a while now because he tweets […]

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Book Review

Book Review: How to Be Everything

When parents encourage their kids to specialize, it usually comes from a place of love. They want their children to be self-sufficient, and specialization seems like a safe path to a well-paying job. Older generations don’t always understand how different the economy is now and how important it has become to be adaptable and well versed. […]

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Personal reflections

What would you change if you could go back in time?

How often do you get asked this Question? Do you have an answer? Do the things you mention still matter today? Did the any of the things you would like to change make you any better, more resilient or resourceful? Has the experience in any way improved your ability to have empathy for someone in […]

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Personal reflections

Career & Management Lessons from the Ronaldo vs Messi Debate

Who is the Greatest of all times? “Imagine if Albert Einstein had been told, just as he was developing his theory of relativity, that he needed to stop spending so much time alone with his work and instead take on management responsibilities for a team of people. The result would have been a frustrated Einstein, […]

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Personal reflections

Age is just a number

“Só mo age mi” a Yoruba statement which means Do you know my age? A phrase made popular by Nigerian Comedian Jigan Babaoja. Also a popular question that’s asked when an older person what’s to prove a point. Well, this was taken at an event not on the street, and I’m not sure why It’s […]