biodun rich ashiru

A man after Gods heart!

[Zlatan Ibrahimović @Ibra_official]

The studio will never forget

[Ogbeni @OgbeniAdugbo]

Here is the lady from the Joy Soap advert in the 1980s and 90s, radiant, admired, and unforgettable, yet now aged and transformed, looking completely different.

Her story whispers a timeless truth: beauty fades, applause dies, and nothing lasts forever, but the seeds of kindness, character, and legacy are what truly endure.

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

Banter from my friend @Olusegunverdict an ardent Arsenal fan @theplatformng on Friday.

We differ in opinion but still remain cordial. Lessons on democracy.

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

Very intellectually stimulating presentation by H.E Babtunde Fashola @tundefashola @theplatformng yesterday.

[biodun rich ashiru @biodunashiru]

@Rufyb This is an absolute masterpiece of the current status of healthcare in Nigeria.

How you are able to piece the fragments together and put years of experience into a concise article is admirable.

Thank you for sharing.

[biodun rich ashiru @biodunashiru]

@Rufyb @fred_odg You can say that again… TR!

[Rufybaba @Rufyb]

@fred_odg I know AfyaCare. Managed by one of the finest finance folks in Nigeria. The story of the Nigerian HMO industry cannot be told without his name being mentioned. A proper innovator.

[$ilva 💸 @TheSilvapr]

How true is this?

[biodun rich ashiru @biodunashiru]

@MascotDeOracle @Livy009 @honest30bgfan_ That you even mentioned zebra crossing, sense dey your head and God bless you.

On Admiralty in Lekki, there is Zebra crossing and learned and unlearned people just move like zombies.

We need overhauling of our orientation before things begin to change.

[biodun rich ashiru @biodunashiru]

@asemota @Oluwafunso8 Na fear Dey hold a lot of us and lack of support.
Imagine someone invested and got the Liberian and may be 2 more people and the legendary moi moi enter other schools, tell me she won’t open the moi moi place in lekki. Ad-ons go con Dey. 😂 Moi moi and Garri, bread, Akara…

[biodun rich ashiru @biodunashiru]

@asemota @Oluwafunso8 Our people don’t like work. With the moi moi, she was rendering service. Creating value and making money. It might not be a lot of money; but it’s consistent.
Make God con bless you make 1 king pickin chop the moi moi go tell him papa, na so she go start to cater to the king, b4.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

If you are broke and the first thing that comes into your mind is selling property to make more money, then you are walking on very dangerous terrain. It is not a sustainable way out of the problem of insufficient income.

If you now have to sell the property to pay off debts, then maybe you should seriously consider a career change and give up entrepreneurship.

I have seen former "big men" go through this phase and finally be saved when they open up, and their friends rally around them. This is why African politicians will always support corruption. Their income is never enough to sustain their lifestyle.

This is also what leads to all the bad side deals in the private sector and why they exclude outsiders from their circle.

For those in sports and entertainment, it is brutal. When Davido mentioned that his Dad would send him $300k after a show, I laughed because the man probably knows his burn rate and cash cycle better than anyone.

You can't plan a life around doing one-off deals, but you can plan a life around working with a group of people to generate constant income. The reason the Lebanese, Indians, and others are better businessmen in Africa is that the business groups they form are equivalent to corporations, with proper support and planning.

We have cooperatives, but they don't function the way the Lebanese and Indians in Africa do theirs. Most people in our cooperatives are typically there for emergency loans or crisis support. They don't see them as an active business organization that is responsible for their regular income.

An Indian friend I grew up with was one of the richest people I knew, but was also one of the most frugal. Any fancy car he was driving was usually one that he imported for sale. He was the one who wanted me to buy houses in Calabar almost 30 years ago at 100k Naira each, but I didn't see the value then. He bought several and housed his staff there.

He was always "switched on" and in moneymaking mode, and we did some interesting deals together while he still had his factories selling regular cheese balls and biscuits. That regular income from those factories was sacrosanct. Those were his core products; the side deals were for extra income.

For me, those side deals were my main source of income until my cousin, Lateef Belo-Osagie, made me see the folly of consulting and tech deals. He told me to go and get a job. I struggled with this until I took the course at HBS with @JosephBFuller, who gave us the truth about consulting and services. It was a zero equity game.

Find products to build and sell daily, or join a corporation or group that does. The lawyer guy who kept his 9-5 in the tweet I quoted earlier is very smart because a constant income source lets you plan better. The best business people I know sell something almost every hour. Sometimes, every minute.

If you don't have more income coming in than outgoing expenses, you are definitely going to end up in financial trouble. If you are in a group that does business together, you should all aim to generate regular income by selling products consistently.

Before we were chased away from the POS agent business by those with more resources, my dashboard showing regular income from those transactions used to give me more joy than anything else. These days, it is Stripe. Each sale gives me joy.

[Jimmy McBride @jimmymcbride1]

Can Man Utd score … they always score … the big goalies going up ❤️🤍🖤 https://t.co/6ghqB4rD7W

[Kofi Amoako 🇬🇭 @KofiOnX]

@Deseiye_ Some people miss moments because they don’t care. Others miss moments because they’re carrying battles they never told you about.

[Elizabeth🥳 @Deseiye_]

My older brother missed my graduation.

No call. No message. Nothing.

Everyone kept asking, “Where is he?” and I just kept smiling, as if it didn’t matter, but it did.

That night, I muted his contact.

Three days later, there was a knock on our door.

He stood there tired, unshaven, holding a small wrapped box.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I couldn’t leave the site. If I didn’t finish that job, they wouldn’t pay me and I needed the money for this.”

Inside the box was a simple wristwatch.

“I wanted you to have something that reminds you. Your time is just starting.”

I didn’t know whether to cry or feel guilty.

Sometimes, people don’t show up the way we expect them to.

But it doesn’t mean they didn’t care.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True currency is steadfast friendship

[Bro Cooked @bro_cooked]

Bro cooked 😂☠️

[Bro Cooked @bro_cooked]

Bro cooked her without oil or salt ‼️

[Bro Cooked @bro_cooked]

Bro’s actually cooking 🔥🔥