This is the post I never wrote.
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For years, I’ve been learning, building, and growing behind the scenes - always present, always practicing, but never public.
My journey lived in drafts, notebooks, late nights.
Silent… but consistent.
The best players aren’t just trained - they’re tested. ⚽
Every game presents new decisions, new challenges, and new opportunities to grow.
That’s why we’re creating more meaningful playing opportunities for young footballers.
⚽ Let Them Play.
⭐ Future Stars Play Here.
SOME NEWS 🚨 this year I'm joining Shark Tank USA!!! 📺 🇺🇸 this was a dream of mine AND my mums...let me explain👇🏾
My nigerian mum raised 4 of us without being able to read or write herself, having left school when she was a child in Nigeria.
I struggled with school too - I wasn't a smart kid and couldn't pay attention, so I quickly realised the "traditional path" wasn't going to work for someone like me
Then, when I was 12 years old, I discovered Dragons' Den! 🐉
Me and my mum both fell in love with the show. Looking back, I think entrepreneurship offered us both hope - a path to a better life for people like us, who couldn't pass tests in a classroom but were willing to work hard.
At 12 I would pause the TV and give my verdict, as if I was the 6th Dragon
By 16 I'd discovered Shark Tank and was starting my first (terrible) businesses
By 18 I was a university dropout with a start-up
And somehow, 9 years later, I ended up sitting in one of those Dragons' Den chairs I used to shout at from our sofa
My mum has never fully gotten over it.
When I call her today, 6 years later, the conversation is still 80% Dragons' Den - her opinion on what I said, the businesses, what SHE would have done...
Btw, i'm genuinely not sure if she knows I have a podcast 😂 i don't think she's ever mentioned it 😅
But she knows Dragons' Den, and that's more than enough for her.
I know she's always wanted me to do Shark Tank, so this phone call - telling her that day had come absolutely made my day, and hopefully her's too!
I very much hope to do her proud + all of you that have supported me for the longest time... wish me luck!! 👊🏾❤️
P.S who would win in a fight, a shark 🦈 or a dragon 🐉 ???