Mikoyems

The finance guy founders call before their first CFO hire. Built finance from zero 5 times. Fundraising | FP&A | M&A | IPO Readiness.

[Mikoyems @mikoyems]

A couple years ago, I was in a closed-door session with a few founders and industry leaders.

Someone asked:
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗖𝗙𝗢?”

I said:
“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 4 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵, 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵.”

[Iyke Of Lagos @iykeoflagos]

My wife suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on Dec 12, 2021. Her 6-year-old daughter Kamsi dreams of seeing her walk again. Support rehab, nursing care and therapy via the GoFundMe page. Thank you for sharing. #StrokeRecovery https://t.co/XVOTbHRiuP

[John Ternus @johnternus]

hello

[Mikoyems @mikoyems]

There is no peace for the man who has seen what he could become.
- Epictetus

A thread.

[Mikoyems @mikoyems]

The vision haunts you precisely because it’s still possible.

[Mikoyems @mikoyems]

There is no peace for the man who has seen what he could become.
- Epictetus

A thread.

[Mikoyems @mikoyems]

There is no peace for the man who has seen what he could become; not because peace is impossible, but because he hasn't yet made peace with the becoming itself.

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

I have today signed the NIMC Act 2026 into law.

For nearly twenty years, Nigeria’s identity system operated under a law written for a different era. That era is over.

This new Act gives our nation a modern, secure and digital identity framework fit for the Nigeria we are building, a Nigeria on the path to becoming a one-trillion-dollar economy.

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Tag, a new way for teams to work with Claude.

In Slack, Claude joins as a team member with access to the channels and tools you choose. Tag Claude in and delegate tasks to it while you focus on other work.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

If you’re young and you have some time on your hands. Pls sit on the internet and start obsessing about US stocks. Then get a side hustle or main job you use to fund it. Treat it like an obsession and wait for 5-10 years. Trust me your chances of financial independence is really high.

[Noam Shazeer @NoamShazeer]

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.

It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.

[Olufemi AWOYEMI @OlufemiAwoyemi]

Q: Why is it so easy to criticise and have a plan till you get into government? 🤔

A: Because outside govt, you see the problem in straight lines. Inside government, you meet the maze.

From outside, failure often looks like a lack of will, competence, courage, or integrity. Sometimes it is. But inside government, plans meet weak institutions, inherited liabilities, vested interests, procurement rules, courts, legislators, budget limits, security realities, civil service inertia, and the politics of timing.

Culture happens, stories begin and self-preservation agendas find life.

The easiest sentence in public life is: “They should just fix it.” The harder truth is that the state is not one person with one button. It is a network of laws, interests, fears, incentives, sabotage, capacity gaps, and consequences.

Still, complexity is not an excuse for failure. Government exists to organise complexity into results. The real test of leadership is whether a plan survives contact with reality, adapts without losing its moral centre, and delivers relief citizens can feel.

So, I have learnt to appreciate progress, momentum and incremental gains..... not the eldorado version.

Yet, criticism keeps power honest, but getting results for desired governance requires more than criticism. It requires getting involved, sequencing, coalition-building, courage, competence, communication, and the humility to accept that the problem was deeper than the slogan.

The code is to win by knowing when to lose, win or compromise.

On a scale we can all relate wirh, we should for example know that the wedding, of which we priotise expenses with, is just an event, while the marriage remains the institution of priority. Even within this family arrangement, optimising value reflects similar challenges.😔 You can read this in a way you get the message.

Be ye circumspect.....

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

Why isn't Nigeria rich?Bad government? Corruption?

Or is there a more uncomfortable explanation: the way we think about money itself?

In my new article, I explore why some societies turn money into capital,while others struggle .

Find the link here: https://t.co/FVIMeohKMp

[JK Molina @OneJKMolina]

A "hack" to play to your strengths is to read biographies from successful people of your same MBTI type.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Thank you. The important part is zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. Best way to put money in someone’s pocket is to not take it out in the first place. Bottom half is only 3% of total tax revenue. But it’s very meaningful to that person. Zero it out.