Category: Newsletter – Tales from Cotonou

[PDF & VIDEO] Make Money Building & Selling Custom Excel-VB Software to Profitable Niche markets | FREE Excel-VB Coaching for Extension

Download this PDF ebook to read the true story of how I literally single-handedly created a market for my Excel-Visual Basic solutions development service in Nigeria/Africa. I had no one I could ask for guidance, because NOBODY was doing what I wanted to do and NOBODY believed I could do it. But I knew it […]

[PDF & VIDEO] EMPLOYEE MORALE: Are Your Employees Happy & Satisfied With Their Jobs? (A Ten Item Quiz That Can Help You Find Out

Preamble Sometime in 2013 (8 years ago) I saw in Google*, that a UK based company had created a PDF version of my Employee Moral Gauge Quiz (which I’d published via EzineArticles.com in 2007), and made it available for download by clients from its website. They included an introduction in their PDF, which explains why […]

[PDF & VIDEO] TRUE STORY: Feed Compounding With Indomie® Noodles Factory Waste Can Save YOUR Farm’s Profits

TRUE STORY: Farm CEO asks for help using Indomie Waste to formulate rations for Catfish* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Kwnc6FqHE&feature=youtu.be His name was Ben – and he was a Catfish Farm CEO based in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt in Rivers State. 10 days EARLIER he’d sent me a compliment, mixed with a request via my website contact form. It read […]

[PDF & VIDEO] How to Achieve Success in Any Field – True Story

This true story demonstrates how FAITH, persistently applied, can help you succeed in any field – including Writing, and Public Speaking. I share it not to brag, but to (hopefully) inspire others to do what I’ve done, or even better. “Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith – the one great moving force which […]

[PDF & VIDEO] Boost Your Supermarket, Bookshop or Factory’s Profits With a Custom Excel-VB Software [Hint: View Screenshots of Excel-VB driven Pure Water Business Manager™ app versions built for Pure Water Factory clients in 2009 & 2020]

A low cost custom Excel-VB driven spreadsheet software developed for your business, can – when used correctly – dramatically boost your routine data handling and report generation operations, in a way that translates to improved productivity, smarter decision making, and ultimately larger profits. Click HERE to request download access to the print-ready PDF you can […]

[ZERO COST MARKETING – FREE PDF] Make Total Strangers Confidently Send You Money for Your Products & Services Without Needing to Meet You!

If you’re like most people, you believe in spending money to make money in business – which is not a bad strategy. However, history attests to the fact that viable zero cost alternative ways exist to make money, if one would only learn to use them. In these times when advertising funds are harder to […]

Quote-Story™ [A Success Quote That Worked For ME!] | James R. Cook on “Should Your Quit Your Job or Start Your Business Part-time?”

Lagos, 20th February 2021 | Quote-Story™ No. 1  This maiden edition of Quote-Story™ addresses the issue of whether or not You Should Quit Your Job or Start Your Business Part-Time. I briefly describe my battle to reach a decision that worked FOR ME, so that today, I am HAPPILY living my dreams. James R. Cook’s […]

Experts Can be Wrong! Your New, Unproven Idea Can Succeed: A True Story, and 8 Failed Predictions by Famous Experts

“While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially I consider it an impossibility.” – Lee DeForest, inventor of the Audion tube, 1926 My name is Tayo Solagbade. I create and sell custom MS Excel Workbooks containing VBA code as software (see examples – click here ). Today, I’ve had buyers from across […]

True Story: A Restaurant & Bar Report Generation Problem, Solved Using Low Cost Excel-VB Automation [Download Excel-VB Hotel Restaurant & Bar Manager – See Screenshots/Video]

In mid-2005, after returning from a fruitless 3 week business opportunities exploration visit to Ghana, I got hired to build a custom MS Excel-VB driven Restaurant & Bar Manager™ spreadsheet software for a Lagos based outfit. Click below to watch the full story…   RELATED ARTICLES 1.How a Real Life Restaurant & Bar Data Handling […]

FARM BIZ BEST PRACTICE STORY [FREE PDF DOWNLOAD]: After Resolving Layers Feeding Problems, Selling Increased Eggs Output Became a Headache!

A young couple tackles unexpected challenges in running their commercial layer farm. This story illustrates how Cost-Saving Best Practice ideas, tools and strategies, can be used to solve problems, and boost long term farm performance/profits. Download a print ready PDF version of this Farm Business Best Practice story, that you can read offline [No Signup […]

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