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The most beginner-friendly product management book ever! 📖 is available for FREE on #BlackFriday
Actually, it’s free today. Tomorrow. And Forever!
But thanks to those who choose to pay 💰 still
azodo.gumroad.com/l/xetjh
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Phone call anxiety is a real thing and some people have it.
Texting “Can I call you?” is the sign of an unserious person.
Serious people just call.
If somebody’s busy or they don’t want to talk, they can ignore you or text you back.
What are you afraid of?
Why are you bothering me asking if you can call me?
Just calling is actually the more polite thing to do because you’re not wasting time coordinating.
Pick up the phone, serious people just call.
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3 things:
1. There’s no happy home with an unhappy wife
2. It’s better to be happy than right.
3. Money is the number 1 cause of marital problems
Good luck 👍🏼
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According to Twitter standards, you shouldn't ask a lady out for more than a month.
Well, I asked @ajebojesus_ out for 8 years before she said "yes". When she did, I said let's go to the alter
Today is our 6th wedding anniversary.
Moral of the story: happiness has no template
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If you're in Lagos, around Magodo, Ogba, Ikeja, Berger etc...
Let's meet up and work from a co-working space FREE of charge.
Where: 75b, Oba Ogunnusi Road, Ojodu- Berger, Lagos opposite Grammar School Bus Stop.
📅 Mon - Wednesday Aug 15-17
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Dear Product Managers,
Give me 2 minutes and I will teach you how to write good User Stories so you can stop confusing your developers!
A short thread 👇
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By my estimation, a 5 hour online course takes 19.5 days to complete 😩
You're NOT lazy.
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“A brand new MacBook” is not an incentive except I’ll be leaving with it when I resign or you fire me.
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Please, permit me to share a personal news...
My wife and I welcomed our baby boy yesterday.
Mother and child are doing great, to the glory of God.
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Core Banking Application migration is like making custard… no matter your experience & preparations, it has a mind of its own.
Be nice to your friends at GTB
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If you’re really serious about your career, you can’t choose 100% remote when your company has a physical office within your reach
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"How much should we pay you"?
You don't want to be underpaid and you don't want to disqualify yourself for quoting a very high amount.
So, how do you handle this in a job interview?
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Personal News!
I joined Mastercard today to build & manage priceless products for the West African market @MastercardMEA
Excited for the road ahead. Let’s make magic together
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If you don't believe Mikel Obi, maybe you'll believe Tyler Perry!
You cannot save everybody! Many relatives will take your generosity for granted
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If you want to fix education in Nigeria 🇳🇬, fix primary & secondary schools... Forget about Universities
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Product Management is NOT Project Management.
Similar but not the same!
Here are some of the differences 👇🏾
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If you're looking to transition to Product Management or early in your PM career, I have condensed the complete product management course to help you.
azodo.gumroad.com/l/xetjh?_g…
It's okay to Retweet this so others can benefit too 😊
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"You came highly recommended so this is not what we were expecting when we gave you this job. This looks like it was made in a hurry.
You know, I'm sort of a designer myself" 😩💀
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My complete product management course will be condensed into a single deck which will be available for FREE download on Friday April 29, 6 pm Nigerian time.
Don't miss it!
Stay close.
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From Monday, Aug 22 to 28, we will be doing a 7-day SQL challenge.
In 7 days, we will go full speed on SQL.
We will be dedicating at least 2 hours/day
At the end, you will:
1. Understand SQL better
2. Have a certification to show for your knowledge
Retweet & tag others
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When I become the President of Nigeria, I’m banning 3 foods- Amala, fufu and yam.
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A marathon has a defined distance of 42.2km
There’s nothing like “10km marathon”
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
Gov. Peter Mbah is the first Enugu governor to run 10 km marathon during his tenure. #bonanaija
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Once the culture of a startup begins to deteriorate, just know they’ve hired a banker 😩
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Dear Fintechs,
When UX is in direct conflict with security, security should ALWAYS win.
Hell has no furry like a customer who was defrauded.
Kind Regards,
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If you are looking to get into Product Management...
Here is a thread of some good FREE Product Management Courses to check out.
The list is based on my personal opinion of the course content & the instructors.
If you find it useful, do retweet for others to see
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One bank just charged me N4 to tell me that they’ve paid me an interest of N0.8
I’m in severe pains 😭😭😭
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No-code Tech Jobs--- Easier to start, harder to maintain
Coding Tech Jobs--- Harder to start, easier to maintain
Make of this whatever you will.
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Congrats 🎉
Can’t remember when last someone asked me what class of grade I graduated with
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Not unusual of him. While an undergraduate, he came to my school in a bus. I met him at an event in May of this year, we had a good chat & he signed an autograph for me. Decent human
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Product Managers with 0-3 years experience...
Who's ready for a challenge?
Thinking of structuring a 1 week challenge... Let's see what can happen in 7 days.
Who's in?
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If you can, leave Nigeria.
If you can't, DON'T go for a postgraduate degrees. Focus on getting a job. Any job. Why? It's easier to get a better job from another job.
Remember: you're NOT what you studied.
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1 year 3 months ago today since I published the simplest Product Management guide for those looking to transition into the PM space.
Since then,
- 2,779 downloads
- 99% 5-star rating (1% 4-star)
- countless testimonies
It's still FREE!
azodo.gumroad.com/l/xetjh
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If you are joining a new company as a Product Manager, here is a framework for what you should focus on in your first:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
on the job.
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The goal for me has always been to make the road a little easier for the next person coming. I am encouraged to have won The Best Product Manager in Nigeria 🇳🇬 for 2022 at the @nocodesummit
Let's do more for the community next year! #NoCodeTechSummit
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I’ve done a couple of these… you see Core Banking Application migration? Avoid it if you can
Hardest fintech projects I’ve encountered.
1. Card Scheme setup
2. CBA Migration after you’ve been in operation for 10 years and have at least 1M active users.
3. Payment Terminal Aggregator Management Module.
4. Building Image Identity Verification from scratch. (No APIs)
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What if banks & fintechs come together to create a registry of fraudsters and fraud cases?
Hear me out, please 👇
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Big announcements concerning our 7-day SQL Challenge
1. One of the top data guys in Nigeria has offered to support us on this learning challenge.
@tu_babs is the real MVP when it comes to SQL & all the data things so we are in safe hands!
Get excited!!!
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How to Adapt Your CV for a Product Management Role When You Have No Experience!
A short but actionable thread 🧵
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For ENTRY Level Product Management, the labourers are plenty but the harvest is few!
If I were starting out today, these are the things I'd do to increase my chances of getting a PM job:
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Whenever I feel lazy or overwhelmed these days, I remind myself that I can’t be busier than Dr. Ola Brown
- Founding partner at Healthcap
- Teaches Economics & Finance at School of Politics, Policies & Governance
- Runs a YouTube channel
- About to publish her 5th book 📚
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Never let anyone shame you for getting adequate sleep. There's nothing sexy about burnout & depression.
8 hours of sleep in your 20s?
It's either you' re dead or your dreams are.
How can you be spending 1/3rd of your life sleeping?
What will you do when you're old and weak?
There's time for everything please.
Cut down your sleep if you want your dreams to become a reality.
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An app is NOT the product.
An app is NOT the business.
An app is just another distribution channel.
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Product Management is simple but NOT easy.
Let me explain the PM Role using:
- What?
- Why?
- How?
ALT The PM Role by @SimplyAzodo
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Dear Product Manager,
Every user complaint doesn’t have to become another feature.
Kind Regards,
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Same with Nigeria 🇳🇬. If you run a subscription based business in Nigeria don't use western numbers for your projections.
Yes, Nigeria has 200M people, over half of which are 18 years or younger. But the national minimum wage is ₦33k ($22)/month.
Your case is worse due to low credit penetration.
Good luck with your subscription based business in Nigeria 🇳🇬
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Potential Client: We can only afford to pay N1.6m
Me: I need to speak with my board members
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“Take your eyes off your wife’s money. Plan your household on your own income”
An advice an elderly man gave me before I got married.
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Transitioning to Product Management?
Do this:
1. Take a Product Mgmt course of two (free or paid)
2. Deep dive into Agile Methodologies (Scrum & Kanban)
3. Volunteer to do free work
4. Ask for the job
5. Keep asking
That’s all you need to land your first PM role
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In December of 2015 I walked into the office of my manager and told him that I wanted to become a product manager.
He agreed and that was how my product management journey started.
Here are the top 3 advice I'd give my 2015 self. 🧵
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I once interviewed with @LekeAlder and his company. I didn't get the job but he took time to explain to me (and us) what we did right and what we didn't do right.
Encouraged us and tried to improve us.
Note to HR people, you can play more roles than an interviewer.
Thank you.
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Can’t vote but can be married!
How do you have an erection for underage kids?
God punish you 🫵🏼
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Thanks boss! I’ve stopped caring about the opinion of random strangers a long time ago
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The Product Management Dilemma:
You need experience to be a good product manager.
You need a product management job to gain that experience. 😈
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For everyone trying to get into their career of choice, I ran the @lagosmarathon for you.
I pray it works out for you this year 🙏🏾
#RunLagos
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Professor Labamba
Unpopular opinion: getting this bloodied for the entertainment of others is nuts! UFC is an old, barbaric sport that should be stopped
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Thank you.
Not like I care tho. Why should I worry about the opinion of random strangers online? 😁
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Call me paranoid but I see so many loan apps everywhere in Nigeria and I worry that fraudsters could be using them to harvest sensitive user details.
- BVN (Bank Verification Number)
- Mobile number
- Debit Card Details 💳
- Date of Birth
- Mother's Maiden Name, etc
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We built this in 2018 or so but nobody wanted it. The only people who used it were those of us who tested it. Why will I send you money via email that is logged in on multiple devices?
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* Your happiness lies in your wife being happy.
* It's better to be happy than right.
* Money issues destroy homes faster than infidelity (my opinion) so be as open as possible with your finances. You will be saving yourself headaches.
* Strong men apologize when they're wrong
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Dear Nigerian Fintech People,
This is a reminder that there's something called "Insurtech"
Payment, Savings and Loans are not the only "Fintech" that needs doing.
Kind Regards.
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Product Managers,
this is how to answer the "Tell me about your favorite product" interview question 👇
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Two jobs later, I finally updated my LinkedIn profile
It's been a journey and I can't stop thanking God for his mercies.
August 9, 2009 I landed in Lagos and kissed the Lagos soil praying to God that the city bring me blessings.
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5 Skills that will Skyrocket your Product Management Career in 2023
After nearly a decade as a product manager, this is a personal reflection on the skills that could have had more impact than doing user research and writing user stories and PRDs.
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The first rule of office politics is competence.
The second is being seen as being competent.
In all that you do, please engage in office politics and ensure you are on the winning team.
Don't think that not being a part of office politics will save you. It won't!
I will not say more than this.
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First of all, congratulations and best wishes for the road ahead in Jesus name... Amen 🙏
Now:
* Speak little
* Listen More
* Write a lot
* Make no friends yet. Be civil to all
* Show willingness to learn from everyone
* Set boundaries
Again, congratulations and best wishes
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I’m 3 years, 7 months sober today! 🎉
I woke up on the morning of Dec 5, 2021 and made a simple decision: I will NOT drink alcohol today. One day turned into 2. And days turned into weeks…
Sobriety has been my best productivity hack.
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This "research" is completely unscientific.
In summary, you cannot complete a 5 hour online course in 5 hours, if you're really trying to learn.
Kind Regards.
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A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is NOT...
A poorly made product.
A product that is launched in a hurry.
A product with poor user interface
A product with poor user experience
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They put more efforts into looking like tech bros than actually becoming good at their jobs*
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Nope! Let’s withdraw the policemen and declare the man wanted.
Nigeria is a crazy place 😂
Did you see the document supposedly released by the Immigration Service? It has Yahaya Bello’s international passport number but date of birth was left as “NIL”
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Struggling so badly with writer’s block.
I’m just going to go back to @austinkleon’s “Show Your Work” for inspiration
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Physical meeting. Standing so people will stop saying “I want to buttress what the last speak just said”.
Kunle, we all heard it. Don’t buttress anything!
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(almost) Everything You Need to Know About Scrum in a single thread
Scrum, its History, Framework & Rituals.
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