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WHY I DROPPED DANCE FOR MUSIC - GABBYBRAUN

Can we meet you? My names are Gabriel Nkem Obi, Am from  Imo State, I was born and brought up in Lagos State. I am a recording and performing artist, also a dancer. How did you get the name  Gabbybraun ? The name  Gabbybraun was gotten from my first name Gabriel. In which I shortened to be called Gabby, Braun happened to be the real colour of my hair which so many people do not know today, and that was how I got Gabbybraun. Tell us about your background and childhood My childhood experience was crazy though, my parents separated when I was a little boy. I was actually raised by mom who happened to be a yoruba woman. My father's parents didn't support the relationship, so it didn't get to work out between them. To the experience was terrible, I had to be with mumsy for some years. I Didn't get that fatherly love, it was crazy man. I get too emotional whenever I tell this story. I had my primary Education here in Lagos at St. Anne

QUADOOWEAR DOPE MIX VOL. 10 (GIRLS ONLY)

Girl power! Its another piece of Quadoowear Dope Mix series, this is Vol. 10 and we have decided to give it to the girls. Enjoy songs from your favorite female celebrities, strictly Nigerian.  God Bless Nigeria! Download Quadoowear Dope Mix Vol. 10 (Girls Only)

THE POWER OF YOUR PASSION

If you love it, if you love to do it, then you have passion for it, this is not a difficult topic to discuss. How important is passion for an entrepreneur? Passion is one of the most vital resources that is needed for success in life and it comes naturally to human from birth, at least one thing will make us passionate, that is a sure thing, the question is how much can we believe and follow that passion of ours.  For an entrepreneur, vision comes first and passion follows, vision is like the sand for construction while passion is the cement, mixture of the two at good proportion will make a good concrete when you add water. There is a popular analogy about success in start-up businesses that says: For every 10,000 businesses that is starting up, only about half will survive after 5 years and only a few will be in business after 10 years. This is a good explanation for passion because only those who have passion will stay with the vision long enough to achieve a significant suc

STARTING UP AS AN ENTREPRENEUR

It may be of help to share this as I realize that starting up an entrepreneurship journey can be energy consuming, frustrating, tiring and boring, especially when you seem not to have any resources to begin with like my people from the ghetto and the masses. Don't be overwhelmed by all of that, don't let your brokenness trick you to believe that you can not achieve your dreams. Money is not all you need to start your entrepreneurship journey. In fact, in this journey you will only use money less often because money is used to buy, but you are not buying much here, hey! We are creating! So you are going to need plenty of PASSION. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. " -Matthew 6:21 ESV  “Passion is the genesis of genius.” —Tony Robbins Why do we need passion? What are we creating? Just like I said in my writing; Who Is An Entrepreneur? A leader who has a vision that promises a better life for humanity, this leader should

WHO IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?

In my own understanding, i will say that an entrepreneur is a leader that has a vision and is able  to make other people see, believe and support the vision also. This vision of course has to be realistic, promising of a better life of value for humanity and beneficial to the people who you are leading. Contrary to the cliche definition of an entrepreneur that he/she is a risk taker in business, I have made emphases on the 'vision' and characteristics of an entrepreneur. You should be ready to take the right risk, understand that there are no quick fixes and just follow the process, good things take time. The risk you take as an entrepreneure must be that which is founded on your 'vision and service' to the people ad not money making, this is the only true way to be an entrepreneure. Let us not confuse small business with entrepreneurship, small businesses are founded for money making reasons and cannot do anything outside that scope, but an entrepreneure must pu

The Entrepreneurial Talk #QuadoowearTET with Light

So this is how i start my writing career, finally i have always looked forward to that opportunity to show my skills in writing and  see how many people will be touched and influenced by what i believe i can do well. My fellow entrepreneurs, my fellow Nigerians, my fellow dream chasers, lets pour our minds here and build a positive online  community community that works. Every week, follow up on the #Quadoowear Entrepreneurial Talk with Light (aka Quadoo) aka Alli  Quadri Olalekan on Wednesdays. We will learn the "which, why, how" questions you may have about becoming a successful entrepreneur.  I am now a writer/ collumnist/ contributor on our own blog, this feels really good. I hope you will enjoy my writings. Thank You!