Here are a few things I have been told on this entrepreneurial journey. 1. Your clothes are ugly 2. ….She is not even fashionable ( told to my friends actually) 3 You are going to regret this ( told to me after leaving banking) 4. Your designs are too simple 5. Ready to wear won’t...

How well do you know your brand? Most of us don’t know her nearly well enough. Who she appeals to and why. What she is becoming as she ages, what value she delivers , how she is perceived and who she sits with in the market. There is a peace and confidence that comes with...

Human beings are the only species that ignore their intuition. God put that 6th sense in there for a purpose. You have been going round in circles ignoring your gut feeling to make a move that could quite possibly fix everything. A move that could be the beginning of many ups and downs but will...

Be careful how you treat a disgruntled customer, even the unreasonable ones. Be careful how you make them feel even if you feel justified. A bad feeling is difficult to shake off , a bad experience is difficult to forget, a lost customer is near impossible to get back. Some customers are badly behaved, you...

SHORT TERM THINKING vs A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. The first one will lead to panic, fear, comparisons, a need for instant gratification and unsustainable success. Long term thinking is faith based. It instills discipline, you plan, project and strategise against an expected future achievement. This kind of thinking is not rewarded in a hurry, be...

My babies are growing up. They are changing and so are the dynamics of our relationship. They need me in a different way now and I need to be sensitive to my new role in their lives if I want to be an effective parent. Sometimes, admittedly, I miss the babies they used to be...

If you are going to be an entrepreneur of any kind you must be a fan of the roller coaster. You must be ready to study the ant and remain humble. If you want to be a fashion preneur you must first be an entrepreneur, a real one , a business type. Get familiar with...

It’s been 27 days since my last run. In those 27 days a lot has happened. My initial excuse was the weather, then in my determination I started running in the rain. Then it was work, then I had to nurse an injury,then it was travel,then more work , then finally it was my jeans...

Entrepreneurship is many things but Easy is not one of them . It is fulfilling and in many cases life altering. It will influence your faith, your family life, your life philosophies. It will make you doubt yourself, love yourself…..it will feed you humble pie and in another season put you on a pedestal.   ...

Dear fashion preneur, The business of fashion is not easy and it has nothing to do with being Nigerian or being in Nigeria. If you were shopping for ease , you chose the wrong career. However what I have noticed is that most of what we struggle with has nothing to do with the business...

Dear fashion preneur, The customer is King but she is not always right. She also doesn’t always know what she wants and she is open to discovery and adventure. The customer is King but she is not in control of your creative process. That is too much power. My mentee’s story is not new. As...

Dear fashion preneur, So I had a conversation with one of my mentees who is a veteran in her own right. She has run a fashion label successfully for 8 years and has survived all the highs, lows and bumps in the road that come with entrepreneurship. I respect her immensely and I’m a fan...