Oluwatobi Soyombo

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2015

Catch them young: Raising the next generation of techies

I woke up this morning to prepare a curriculum for an NGO that want to raise girls and women in technology. As I put each bit of the topics together, memories of my early days flooded my head. I’ll…

Money over hype

One of the major mistakes I see tech founders making is assuming their startup is well known by their primary target just because tech enthusiasts keep talking about them. Realities on the streets say…

2014

1Plify is not a course directory

So, I was discussing with someone recently and he suggested listing several courses of various Universities worldwide for information and SEO purposes (or least getting permission for that). My res…

Marketplace choices and sacrifices

Entrepreneurship is all about choices. From the choice of the type of venture to start to everything else in the life of such venture – employee recruitment, business model etc. For every choice yo…

On early adopters

In the life of a startup, nothing trumps getting as much early revenue as possible. Among other things, it boosts the confidence of the founders. However, getting the first set of users – what we a…

Introducing 1Plify.com

I am delighted to announce the launch of my baby venture, 1Plify.com. I co-founded with two of my friends, Tola and Babafemi. We’ve had the idea for some time, but wrote the first code sometimes in…

Understanding the Indian consumer market

Disclosure: This is not an attack on Indians. I love Indians a lot. Everyone around me know that. I love India. If I don’t I won’t make it a home for the past two years. It only makes business sens…

Inspiring the next generation

I wrote my first full book at age 18 and struggled hard to publish it at 19. After so much delay by the publisher and several hard things I went through, the book was finally published. Immediately…

Time time time

Time, time, time. Recently, a friend asked me to help create a Yahoo account. My response was simple. A resounding NO. Frank, as always, I went on to give my reason and hoped it…

A school for the rest of us

I have been a big victim of an educational system that is totally screwed up before I was born. While I did graduate from the University with a profitable business,  I graduated from a University t…