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I'm excited to be one of the keynotes at @reidhoffman 's @mastersofscale summit starting 10/20 Will demo how the factory of imagination will work, plus a special guest.
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Congratulations to Angela Duckworth and to Scribner—SITUATED is an instant @nytimes bestseller! 🏆🥳📚 Get your tickets to see her soon on book tour (events have been standing room only so far)! 🎟️
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We’re excited to share that Konnet Hub has been selected to participate in the Startup Abuja Innovation Challenge organized by @startupabuja_ This is more than a recognition for us. It is an opportunity to put our idea in a room with other innovative founders, learn, connect, receive valuable feedback, and continue building something that solves a real problem. Konnet Hub is making it easier for people to discover local businesses, products, and services through WhatsApp and Telegram, without needing to download another app. Being selected is a reminder that simple ideas can create meaningful impact when they are built around real people and real problems. We’re grateful for the opportunity and excited for what comes next. #KonnetHub #StartupAbuja #InnovationChallenge #Startups #Innovation
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Good Visual Design Is Not Decoration, It's Communication. This was a recent flyer design I created for @konnethub, and I wanted to share more than just the final design. From the first layout decisions to the final printed piece, every element had a job. The goal was simple: Make @konnethub easy to understand. The flyer needed to communicate what the platform does, show how people can use it, and guide them toward taking action. So I worked through the visual hierarchy, typography, colours, imagery and layout with one question in mind: “Will someone understand this within a few seconds?” Then came the mockup, this helped me see how the design would exist beyond the flat artboard. And finally, seeing the design physically printed was a different experience altogether. Because digital design and print design may share the same pixels, but they don't always behave the same way in reality. This is one of the things I enjoy most about visual design. You are not just arranging elements, you are taking an idea, turning it into a visual language, and making sure that language still communicates when it leaves the screen. Design is visual communication. The aesthetics get attention, the communication gets results.
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🎧 10 PODCASTS à écouter pour briller en entretien de conseil & finance #podcasts #finance #conseil #trainy
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What most business leaders say off-camera is very different from what they will say on-camera. Tom Freston is a rare exception. We face unprecedented threats from corrupt leadership of our country, especially now that the President’s personal lawyer is the United States Attorney General who yesterday refused to pledge that the Department of Justice will operate independently, as it historically has, of White House interference. That has massive implications for business. Whether you can rely on courts for neutral rulings. What illegal and unethical federal thumbs on the scale will be applied on behalf of the highest bribers. It’s no surprise that the founder of Hindu Kush and the co-founder of MTV would go there with me in our Master’s of Scale conversation.
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One of the perks of hosting Masters of Scale is getting early access to books I love. A far bigger benefit is getting to be in conversation with those authors. And it’s the best when both the book and the conversation have you still buzzing days later. It’s a good bet you know Angela Duckwoth from Grit. You should rush to meet her again when Situated drops on September 1. Pre-order it now.
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Not balance. Just choices I made this week to work towards my identity. What’s a habit you’ve loved investing energy into? [female founder, community builder, chicago content creator]
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You’re Not Losing Customers Because of Price. You’re losing them because they don’t trust you enough to risk it and you’ll never see it in your data. No one tells you: “Your business feels uncertain.” They just hesitate and leave. This is even worse in high stakes decisions like property. Because the real question in a buyer’s mind isn’t: “Is this a good deal?” It’s: “What happens if I’m wrong?” If your brand can’t answer that instantly, you’ve already lost them. That’s the problem behind Verity. Not a design problem, a Trust problem. “How do you make someone feel certain about something they cannot physically verify?” Every decision here is built around that: - Structured layouts to reduce ambiguity - Controlled visuals to signal seriousness - Consistency to build reliability over time - No hype, only clarity And then there’s the core signal: The “T”. Subtly emphasized across the identity not as decoration, but as a constant reminder of one thing: Trust. Because Verity isn’t selling land, it’s selling a promise: “We are there, We verify, You can trust us and the outcome.” Most brands try to say they’re trustworthy, very few are designed to feel that way at first glance and that’s where businesses quietly lose money every day. This is what it looks like when branding is used to reduce risk not just look good. Full case study on Behance, link in bio.
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Comment “Business” for the full list of the Conferences specifically for Founders and those in the Business industry. Let me know what industry specific conference that you’d like next! #conference2026 #businessconference #founderconference
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Confession: I have a podcast for every single task in my day (minus working). Getting ready? Podcast. Commute? Podcast. Folding laundry, running errands, existing? Podcast, podcast, podcast. I’m a self-improvement junkie (possibly an unhealthy amount) and a certified learning-junkie who lives in a constant, low-grade panic that everyone else’s business is somehow three steps ahead of mine. So, I fill every spare minute with something that makes me smarter, sharper, or better at running my business. Swipe through for the lineup that’s in constant rotation. Each one earns its spot for a different reason: strategy, mindset, marketing, motivation, or just a really good laugh when I need one. Tell me: what am I missing? Drop your favorites (professional and fun) below 👇 @thediaryofaceopodcast @mastersofscale @motiversity @howibuiltthis @jasminestar @goodhangwithamy
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Branding Is the Foundation But This Is Where It Gets Tested Every brand starts with identity. The logo, the colors, the system that makes you recognizable. That part is very important but what I’ve been paying closer attention to lately is what happens after that. I’ve been learning UI/UX for months now, and one thing has become very clear to me; A brand is not just what people see, it’s what they experience. And that experience can easily fall apart if it’s not properly thought through. Because you can have a strong identity, great visuals, even good messaging but if a user lands on your product and doesn’t know what to do next, the brand starts to feel confusing, disconnected and even forgettable. That’s why this stage matters so much. Sitting down and mapping out: - How a user comes in. - What they see first. - What they do next. - What feels easy. - What feels frustrating. This is the same thinking behind strong branding; Clarity, Structure and Intentional decisions just applied differently. This onboarding flow I sketched is messy, yes but it’s solving something important: “How do we guide someone from first interaction to understanding?” Because at the end of the day, whether it’s a brand identity, a product interface, or even a physical space, my job is the same: - Make things feel clear. - Make them make sense. - Make them work. Because a strong brand shouldn’t only look good, it should feel easy to use, easy to understand and hard to forget.
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