In the recently concluded Techpoint Build held in Lagos, Nigeria on the 27th of January 2018, Its was a wonderful start for the Placements Team lead by Ayobami Oyaleke.

 

  1. You don’t have to start in Lagos: This is a particularly stressful decision most tech company ceo’s or teams have to first deal with. There is the temptation cum deception that to make it you have to start in Lagos. This is not only true of tech startups, I know makeup artists and tailors (fashion designers) who believe “Lagos is where the money is”.  Placements.ng is based in Ibadan.
  2. Events Events Events:  As much as you don’t have to move to lagos sometimes and usally a lot of times you should goto LagosLook forward to and attend events that have to
  3. You don’t need a perfect product: Ever heard of a MVP? yes thats right a Minimum Viable Product, as a service provider you don’t need to
  4. Brand is key: Brand like your business’ life depends on it, register your domain name, register with the Corporate Affairs Commission, get a simple logo, and thats not really hard at all, you can check this company or this list of the nicest design agencies in Nigeria. Your logo should convey your image properly … There’s more to branding but don’t miss the basics mentioned.
  5. Learn how to pitch: 

You may decide to be sentimental however being at events and been able to “present your case” goes a long way.

 

 

 

You can be sure the placements team are proud of their progress so far in just 20 months this is a good milestone to cap the fact that they are already serving 27,000 interns all over the country.

 

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