My 2018 In Review: The Beginning
This is where it all began. Inspired by Ire Aderinokun year in review, i tried doing my own for 2016 & 2017, there was nothing to review. At the end of 2017, i made it a goal to make my 2018 worth a review and so glad i did. I will be writing about books, podcasts, conferences & summit attended, writings, certifications & awards, life in general.
NOTE: For those unfamiliar with medium, there is a link you can click on every underlined text.
Books & Podcast
This year, i was privileged to read 8 books, completed 5 books, rolling over the uncompleted ones into 2019. Podcast was my thing this year, a lazy way to learn stuffs (think of it as someone speaking directly into your head, all you just have to do is listen)
Books
- Power, Politics and Death — Olusegun Adeniyi (politics)
- Fighting Corruption is Dangerous — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (politics)
- How They Started Global Brands — David Lester (startups)
- Zero to One — Peter Thiel (startups)
- Lean Startup — Eric Ries (startups) uncompleted
- Fixing Healthcare in Nigeria — Dr Ola Brown (healthcare)
- Small Money , Big Business — Akin Alabi (business) uncompleted
- Go for Gold — John C Maxwell (leadership) uncompleted
Podcast
- Building the Future with Dotun Olowoporoku
- Y Combinator podcast with Craig Cannon
Conference & Summit
Just 3 in the bag and they were eye opening.
- Techcrunch Battlefield Africa
- Ogun Tech Summit 2018
- Techpoint Build 2018
Writing
I courageously wrote 2 articles including the one you are currently reading
Work & Projects
This year I had the privilege of working on a few projects. At different times, which surprisingly got more attention than i expected. Learnt a lot of stuff by building these projects from product development to email & content marketing, customer acquisition etc. This was the best thing about my 2018
Spoilers Alert: they are both failed projects, one was suspended, the other closed down.
BoxPlay: a VOD platform for Africans to watch cinema released movies. Spent the first 6 months working on this, died a natural death at content licensing stage with studios.
Cralocs: inspired by this blog-post, my co-founder Oluwatobi and I created an online marketplace for filmmakers to find and book film locations. We built it really fast(under 2 weeks), using ready made tools. Cralocs got featured on ProductHunt and accepted into Y Combinator Startup School. We couldn’t scale it so its currently suspended.
Certification &Awards
Certification
- Andela Learning Community (Android Beginner) — Udacity, Andela & Google
2. Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing — Google
Award
My college HandBall team of which i am a member, finished on the podium with a Silver Medal at FUNAAB Inter-collegiate Cup. My quest for more than one medal got me 2 weeks of sickness
Life
- My Family: Dad, Mum and Siblings were all in good health in this year.
- Turned 18! this year, LEGAL status
- Learnt a lot of stuffs cutting across technology, business, startups, politics.
- I became a nocturnal animal, sleeping at odd hours
What about 2019?
- Learn to code (https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-web-developer-zero-to-mastery/learn/v4/overview)
- Build & launch new exciting stuffs (already on it) & make money #NoMoreFailedProjects
- Read a min of 15 books and start writing about stuffs.
- Exercise, travel, rest and enjoy more.
- Say no to HUSTLE PORN
- And many more, as the spirit leads
Thanks to God for a such a wonderful and blissful year. Grateful to everyone that was part of my year, can’t start typing your guys names. May God bless you all and grant you a glorious 2019
Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!
