Friday, July 31, 2015


I am writing book #5  Zero to Billions:  Anyone Can, 13 Black Self-made Billionaires
today I am researching on 2 Nigerian self-made billionaires

Orji Uzor Kalu and Abdulsamad Rabiu

Looking at preliminary data: Nigeria is the Land of Opportunity in Africa, South Africa has only one black self-made billionaire, Nigeria has 8, US has 2, Sudan/UK 1, Ethiopia/Saudi Arabia 1

Nigeria, I am impressed. I talked with my friend Bismarck Likambi , he said he was born in Cameroon and went to high school in Nigeria and he gave me some of the reasons for the dynamic growth

This week's research is like a trip to Africa.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Yesterday was  my happy day

Book #4  "Zero to Billions:  Anyone Can, 31 Under 40 Self-made Billionaires,  How the Young Change the World" was published

Today one copy was purchased

I am now working on Book #5, the title will probably be something like
"Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 12 Black Self-made Billionaires.  Africa is not for Lions alone but also Billionaire Men and Women".  While I look at the title, amazed how the title could be so long, almost 2 lines.   I wonder who is going to read it, or buy it.

But all that does not matter, the only thing matters now is for me to finish the 12 books

And it is just like running a marathon, except this is a 2 year marathon, and the marathon is 12 books long.

To pace myself, I divide 24 months by 12 books, and that makes it 1 book every 2 months.  In my first year, i.e. 2015  I will have to write 6 books.  Today is 7/29/2015, almost end of August, but still with 5 months remaining.  I like to flatter myself that I am ahead of schedule, and that the half-way mark (6 books) is definitely in sight.

If I can keep up with my present rate, I can finish 6 books before end of November or November 30, 2015, which means next year I won't have to be writing as frantic.

Now, back to action.  It is almost 9pm and I will spend next 3 hours researching on self-made black billionaires