“Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” — Bill Gates Quote

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.

Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct.