Iyinoluwa Aboyeji's quotes, sayings

Build What the World Needs

Build! So much of the world still needs to be built. There's an opportunity for you to build there and be of service to humanity, and you'll probably find wealth along the way.

A Steward, Not an Owner

This is all I have: the belief in God and doing His will. I always make sure that I am consistently doing God's will, and I consider myself just a steward of His resources, to work the earth and to keep it.

The Law of Giving

Don't be a taker. Give, give, give... eventually it will be given unto you.

The Power of “How Can I Help?

The biggest advice for networking is: serve people. “How can I help?” Those four words are the most powerful words in the world.

Surround Yourself With People Going Somewhere

Two poor men cannot help each other. I got where I am because of friendships with people who are going somewhere.

Help Others Get Rich

Make money for your friends and you'll never have to worry about money in your life.

Align People, Build Something Bigger

My superpower is finding alignment within teams: “Let’s come together and build something big, as opposed to each of us individually building something small.” Aligning people’s interests is so important.

The Power of Coming Together

A billion-dollar company is just a bunch of people who could have individually built $10 million businesses, who decided to come together and build one business. The most important thing is the team.

Build Systems to Scale

When you want to scale, the most important thing is to make things automatic. Building systems and aligning people is everything - once you get to a systemic thing, you can keep growing as long as nothing breaks.

Sustainable wealth comes from helping other people.

In Nigeria, if you don't make other people money, you don't get to make money. In America, if you don't make money, you can't make other people money. It's very different.

Wealth is a function of productivity. You have a lot of young people with a lot of needs, and entrepreneurs who need to meet those needs - that's how you see a lot of wealth grow.

The Audacity of Possibility

If people elsewhere in the world could do it, there was no reason why somebody here in Africa couldn't do it as well.