About Me
Welcome to my website, I'm Taofiq Abiola, a Nigerian and resident of Canada and an aspiring entrepreneur or intrapreneur. You will find a lot of information about me on this website including my experience with the Masters in Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (MBET) at the University of Waterloo. Below are some tit-bits about me.
Vision: I'm not so sure what my vision is, but I belive the best way of getting the best out of life is doing what you love to do, and doing it with a passion.
Mission: to discover who I am, what I stand for, and contribute to society through the accomplishment of my personal goals and assist others in accomplishing their own goals, so the world can be a better place.
Values: honesty, hardwork, achievement and family.
Expression: Be able to demonstrate high degrees of skill, create new ideas, programs, or structures; being involved in studying or creating beauty; being free to express my uniqueness and being able to write or present ideas
Brand Mantra: "never quit until you have to quit."
Favorite quote: "It's better to live as your own man than as a fool in someone else's dream. ..." (Cmdr John Koenig in "Space 1999" tv series)
Most admired entrepreneur: Warren Buffet
Personal Attributes: Expressive, friendly, energetic, driven; flexible, empathetic
Skills and Interests
Skills
- Able to quickly assess and troubleshoot business,financial or technical engineering problems to come up with innovative solutions; excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent research skills both academic and industry
- Excellent knowledge of entrepreneurial and innovation concepts related to start-up and existing companies interested in leveraging technology to create customer-focused products and services that create added-value
- Demonstrated ability to understand and create and follow instructions and procedures
- Effective team member requiring minimal supervision
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fluent in English
Interests
Understanding others, creating or viewing visual art, directing, leading, or influencing others, meeting influential people, business topics and strategies, promoting ideas, products, or services, following clearly defined procedures, working closely with others, being a team member
Top Five Knowledge Areas
- Entrepreneurship, business start-up and management
- Research in concrete materials in Civil Engineering
- Information technology, web research, use of MS Office
- Research and methods in Waste Management and Disposal
- Knowledge of Oracle database and relational databases
Personal Life
Family Life
I am happily married with a lovely wife and two beautiful children. My kids are still very young, I'm looking forward to spending time with them, God willing.
Hobbies
- Indoors: cooking, playing PC games - my all time favorite is Half-Life - watching lots of sports, including soccer, Formula 1, NFL, NHL, UFC and WWE.
- Outdoors: playing soccer, meeting people and traveling to new places.
Community
It is very important to me to be involved in my local community, there is always something to be done, no matter how small.
Contact Me
MBET
