Isaac Kwame Owusu

Alexander Hamilton founded the Federalist Party; he wrote over half of The Federalist Papers; he was a chief aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War; he established a national bank; he had an extramarital affair; he was killed in a duel by Alexander Burr. That’s a rough history of Alexander Hamilton. Not a complete history by any means, but a few of the major points to be found in any history book worth its salt. Far too often, history is reduced to no more than mere words on a page, a simple recounting of events. But history is much more than that — it’s a narrative. And, as any good writer of fiction will tell you, narratives are driven by characters. Somewhat paradoxically, the more written about the great figures of history, the more mythic they’re made. They become figures, representations of nations, ideals, and attitudes of the times. But what is often forgotten about these figures is that they were, in fact, people. People with lives, expe...

The idea of logo is to represent or symbolize your company. Its a design used by company/organisation for its advertisement , promotional from which your company can be easily recognized. Its only the product or service given by particular company /organisation to society which makes your company survive in market and in memory of people for decade, hence your logo. You can use different logo making and creation tools such as: Adobe Illustrator Corel Draw Logomaker A logo is more than just a beautiful imagery; it is your brand identity. Logos are the single most visible manifestation of a company’s brand within the target market so it is of paramount importance that they should be designed simply and should be thought provoking. Not only the design but the color combination should be so chosen, that it stays in the mind of the viewer. Although, The IT market is flooded with thousands of good branding agencies and logo designers, but your business deserves the best....

An old teacher of mine told me a story that stuck with me the rest of my life: A pottery teacher split her class into two halves.  To the first half she said, "You will spend the semester studying pottery, planning, designing, and creating your perfect pot.  At the end of the semester, there will be a competition to see whose pot is the best". To the other half she said, "You will spend your semester making lots of pots.  Your grade will be based on the number of completed pots you finish.  At the end of the semester, you'll also have the opportunity to enter your best pot into a competition." The first half of the class threw themselves into their research, planning, and design.  Then they set about creating their one, perfect pot for the competition. The second half of the class immediately grabbed fistfulls of clay and started churning out pots.  They made big ones, small ones, simple ones, and intricate ones.  Their muscles ached for weeks as...

If you do manage to get a product that seems to be working and funding, then you'll enter a whole series of new challenges building the company, but don't worry about those yet. Congratulations for going down this path. It will be a blast.For a startup, too many things can go wrong, and while there are many books you can read on startups, they don't really give you the actual steps you need to create a solid startup. As a business owner and a student who was listed among the Top 100 Student Entrepreneurs in Ghana , this what I think must be done. Nowadays (in my experience) a beta version is a must. Because of the low barrier to entry to building a prototype, very, very few investors nowadays will invest in or even talk to someone before you have some early traction with customers and early product. The best steps? 1. Validate your idea , either via building a beta/mockup and testing out with possible customers (real customers, not your friends), or through some ...

“It’s not a mixtape; it’s a tradition” raps E.L.. It’s time for the most relevant Hip-Hop mixtape in the country. The VGMA Artiste of the Year presents the third edition of the BAR Mixtape Series, subtitled The LOMI Era. The body of work features greats like Nigeria’s M.I Abaga and Khuli Chana. For 3 years now E.L has been giving young & rising rappers to chance to exhibit their talent to the public. Hence the tape has appearances from Osei, Kiddblack, Ayat, Illa Shaz & Worlasi. As expected, it also features his label mates and rap peers such as Ko-Jo Cue, Gemini, and Dex Kwasi, among others. The 16-track EP also boasts of production by Drumroll, Ghost, EssenceBeats, big dawg, Coptic and E.L himself. This is a fulfillment of real rap. The 16 track mixtape served us a full dish of Hiphop more than ever! The "BAR 3" is not quite the same as the past ones since, it highlighted significantly all the more new artistes who are breaking or have broken into the standard ...