Entrepreneurship
- Daphne Tideman
- If your product costs X to make, you’ll likely charge X plus a little extra profit. That’s how business works, right? Wrong.
- DC Palter
- As a startup mentor, the first question every founder asks is how to find investors. But once I’ve built up a rapport with the CEO, a message drops into my inbox asking if I can spare a minute to chat. When we jump on the call, the founder stutters through her question: “Have you ever had to deal with a co-founder not working out?” She’s surprised when I reply, “Every single time."
- Brett Fox
- The one thing that is almost guaranteed to destroy even the best run startup is a bad investor. I should know. I had a bad investor do everything in its power to destroy my growing startup.
- Adebola Olatunbosun
- In recent years, African tech startups have attracted significant attention from global investors, with over $5 billion in funding flowing into the continent in 2023 alone. However, as these startups scale, the importance of strong corporate governance becomes increasingly evident.
- Jonathan Hollis
- RBF is a form of finance where capital is provided in exchange for an agreement to pay a fixed percentage of future revenues to the lender until the invested amount, plus a fee, has been repaid. Typically there is no equity, personal guarantees or hidden fees involved, which makes it attractive for early-stage companies.
- DC Palter
- You need funding to build the product. Investors want to see customer traction first. This is the crux of the startup chicken-and-egg problem founders ask about every day — you need $2M to build the product. The VCs tell you to come back after you’ve built the product and demonstrated customer traction. What can you do?
- 60 Decibels
- In partnership with Good Energies, the Inclusive Energy Opportunity is back in 2024 to provide support and insights for 10 energy start-ups.
- Startup|Energy
- Startup|Energy invites innovative entrepreneur who are looking to transform the energy supply and livelihoods in SubSaharan Africa to the Energy Camp 2024.
- DC Palter
- There’s a surprising amount of confusion among early-stage startups about what a dataroom is and what needs to be inside. Fortunately, the dataroom is pretty straightforward. It’s a shared drive investors can access that contains all the information we want to see. Ah, but what do we want to see, you ask. The simple answer: everything.
- Ankit Sharma
- Securing investment may seem like a victory, but not every offer is a good fit. Learn the art of strategic rejection to ensure that you don’t end up with the wrong investor. Learn why, when, and how to politely decline investors to maintain control and achieve your long-term vision, while still ensuring good terms with them.