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Swallow your pride and look for a mentor
from admin on 05/12/2016 10:39 AMOften times I tell fellow youth to swallow their pride and find a mentor.Mentoring matters ! ,especially in business.Chances are someone has done what you want to do before. Find the right mentor. Many times we struggle over issues that mentoring would solve. No man is an island. Having a mentor would help you in ways you can't even begin to imagine. I have for instance learnt a lot from my priceless mentor Tonny Rutakirwa.A mentor will always be there for you.When you have no mentor, truth is,you will start picking advice from wrong people.I wish to continue but let me pause it here.
ReplyAcumen Fund.
from admin on 05/12/2016 06:59 AMAcumen is a charity organisation incorporated in 2001 with seed capital from the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation and three individual philanthropists. The Acumen Fund invests in entrepreneurs who have the capability to bring sustainable solutions to big problems. In May 2014, The Acumen Fund co-invested $1.5 million in Esoko Networks Limited (“Esoko”), a Ghanaian-built technology platform that connects African farmers to markets via mobile phones. In October 2014, Acumen announced a$1.4 million investment in SolarNow, a company that sells and finances solar home systems in Uganda.
A letter to an entreprenuer.
from admin on 05/12/2016 06:46 AMDear Entrepreneur, I hope you are still on top of things despite the challenges you're facing? You are in this business for good. The deadline for turning back has closed officially.Please, as you proceed in your journey it's important you don't get carried away with thehype or the lack of hype. Stay true to the WHY you started your journey with for we can't remember the names of many who deviated.Serve your Customers, Employees and Shareholders (if any) in that order and you will experience tremendous growth. Many of your peers currently patronise the FIRE BRIGADE instead of building a FIRESTATION; get your priorities right.Lastly, NO one sells combs to monks and makes a profit. Be relevant to us. Your Avid Fan.Credits: Kizito Okorowu, The Breakthrough Academy
Get funded!
from admin on 05/11/2016 10:15 PM88mph is a Seed Fund and Accelerator that started in2011 and currently operates out of hubs in Nairobi (Kenya), Cape Town (South Africa), and Lagos (Nigeria).88mph funds only tech companies, with a particular emphasis on web and mobile products and services. It currently has more than $1.5 million in funds for investment in African tech startups.Some of its successful investments include:*.Baby Group– South Africa’s first online shop for new parents and their babies.*.Byte Money– A mobile payment platform for the insurance industry*.Ekaya– A service that matches good landlords with good tenantsIts main focus is to attract the best entrepreneurs, invest seed cash, and bring them to a point where their businesses cangrow independently, or be adequately evaluated by angels and Venture Capital firms.