RUNNING A STARTUP STUDIO
Running a startup studio is not running one business.It’s running ten or more at the same time.This is the part people don’t tell you.A startup studio looks clean from the outside.Inside, it’s controlled chaos.Here’s the truth A startup studio is multiple businesses layered togetherYou are running: • A company builder• A product company• A hiring company• […]
FOUNDATIONAL INFO ABOUT STARTUPS
You are a startup because you don’t know what works, if you do, then you don’t qualify to be called a start up. You are a either trying to do an old thing in a new way or trying to do something that doesn’t exist at all. Inasmuch as you have done research and have […]
FROM DIRECTOR TO DISILLUSIONED: MY GNLD LESSON
In 2005, I was introduced to GNLD, I liked the business model and loved the promises of a better life more. As a LAPO kid that I am, I would fantasise about what I would do with the money and all the trips promised. I consumed every material I was given about it and became […]
HOMEGROWN SOLUTIONS: WHY IMPORTED FRAMEWORKS DON’T ALWAYS WORK IN AFRICA
We need to solve our own problems in Africa our own ways. Methodologies like Scrum are great but I often think most of the concepts are not directly suitable for our work.What we need to understand is that some people also created these solutions to their own problems and if we will be using them, […]
ADAPT OR BECOME ARCHAIC
I used to be a good dancer until COVID-19 happened. It just seems like heavy duty workouts got upgraded to dance steps and dances generally became more mechanical and confusing.I practically have not been able to keep with the trend, while you are trying to learn one, a new one is already out. My biggest […]
DOCUMENT YOUR KNOWLEDGE
One thing I believe everyone must do at least once in their lifetime is to document their knowledge. The black man has lost a lot of history, knowledge and virtue because we don’t document. Strodinger, Galiloe, Pascal, Tesla, Einstein and their kinds are people we study today because they documented their knowledge. But the average […]