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• […]

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THE DAY I REALIZED FEATURES DON’T PAY SALARIES

I remember it clearly.We had a beautiful product.Clean design.Smart features.A proud team.But the bank balance didn’t care.Bills were due.Salaries were staring at me.And downloads were not paying anyone.That day, something broke in me.I stopped asking, “What feature should we add next?”And started asking, “Who is paying and why?”We paused building.We picked up the phone.We talked […]

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GO ALL OUT

There is a man I buy some tools from, which I use for work. I don’t like this man, I don’t like how he talks, I don’t like his customer service, but I have been buying from him for almost a decade now because I always get the best products and prices from him.One of […]

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NYSC Story

The write-up below was originally written this day, 3 years ago. This morning, I decided to go find my old Facebook account (that was hacked and I am yet to gain access to it again. If you know how I can get it back, Biko help o). The pictures and the posts on that account […]

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