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David McCullough’s biography of the Wright brothers is a fantastic read. These were my top two takeaways... 1. Fall in love with the problem and the journey won’t seem so arduous. ---- The brothers worked 12 – 16 hour days for years, with few resources, and eventually conquered manned flight. If you are pursuing entrepreneurship because it is fashionable or just want to make quick buck, you are much Read more
Hypothetically, if you could invest in any of the following three companies, which would you choose: ABCorp, which is raising $10 million, and with that promises they’ll have a new version of their product in the market, a bigger sales staff, plenty of marketing, 5x growth to $2 million of revenues, a loss of $1 million, and be ready for the next round of $45 million in fundraising. GHInc, which is raisin Read more
Are you an ambitious founder, manager or executive? This surprising sin of communication will help you raise a lot more capital and/or be viewed favorably as a leader, according to recently published research by a renowned professor at an Ivy League university. Any other time, committing the sin is bad. Use it in your pitch deck or in interviews for senior roles, though, and it is magical pixie dust! Vent Read more
Guest post by Mawuna Kuotonin Editor/Founder SiliconAfrica.com Perhaps there is something to be said for ‘fake it till you make it’ in the startup world . Great stories make great nations. Before nation builders there are great people builders. The saying, “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was true as recently as 1937 when tiny England did, in fact, still have posses Read more
Interview with Peter Thiel by Wired UK at Oxford in 2014, posted on YouTube . Edited for clarity and length. 1/Do you think there is a correlation between Asperger’s and successful founders ? In its mildest forms, yes. And I think it is an indictment of our society that the people who are most socially adept end up having so little conviction about their ideas. Since they are so good at picking up o Read more
