Trying to please everyone = ultimately pleasing no one 5 reasons I am focusing on deleting stuff rather than adding things to my New Year’s Resolutions 👇🏾

The African startup ecosystem is on the precipice of a once in a generation explosion. This year I helped companies raise funding from VCs and want to do much more in the space. Below is an outline of what’s going on and why you should pay attention 🧵👇🏿:

The time for African startups is now… A plethora of multi-billion-dollar companies will probably be built over the next decade. It is a very exciting time to be in the Africa tech scene!

Good luck to anyone with new goals in 2022! Graphic courtesy of Tim Urban

Say what you want but this guy knows how to market himself and stay relevant!

Fantastic article from David Perell on how the rise of liberalism, technological abundance, and short time horizons has led us to overvalue optionality at the expense of commitment Long form but worth it, best thing I have read in a while. perell.com/essay/hugging-…

Understand the rationale and effectiveness of this advert from Apple but the fact it's purely for commercial gain just doesn't sit right for some reason. Thoughts? youtube.com/watch?v=QJ2Jiw…

Assuming you can get in the room to beat expectation in the first place Gary Vaynerchuk

Simple but effective graphic 🔊

The power of having a huge creator onboard. Zero chance these 2 brands collab without ye. complex.com/style/kanye-we…

Great thread Siddharth Mohan particularly point No.10!

Great to see the email is back Andy Ayim MBE really useful for catching up on all things startups, investment and jobs for the black community.

Great idea from @Twitter considering most article distribution goes through the app!

Great thread with lots of use cases from Chris Cantino. Definitely early doors but market is here to stay.

Just another example of how creators, who wield so much power today, are still grossly underpaid under old agreements with large companies.

At PlugForward we help creators, entertainers and celebrities launch online businesses from D2C brands to NFTs. We’ve been in stealth but are now live and have a pipeline of exciting ventures launching over the coming months! Thanks Forbes Mike Bugembe bit.ly/3B9dq3T

Happy to announce our “Let’s Talk Wealth” event on 28 April 2022! Now more than ever we need to be coming together as a community to have important discussions about how we can all level up when it comes to our finances. eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-we…

Very important to fix your Twitter feed: 1. Tap home button. 2. Tap stars on upper right of screen. 3. Select “Latest tweets”. You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you don’t realize. Easy to switch back & forth to see the difference.