My therapy…. Love this piece by Iyon_ida |🔴

Founders treat other peoples money with as much respect as you would treat yours

Writing on the whiteboard at my office and damn!! The thoughts are flowing. Recommend getting a board

Here is some actual advice that worked for me. Hire to scale up the ceo/founder. If the ceo isn’t working on it, there is no need to hire that role. If the ceo is working on it: * it must be important * there is a concrete thing to do * the hire isn’t a fit if they can’t do

So keep an eye on Nigeria’s digital export story. Oil may still flow, but the future might just run on servers and AI. Delve into AI here: techcabal.com/2025/10/23/nig…

Another startup I’m an advisor and mentor too was just given an award. Innovative idea of the year in Cyprus

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Play long term games with long term people

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The peace that comes to your heart while hearing the truth of God

Does the Nigerian Government Invest in Startups? Yes A few have committed to co-investing with us in promising ventures. Others are actively seeking to award contracts . The structure is in place. And we are here to empower it.

folks with a certain amount of money, spend time giving motivational speeches as tho they hadn't stumbled throughout their journey figuring it out and were mostly just as clueless. c'mon man!

Fundamentals over founderitis. A few decades ago, the concept of becoming a tech founder wasn’t even understood as something you could do. In the 80s and the early 90s, you saw businessmen on TV, but there was no well-understood playbook for starting a company. Kids were

[ THE CASE FOR VIRALITY ] There’s been a lot of noise the last month on X about attention as a strategy and whether or not it works. As one of the frontrunners getting most talked about here, I think it’s about time for me to offer my thoughts. Fundamentally, I believe that it

If you don’t commit to meaningful work, life will fill your time with busywork.

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market has changed. new path for founders VCs are not investing in ideas or MVPs anymore (thank God) everyone wanted sanity, this is what it looks like new path is: - build an mvp - acquire 100-1000 users - iterate till there is retention (no hiring, no raise, nothing) -

I get it, listening to 10 or more pitches back-to-back can be exhausting. But as judges and investors, we owe founders more than surface level comments. Thoughtful, specific feedback shows respect for their time and effort. It also helps them grow and refine their ideas.

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