#10 | The Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
This week I explore and conclude Part 5 of 5 on “How To Get Your First 5,000 Online Customers.” As founders and entrepreneurs, we strongly desire our companies to succeed. While product.....
Welcome to this week's Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
As founders and entrepreneurs, we strongly desire our companies to succeed. While product development has been held up as the pinnacle of a successful business, there is much more to it. Your product’s early success will depend greatly on the challenges you’re trying to solve with it. But, of course, it’s impossible to do this without a group of people watching you.
Finding your first 5,000 consumers is no easy feat, but I learned that having an audience helps you do that. You must find your early adopters and keep them engaged long before launching your product. As a result of their intimate familiarity with the product’s value proposition, they may subsequently become your most ardent advocates.
Pan - African Startup Stories
Biggest Africa Startup Flutterwave Battles Multiple Allegations in IPO Runup - Bloomberg
Central Africa startups raised only $82m+ since 2019 - Technext
How African founders and investors are responding to the global economic downturn - TechCabal
A Special Program for African Startups - Africa.com
Recent developments in African technology have changed how Africans view the continent - Ventures Africa
Development in Africa's Tech Space has Changed Global Perception - Tech Economy
Linda Obi speaks on solving the problem of women’s underrepresentation in crypto with Techonomy - TechNext
How Lagos Is Creating A Thriving Ecosystem For Tech Startups - Taarifa
In Africa, Kenyan startups have so far recorded highest funding growth this year - TechCrunch
Pan - African Startup News
Nigeria’s energy-tech company, Beacon Power, closes $2.7m round- Ripples Nigeria
QED makes its first investment in Africa through TeamApt - Techcabal
Africa’s only Metaverse venue bags Swiss VC funding - Venture Burn
Web 3 Africa
Venture Studio News
What I’m Reading
![Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become an Extraordinary Autodidact (Learning how to Learn Book 3) by [Peter Hollins]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2e4bbfa-fc5b-4bfb-8b62-4ade2692af30_375x500.jpeg "Polymath: Master Multiple Disciplines, Learn New Skills, Think Flexibly, and Become an Extraordinary Autodidact (Learning how to Learn Book 3) by [Peter Hollins]")
Expertise pays; polymathy pays exponentially. Build a world-class skillset that will make you unique and irreplaceable.
Polymath: a person of wide knowledge and learning.The art of becoming a polymath is really about maximizing your opportunities in life. Don’t be the person with the hammer - be the person with an entire woodshop at their disposal.
Learn to think outside the box and adopt a flexible mindset. Become multi-faceted.
Polymathshows you how to be a singular entity, like Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, and Thomas Young. No, you won’t achieve what they achieved, but you will understand the skills, habits, and techniques to master multiple realms of knowledge and skills.
Almost every famous genius you know is a polymath. This book will trace their journeys and change the way you look at learning.Jack of all trades, master of none? No such thing.
A complete learning framework, from novice to expert, in any skill or discipline.
Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.
Become a modern day Renaissance man/woman; broaden your horizons.
•Learn why you should become a pi-shaped polymath.
•The primary traits you need to foster genius.
•A 10-step process of learning a new topic or skill from A to Z.
•How to choose and select your unique set of skills.
•How to create your “second brain” on paper.
•Examples from every era of mankind.
Learn new perspectives, understand people better, and gain confidence to break your comfort zone.
Polymathy is the most important skill for your career, hands down. It makes you one-of-a-kind. Become the most unique person you know. Create new routines and habits. Upgrade your life circumstances and see how mentally tough flexible thinking makes you. It boils down to this one question: are you content with your life circumstances? No? Then embrace the polymath mindset.
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