#4 | The Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
This week, we feature stories from Techpoint Africa, TechCrunch, Disrupt Africa, Techcabal + Ripples Nigeria, Bloomberg, Tech In Africa, High Alpha Innovation, Startup Studio Insider & more.
Welcome to this week's Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
From The Agile Growth Entrepreneur
This week I explore “Using Video To Tell A Story and Raise Capital For Your Startup”. Your time to capture attention and convey the value of your company’s offering to potential customers is limited. In fact, the human brain processes visual or interactive content 60,000 times faster than text.
Investors who invest money in startups tend to be highly intuitive and trusting. A short, professionally made video can do the trick to help you stand out from the crowd. Emailing a deck to investors leaves room for miscommunication. Many investors may only skim your pitch deck, missing out on the most important information. There is less chance for misinterpretation or miscommunication with a video since it gets right to the point.
Using a video pitch can be really beneficial for attracting investors and differentiating yourself from the competition. Investors in new businesses often seek a personal connection with a company’s founders and potential customers, and pitch videos can help you establish that connection.
Pan - African Startup Stories
Here’s how Ayobamigbe Teriba discovers Africa’s most promising startups - Techpoint Africa
As the global venture capital market slows, Africa charts its own course - TechCrunch
African VC is still a “man’s world”, but it suffers for it - Disrupt Africa
After scaling to millions of users, Abeg’s future lies in its rebrand to a social commerce platform - Techcabal
Peter Njonjo wants to change the way food moves in Africa - Techcabal
Fundraising in Africa: How David Lanre Messan helps early-stage startups raise funds - Vanguard
Pan - African Startup News
UK’s BII invests $20m in Lagos-based mobility fintech, Moove. 2 other stories and a trivia - Ripples Nigeria
A $12 Billion South African Fixed-Income Manager Plans Startup Fund - Bloomberg
Nearly 70% Forecast the Value of Start-ups in Africa Will More Than Double in Five Years
FirstCheck Africa get $2M commitment fund from TLcom Capital - Tech In Africa
Nigeria investment start-up,GetEquity secures office in Kenya - Tech In Africa
Venture Studio Stories
📝 Venture Studio U: The University as an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - High Alpha Innovation
📝 Wilbur Labs: The Startup Studio Reinventing Company Building - Startup Studio Insider
🎥 How many Venture Studios are there worldwide? - Alper Celen; Studio Hub
Venture Studio News
GenX Ventures launched: India’s first Start-up Studio for Aspiring Entrepreneurs above 40 Years
Corporate Venture Building: 4 Tips corporates should know before taking their first steps
Sunday Tech launches start-up studio
What I’m Reading
...ENTREPRENEUR IS NOT A JOB, IT IS AN IDENTITY
Do you feel…
…that you have a great business but are struggling to thrive?
…that the world is on your shoulders?
…that you are energized and overwhelmed at the same time?
…that no one understands or cares as much as you do?
In The Lonely Entrepreneur, author and entrepreneur Michael Dermer shows you how to thrive in the entrepreneurial struggle by changing your perspective.
WHAT TOOK A DECADE TO BUILD WAS DESTROYED IN TEN DAYS!
Michael faced “the perfect storm” of struggles when the business he spent ten years building was almost wiped out in ten days by the financial crisis of 2008. Bankrupt customers. Enraged investors. Angry creditors. It would take years of working 24 hours a day to save his company. How did he do it?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Michael changed his perspective. He realized that with the right perspective, solutions were everywhere. With the wrong perspective, the simplest of tasks seemed impossible. Not only did Michael successfully sell his company and become an industry pioneer, he discovered a methodology that helps all entrepreneurs with the issue we all face—the struggle. In The Lonely Entrepreneur you will learn how to:
•Identify the flawed perspectives you develop under the influence of the four Ps—pressure, passion, pleasure, and pain.
•Change your perspective from those that stifle progress to those that empower you to thrive.
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