#5 | The Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
This week, we feature stories from Technext, Tech Build Africa, Quartz, Disrupt Africa, Tech Economy, Tech Trends Africa KE, Dallas Innovates, Mint, EU Startups + Zawya, Pet Food Industry & more.
Welcome to this week's Agile Growth Entrepreneur Newsletter
From The Agile Growth Entrepreneur
This week I explore “Building a Compound Startup.” The popular belief of startup founders over the past decade has been to zero in on a single area of focus. Find a specific problem, solve it, and you’ll be rewarded. In fact, looking back over the previous decade, such guidance was spot on.
As a result, several high-quality point-solution SaaS solutions are on the market today, many of which have displaced less-capable components of legacy business software suites.
The world has evolved, and so have our expectations of these businesses and the goods and services they provide. As a result, the era of point solutions that solve only one problem for organizations and have a limited scope is over.
Pan - African Startup Stories
African startups have raised $3.1bn in H1 2022, a 240% increase YoY - Technext
A Quick Look at African Startups Fundraising in June 2022 - Tech Build
Africa
Zambia’s Union54 is bringing virtual debit and credit cards to the unbanked - Quartz
Africa-focused VC firm TLcom Capital expands into pre-seed, North Africa - Disrupt Africa
Youth will drive the Future of Digital Payment Solutions in Africa - Tech Build Africa
VC Funding, Nigeria Startup Bill and other Soundbites from 10th Digital Africa Conference - Tech Economy
Pan - African Startup News
Kenyan logistics startup Duhqa has raised $2m seed funding for regional expansion - Tech Trends KE
Big Deal’s Max Cuvellier, startups in Africa are breaking new records - News Ghana
Kenyan education entertainment startup, Kukua raises $6m in funding round - Tech In Africa
Nigeria’s fintech sector accounted for 63% of startup funding in Africa in 2021 - The Cable
Moove, a Nigerian Mobility startup raises $20 million from British International Investment - Tech In Africa
Venture Studio Stories
Venture Studio Prototyze has announced the launch of Deck Sherpa - Mint
Challenging the status quo of healthcare: Jonas Muff tells us about the vision behind Vara - EU Startups
Start-ups on the Launchpad - Business Cornwall
Venture Studio News
Venture Studio at Purdue University launches to digitize the agri-food system - PR News Web
Leap Venture Studio seeking innovators - Pet Food Industry
Venture Studio Midnight Oil Collective Seeks Interested Artists for Fall 2022 Cohort - Broadway World
What I’m Reading
You're part of an elite group of builders, creators, and innovators who have accomplished something few can claim: you've founded a company. Now the challenge of standing out in the crowd begins—and how you differentiate yourself counts.
Building a brand and growing a business can be expensive and time-consuming. But you have a key advantage and secret strategy, one that will set you apart no matter your industry, product, or company size. You have a story, and it's one of your most valuable assets.
In Founder Brand, marketing expert Dave Gerhardt reveals how to build your brand by positioning yourself as the story, heart, and soul of your business. This is a tactical guidebook that first shows you how to tell your story, then how to put your story to use as a marketing strategy. You'll learn how social media provides a bridge between you and your customers, the platforms that are appropriate for your business, and how to measure results to truly determine value. This book is the ultimate resource for founders, CEOs, and marketing teams trying to find their company's niche, strategize for the future, and create brand awareness that establishes the credibility and trust your products deserve.
The Week in Podcasts
Don't Buy Entry Level M2 Macbook Pro, Google To Delete Abortion Clinic Visits
GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit
Section 230 Is a Last Line of Defense for Abortion Speech Online
Hello! You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency Act
Google will start auto-deleting abortion clinic visits from user location history
Elon Musk Takes Unusually Long Twitter Break
Google Allowed a Sanctioned Russian Ad Company to Harvest User Data for Months
Dollars for Docs
Department of Justice seized iPhones from two attorneys involved in January 6 probe
Bitcoin Crash Continues
Instagram tests ditching video posts in favor of Reels
TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data
FTC commissioner's solo TikTok memo that was misreported around the world
Mike's recent Computerworld piece on the inevitability of the "splinternet"
Judge Luttig: Here's why I spoke so slowly at Jan. 6 hearing
Apple's Entry-Level M2 MacBook Pro Turns Into a Celeron Under Heavy Load
Steve Jobs Receives Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
New White Papers and eBooks
A Comprehensive Approach to Cloud Threat Detection and Response
The Upstream, Unseen Impacts of E-Commerce and How to Solve Them
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