Sitemap - 2020 - musings of a wannabe African VC

|#349 MWAVC| — Man in the Arena 2021

|#348 MWAVC| — Self Care 2021

|#347 MWAVC| — Law 8 of Cultivating Influence: Trade

|#346 MWAVC| — Team > Founder

|#345 MWAVC| — Pitch Deck Essentials 📑📑

|#344 MWAVC| — Sunday (Monday) Reads  🗞️🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#343 MWAVC| — The Hamster Wheel of Burnout🐹🐹

|#342 MWAVC| — Imposter Syndrome

|#341 MWAVC| — How To Pitch via LinkedIn  

|#340 MWAVC| — Tell Stories.

|#339 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#338 MWAVC| — Is your startup any good?

|#337 MWAVC| — R-P=E, not R-E=P.

|#336 MWAVC| — What’s your big statistic? 

|#335 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#334 MWAVC| — Startups, Take Note

|#333 MWAVC| — How To Raise Your Startup Seed Round

|#332 MWAVC| — On Building African Business

|#331 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#330 MWAVC| — How Much To Retire?

|#329 MWAVC| — Creating your own Virality

|#328 MWAVC| — Life Lessons from Naval

|#327 MWAVC| — And….again. Rich vs. Wealthy 

|#325 MWAVC| — Money Begets Money🤑🤑🤑

|#324 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#323 MWAVC| — Everyone’s favorite grandpa

|#322 MWAVC| — on moats

|#321 MWAVC| — Playing for the best team

|#320 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#319 MWAVC| — The Secret of the Flywheel

|#318 MWAVC| — Psychology: The foundation for change

|#317 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#316 MWAVC| — Augustine’s Laws (?)

|#315 MWAVC| —  From Naval

|#314 MWAVC| —  Elon’s Master Plan

|#313 MWAVC| —  What matters most, when…

|#312 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#311 MWAVC| —  Formula for the next Paystack? Pretty simple

|#310 MWAVC| —  Someone needs to hear this

|#309 MWAVC| —  When You'll Believe Anything

|#308 MWAVC| —  Product-Promise-Fit

|#307 MWAVC| —  Never Enough

|#306 MWAVC| —  VC math (again)

|#305 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#304 MWAVC| —  The Seasons of Life

|#303 MWAVC| —  Tails, You Win

|#302 MWAVC| —  Don’t take VC money!

|#301 MWAVC| — Remove friction!

|#300 MWAVC| —  Sunday (Monday) Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#299 MWAVC| —  Advice from Robert Smith

|#298 MWAVC| —  Negotiate your salary

|#297 MWAVC| —  YeCombinator: The Kanye West Pitch Deck

|#296 MWAVC| —  (Again) Rich vs Wealthy

|#295 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️ 

|#294 MWAVC| —  THINK 

|#293 MWAVC| — Are you rich or wealthy?

|#292 MWAVC| —  B2C ecommerce in Africa

|#291 MWAVC| —  Sunday (Monday🙈) Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#290 MWAVC| —  Books Everyone Should Read: 

|#289 MWAVC| —  Who's on your board?

|#288 MWAVC| —  You need these in your pitch deck 📔

|#287 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#286 MWAVC| —  Optimize for cash

|#285 MWAVC| —  Do these four things to build true wealth

|#284 MWAVC| —  So you want to raise money? 🤣

|#283 MWAVC| —  Skin in the game advice with @kevingibbon

|#282 MWAVC| —  AFRICAN HUSTLERS ARE “ILLEGALLY” ANGEL INVESTING (?)  w/ @kyanekassiri

|#281 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads🗞️🗞️

|#280 MWAVC| —  Playing the loooong game with @APompliano

|#279 MWAVC| —  Investor Update Reminder from @immad

|#278 MWAVC| —  The European Warren Buffet

|#277 MWAVC| — An under-utilized form of financing 

|#276 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#275 MWAVC| — Angel investing in SV. Contrast with Africa 👼🏾💸

|#274 MWAVC| —  Let’s Eat The Rich

|#273 MWAVC| —  Negative Cash Conversion Cycles by @jayvasdigital

|#271 MWAVC| —  Building Wealth 💰

|#270 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#269 MWAVC| —  5-step framework to investing 

|#268 MWAVC| —  Hierarchy of Venture Opportunities in Emerging Markets

|#267 MWAVC| —  Wasting second place🥈

|#266 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#264 MWAVC| —  Difference between 6 zeros and 9 zeros

|#263 MWAVC| —  When sending emails to VCs…

|#262 MWAVC| —  No marketing, only vibes

|#261 MWAVC| —  Email Structure for a Cold Email ❄️❄️

|#260 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️🗞️

|#259 MWAVC| —  Coach👏🏾 + Mentor 👍🏾+ Sponsor👊🏾 

|#258 MWAVC| —  What Makes a VC, a VC. 

|#257 MWAVC| —  What Makes Al-Waleed, Al-Waleed

|#256 MWAVC| —  Building a Legendary Startup 

|#255 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️

|#254 MWAVC| —  Are you rich or wealthy? 💸💸

|#253 MWAVC| —  Top Business Books💡

|#252 MWAVC| — What does GPT-3 mean for you?

|#252 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads & Listens

|#251 MWAVC| — Two types of Currency 

|#250 MWAVC| — YKTVVV⚡⚡

|#249 MWAVC| — Imposter Syndrome 

|#248 MWAVC| — PMF or PZF

|#247 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 📖

|#246 MWAVC| — Elon’s Master Plan 

|#246 MWAVC| — Wasting second place

|#245 MWAVC| — VC Math v.2 

|#244 MWAVC| — What to do after rejection by a VC 

|#243 MWAVC| — Sunday Evening Reads 📖

|#242 MWAVC| — Life update😌 

|#241 MWAVC| — "Are we too hard on our local African tech companies?"

|#240 MWAVC| — Ghost Mentors 👻💡

|#239 MWAVC| — Investor Memo Examples 

|#238 MWAVC| — What if…🤔

#237 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads

|#236 MWAVC| — Want to be more productive? Do this one thing. 

|#235 MWAVC| — VC Math and why you shouldn’t raise money💰👎🏾

|#234 MWAVC| —Riding the wave 🏄🏾

|#233 MWAVC| —  The Art of Cold-Emailing ❄️❄️📩

|#232 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads & Listens 📖🎧

|#231 MWAVC| —  On Sending investor updates📩💰

|#230 MWAVC| —  To experiment is to fail 

|#229 MWAVC| —  Sunday (Monday) Reads📖

|#228 MWAVC| —  Are you rich or wealthy? 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

|#227 MWAVC| —  What I learnt from Prince Al-Waleed 👑

|#226 MWAVC| —  Two types of currencies💸💸💸💸

|#225 MWAVC| —  Doing hard things

|#224 MWAVC| —  Sunday Reads 📰

|#223 MWAVC| —  Think

|#222 MWAVC| —  So you want to raise a VC fund?

|#221 MWAVC| —  Sam Walton’s 10 Rules 

|#220 MWAVC| —  Benefits and Barriers 

|#219 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads📰

|#218 MWAVC| —  Honesty in failure. 

|#217 MWAVC| — (Un)solicited Advice

|#216 MWAVC| —  Unsolicited Advice

|#215 MWAVC| —  from Naval

|#214 MWAVC| —   VC Math and why you shouldn’t raise money

|#213 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads📰📰

|#212 MWAVC| —   What Do VCs Want pt. 4433

|#211 MWAVC| —   What Do VCs Want pt. 4432

|#210 MWAVC| —   Future of Education ft. Prof G

|#209 MWAVC| —   Sunday Reads

|#208 MWAVC| —   Flywheels pt. 2

|#207 MWAVC| —   The Secret of the Flywheel

|#206 MWAVC| —Useful Concepts for Life

|#205 MWAVC| —Two Types of Currencies 

|#204 MWAVC| —Sunday Reads🗞🗞

|#203 MWAVC| —On Mortgages in Ghana 🏠

|#202 MWAVC| —On Success and Happiness by Naval Ravikant

|#201 MWAVC| —  Is your market big enough? 

|#200 MWAVC| —  On Angel Investing👼🏾

|#199 MWAVC| — Sunday (Monday) Reads

|#198 MWAVC| — On Moats

|#197 MWAVC| —How African Tech Ventures Can Become More Valuable

|#196 MWAVC| — Desire 

|#195 MWAVC| —How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) by @naval

|#194 MWAVC| —  Augustine’s Laws (?)

|#193 MWAVC| —  Esama — “50 Million Cash”

|#193 MWAVC| —  Esama — “50 Million Cash”

|#192 MWAVC| — Stuff that’s useful to know if you run a startup

|#191 MWAVC| — The Power of Playing the Long Game

|#191 MWAVC| — Amazon’s flywheel

|#190 MWAVC| — Everyone’s favorite grandpa and investor

|#189 MWAVC| — Playing on the best team

|#188 MWAVC| — Identifying  ideal mentors/partners

|#187 MWAVC| — Start with the ideal experience and work backwards 🔮

|#186 MWAVC| — Reminder

|#185 MWAVC| — Power of servant leadership 💪🏾

|#184 MWAVC| — Sell Fish 🐟🐟🐟

|#183 MWAVC| — Entrepreneurial faith during crisis

|#182 MWAVC| — On being Successful at your career by @sama 

|#181 MWAVC| — Quarantine Reads on a Sunday🗞🗞

|#180 MWAVC| — Vanity Metrics vs. Clarity Metrics 

|#179 MWAVC| — Everyone looking for outsized returns. Q&A Session

|#178 MWAVC| —  Sunday (Monday) Reads 🗞🗞

|#177 MWAVC| —Identifying ideal mentors/partners

|#176 MWAVC| —  What VCs want 

|#175 MWAVC| —  Life is about seasons❄🌦☀🍂

|#174 MWAVC| —  Wrapping financing segment up. 

|#173 MWAVC| —  Sunday (Monday) Reads 🗞

|#172 MWAVC| —  Breaking down different financing types (4) 

|#171 MWAVC| —  Breaking down different financing types (3) 

|#170 MWAVC| —  Breaking down different financing types (2)

|#169 MWAVC| —  Breaking down different financing types

Post— |#168 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads🗞

|#167 MWAVC| —  Sam Walton 10 Rules☝🏾 

|#166 MWAVC| —  Ethical Leadership

|#165 MWAVC| —  PSA 🔊Announcing Microtraction Venture Scouts

|#164 MWAVC| — Sunday (Tuesday) Reads 🗞

|#163 MWAVC| —   How to earn trust

|#162 MWAVC| —   So you want to be a millionaire? 💰💰💰💰

|#161 MWAVC| —   "What is the biggest misconception about your job?"

|#160 MWAVC| —  Five Steps to Level Up 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

|#159 MWAVC| —  (Late) Sunday Reads 🗞

|#158 MWAVC| —  The Art of Mentorship🎯

|#157 MWAVC| —  Investment Strategies. Kola Aina pt. 2 

|#156 MWAVC| —  Exploring the Road Less Taken: Kola Aina

|#155 MWAVC| —  So you want to raise money?💸

|#154 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞

|#153 MWAVC| —  First time founder mistakes 🙅🏾‍♂🙅🏾‍♂

|#152 MWAVC| —  Apprenticeship 👩🏾‍🎓 

|#151 MWAVC| —  What does it take to be a good 👼🏾 investor?

|#150 MWAVC| —  LinkedIn Cold messaging ❄✉

|#149 MWAVC| —  Riches vs. wealth? 💰

|#148 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads🗞

|#147 MWAVC| —  Negotiation pt. 2

|#146 MWAVC| —  On negotiating 🎮 

|#145 MWAVC| —  Identifying ideal mentors/partners

|#144 MWAVC| — On being successful at your career by @sama 🦄

|#142 MWAVC| — Legends Never Die: Building a Legacy 💜💛

|#141 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞

|#140 MWAVC| — AB’s Five Principles ⚡

|#139 MWAVC| — A follow up to the follow up😏 

|#138 MWAVC| — Follow Up!

|#137 MWAVC| — PMF, but PZF? 

|#136 MWAVC| — 7 Rules for Making Memorable Connections

|#135 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads🗞

|#134 MWAVC| — All you need to know about managing your finances

|#133 MWAVC| — Start small 💸

|#132 MWAVC| — Faith in business🙏🏾 

|#131 MWAVC| — See it before you get there.

|#130 MWAVC| — Strategic work> hard work (again)

|#129 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads

|#128 MWAVC| — The long game, extra 🤑, 3Cs 

|#127 MWAVC| — Cold-emailing, networking and alladat

|#126 MWAVC| — Advice for Gen Y🦄

|#125 MWAVC| — On meeting new people 

|#124 MWAVC| — 2020 predictions for African venture 

|#123 MWAVC| -  Small mouth, big ears

|#122 MWAVC| -  Financial goals for 2020