The Academic vs the Non-Academic Approach to Raising Capital
When it comes to figuring out whether a venture capital, finance company, angel investor or early-stage private equity firm is up to snuff, there is the non-academic approach and the academic approach.
Read MoreHow Not to Set-up Your Internet Business
Organizing your internet business in a structure that protects all owners form personal liability is the best solution in asset protection even if you think you don’t have any assets to protect.
Read MoreStudying Entrepreneurial Case Studies May be What You’re Missing
You don’t need to be British or a business start-up expert such as Guy Rigby to know that most start-ups fail not because the idea was bad, not because of external pressures such as a recession or industry downturn, but because funding ran out before full potential could be reached. A good approach to start-up funding is being [...]
Read MoreWorking from Home
Silicon Valley, in Northern California, has long been known as the hotbed of start-ups innovation, educational and business incubators that shape the world’s thinking and drive some of the most cutting edge trends. Silicon Valley is to techies and starry-eyed entrepreneurs what Hollywood is to those seeking fame and sunshine. There was a time when [...]
Read MoreHow To Save Money as an African Startup
Jason Calacanis recently wrote a blog post entitled “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)” that got me thinking. Does any of this apply to my business here in Uganda? If so what and why? It turned out a lot applied. I’ve bootstrapped this company from nothing, and now I’m still [...]
Read MoreDeveloping Innovation from Within
Lately I’ve had the time to really catch-up and follow some great tech blogs not to mention have some great conversations with many of you. One thing I noticed which will come as no surprise is we often talk about what we don’t like about a web app and not really about what we’d like [...]
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