One of my favorite pastimes in recent years has been scouring the websites of top US venture capitalist (VC) firms to peak under the hood. Quite surprisingly, most of the top VCs in the world are transparent about their portfolio investments – with the likes of a16z, Craft Ventures and Bessemer sharing investment memos or detailed blog posts as to …
View PostRegular readers will know that I care as much about startups as I do about the market. I find startup strategy fascinating. The most depressing thing about the South African economy is the lack of successful small businesses. In developed countries like Australia, SMMEs employ a large percentage of the population. We can’t keep relying on corporates (or government!) to …
View PostI love podcasts and I always enjoy appearing as a guest on other podcasts. I’ve been on Honest Money twice, Talking with Traders and The Family Finance Show. My latest guest appearance is on Business & Beers, an up-and-coming podcast about startups and entrepreneurship, hosted by Simon van Heerden and Steve van Rooyen. They asked me a number of really …
View PostI love podcasts and I always enjoy appearing as a guest on other podcasts. I’ve been on Honest Money twice, Talking with Traders and The Family Finance Show. My latest guest appearance is on Business & Beers, an up-and-coming podcast about startups and entrepreneurship, hosted by Simon van Heerden and Steve van Rooyen. They asked me a number of really …
View PostThe Finance Ghost and startup specialist The Venturing Vagabond host Nick Hill in Episode 3 of The Startup Junto. A CA(SA) who certainly took the route less travelled, Nick has spent a lot of time trying to solve key problems around education. As a co-founder of the Math for Money app, Nick has spent time in a Swiss startup incubator …
View PostI recently read a Tweet by Michael Seibel, the Managing Director at Y Combinator and co-founder of the world’s leading live streaming platform Twitch, that went along these lines: “Too many founders want to outsource the discovery of product/market fit to their employees. This is a mistake. You don’t outsource the most important goal of your company.” The concept of …
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