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Mar 16
Africa’s Power Problem; facts behind the figures (part 1)

Africa may be home to 15% of the world’s population, but it consumes just 3% of the world’s energy output, and generates less than 50% of the 74,000 MW of current peak demand requirement. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) electrification rates are low with only 25% of the region’s population having access to power; the average […]

Oct 03
Divesting from the Petroleum-Driven Civil Service – 1

We don’t seem to have gotten over the consequences of the low price of oil yet. Good.  Our revenue in effect is dwindling.  Very good. The revenue being earned for the federal government cannot disburse enough subventions to the states and local governments. Extremely good. The civil servants, education institutions and medical personnel are agitating […]

Aug 30
Divesting from the Petroleum-Driven Civil Service – 2

While the government seems to be raising our awareness about our need to diversify, the options identified are agriculture, which, with the best of investments, is medium-term to take 5 – 7 years to fruition, and mining and industrialization, with a long-term timeframe of 10 – 20 years before we can get any significant return […]

Dec 12
Life as a freelance lettering artist featuring Jack Smith

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up. Or you know the other one — the one […]

Dec 12
A dose of inspiration for your Monday morning

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up. Or you know the other one — the one […]

Dec 12
Cartoonists of Color and Queer Cartoonists

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up. Or you know the other one — the one […]

Oct 26
Should startups care about profitability? More news at 10

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up. Or you know the other one — the one […]

Oct 26
One thing separates creators from consumers

Enterprise applications are complex — there is an insane amount of information that is to be displayed that contains data from various sources, modules and users. There are complex graphs, usage patterns, and lists of data that need to be skimmed through before one can make sense of what the console is getting at. “The biggest challenge […]

Oct 25
What to do if tour product isn’t growing

As a founder, product lead at Pinterest and PM for a couple products at Google, as well as a growth partner for Initialized Capital, I’ve seen many product teams struggle to grow. Many products start out with a bang. Some find product-market fit with sustained growth. A few have gone through spurts of hyper-growth. But […]

Sep 06
True or False: London Calling

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