Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

But if you’ve applied Lean Startup ideas, and you have experience to share that other people can use, our attendees may derive inspiration from an unusual context, like a story from the pharmaceutical industry or a startup in Nigeria. The talks l inked here all all t a ke you to videos from last year.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

Interview with a crowdSPRING designer (from Nigeria) … 12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola – crowdspring.co/1gLmF8t. Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1gyKvI8. Really smart and creative packaging for meats – crowdspring.co/1mgb09e. Advice For Young Creatives – crowdspring.co/1gnufWI.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Nigeria itself is home to 170 million people, a figure that is expected to rise to 400 million by 2050, and the biggest market in Africa. According to Transparency International in 2013, Nigeria was the world’s 144th most corrupt country out of the 177 countries monitored. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2017

My parents and I moved to America from Nigeria when I was three… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google. A young entrepreneur Femi, please tell me about your background.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

From a summit on media in the Middle East to a huge new funding opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria, here are fascinating business news stories from the U.S. What recent Supreme Court decision could affect your manufacturing business? and around the world. The world of work.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide. This will continue as more role models, mentors and capital are created from the resulting success stories, thereby creating more support for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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deal architect

MARCH 24, 2013

We hear so much about Silicon Valley and Bangalore and Shanghai that is refreshing to hear about innovations in unexpected places: Nigeria's Nollywood: Most prolific in world Medellin, Colombia's massive turnaround Bhutan's plan to go all organic farming The world's.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 18, 2014

Tayo lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. My wife Peace and I both live and work in Lagos, Nigeria. We recently moved back into Nigeria last year, having spent 7 years in the United Kingdom. I have worked with several architectural firms both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Please tell us about yourself. COME ON GUNNERS.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week. We got that down to six finalists.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

It is the oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria that is Tweeted before people even know a disruption may happen. It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2012

Here’s an infographic – made by the folks at Gist.com – that shows some of these up-and-coming hotspots, ranging from Germany to Mexico, to Nigeria and closer to home in Indonesia.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

All over Africa, young men and women have missioned across the country and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. 14-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola have created a urine powered generator. All they want to do is show off what they have made.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. One of the world’s most beloved and stimulating repositories for human knowledge available, it certainly explodes with amazing business, marketing and inventing advice.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2010

One major problem in Nigeria is the lack of employment; many people go to school with the belief that it's all they need to succeed in life only to get out of school and stay at home for years looking for the right job. Once they have that mindset, universities can do the following to continue to support Nigeria's online startups.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 15, 2016

He is a traveler and has been to 29 states in Nigeria, helping people through job creation and verbal sponsorship. “My name is Edwin Buchi, and I thank all of you who decided to give attention and listen to our needs and responsibilities” “In Nigeria, we have over 60 percent of people said to be poor.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2014

Over 500 applications from more than 90 countries were received in last year’s awards, with winning projects that included a mobile data and messaging system that tracks water supply and optimizes its use in India, a low-cost chicken-feed made from waste mango seed in Nigeria, and even water-less toilets in rural Peru or a work-for-education (..)

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. My undergrad was in Nutritional Science at UT Austin, and I have a graduate business degree from Arizona State University.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

The Zebra, the top car insurance search site in the US, overcame those challenges with an unorthodox approach that included easing up on technical requirements for particular roles, recruiting in under-utilized areas like Nigeria, and guaranteeing a phone screen to any candidate from an underrepresented background.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2015

That there are as many startups in Nigeria as there are in Germany? There is at least a handful of startups being launched across the world every single day, and just as many get acquired or perish into the ignominious dead-pool that very day. Did you know, for example, that there are some 4.8 million startups in the United States alone?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

There were people from Argentina, Israel, India, France, New York, Washington, Nigeria, etc. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. We had an excellent Q&A at today's session. I always enjoy the international footprint of the program and hope that you do as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

15a Awolowo Road Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria. Chairman economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) of the federal republic of Nigeria. We understand that some of these fraudsters claim to be in London England, Benin republic and South Africa but be rest assured that we know they are operating from Nigeria. ” Brilliant.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

He grew up on his parents’ smallholding farm in rural Nigeria. The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“If you want to get to the middle-income countries [like India and Nigeria] to go green,” John writes, “The sum of the green premiums across all sectors has to be brought down over 90 percent.”

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Transformify

OCTOBER 6, 2016

" Each year thousands of students in Kenya and Nigeria are graduating from the Universities. Marketing entry jobs are not well paid, but I need to develop my skills and build a network. I wish I was able to secure a second job or a source of additional income."

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 12, 2014

12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola (Nigeria).' I regard all my time as free time, so it would probably be doing what I’m doing already! Dank je wel, Connie! Related posts: 12 Questions: Meet Connie Carlson (USA). 12 Questions: Meet Marc Khlbrugge (the Netherlands).

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

I’m on there as a mentor, and I’m mentoring a guy in Nigeria, who’s starting a business. Then you pick what are the types of areas you want help in. Then the system will match you with mentors who say they have expertise in those places. Then I’m also mentoring a woman in the Bay Area. I get to pick and choose who I want.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Taking a quick peep at the cities of Nigeria, ranging from the busy Lagos state and the crowded population in Ibadan. Taking a glance at a news update, I swung online dated May 20, 2016, The Minister of Science and Technology of Nigeria -Dr.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

For example, if you are selling a service where the core market is a local audience in the UK, traffic from Nigeria is not going to be of much use. I speak from experience here, where one of our business sites has a high portion of traffic from Nigeria for some reason, and not surprisingly this traffic simply does not convert.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has extended the deadline which was stated for all tertiary institution with Nigeria for the completion of all admission activities to 9th December, 2016.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Their focus is currently on Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest economy, but it will be interesting to see if this business model gains steam across the continent. Mall for Africa is trying to tackle this problem by being the middle man between retailers in the U.S., Europe and Africa, and the consumers.

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entrepreMusings

OCTOBER 23, 2011

While flying to China, I read Little Bee: A Novel (about a refugee girl who escaped from Nigeria to England) and The Secret Life of Bees (about a White girl who runs away from her abusive father to live with a bunch of Negro women in the southern US in the 1960s). The first was written by a man, the latter by a woman.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand. The SEAANZ serves as a source of knowledge about small business policy, research, and practice in Australia and New Zealand. IDEA Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Kate:We will head to Nigeria than we will continue our tour to other countries from there. Kate: Thank you,so when are we leaving for this tour? Steve:We will leave on 26 th of this month. Kate:I almost forgot about the dinner,let,s discuss the other details over dinner. Steve:Sure. Steve:ThankYou Kate for the lovely dinner.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 18, 2015

Look no further than the kidnapped school girls in Nigeria. Advertisers should do themselves a service and ditch the hashtags and calls for “conversation”… it’s the kabuki theatre of going through the motions without doing the work.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Now we see weird case of designer from Nigeria collaborating with APP developer from Romania building a product which Intellectual Property is registered in Netherlands and LLC registered in Boston. Just how cool is that?

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