Fundraising for Entrepreneurs


All entrepreneurship starts with an idea and a belief that one has a better way of solving a problem. To get the idea to market, cash needs to be deployed to forge the team, produce the product, find the customers and exchange product for money. There are a number of ways to fund ideas to market. Most important thing to note is that money is a commodity and not all funders are the same even if the money is the same. So you must pay attention to raise funding from sources that align with your mission, entrepreneurship style and which give you the most non-monetary support.

Building core teams for the Entrepreneur


Your founding team is one of the most critical factors for how fast you succeed or even whether you succeed with your startup. In this episode, you will learn what qualities to prioritize in your founding team, how to distribute your co-founder job roles and some important considerations to assess in order to build a cofounder team that can make your startup successful.

Mindset of the Entrepreneur


The PEFT Mindset is the most important framework to developing an entrepreneurial mindset In continuation of our theme this month on Becoming an Entrepreneur, this week we explore the Mindset of the Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is everywhere. From the high school drop out who decides to peddle his music on Soundcloud to those pop-up stalls that … Continue reading Mindset of the Entrepreneur

The Social Entrepreneurship Mindset


 The social entrepreneurship mindset is one that actively seeks to identify and solve problems faced by impoverished communities in a sustainable way they can pay for.                                                              Adebayo Alonge                                                          Image credit: http://www.noulakaz.net The Entrepreneurial Context Imagine that you are a freshman in a public university whose day by 8 a.m. starts with lectures. You and your colleagues … Continue reading The Social Entrepreneurship Mindset