Founder & Partner at Ingressive Captal, Maya Horgan-Famodu Maya Horgan-Famodu is a venture capital investor and entrepreneur, committed to ensuring brilliant people, wherever they are located, have access to the resources they need to build wildly scalable businesses. She founded Ingressive Capital (a $10 Million VC Fund I and $50 Million Fund II focused on early stage African tech); Ingressive for Good (a nonprofit providing micro-scholarships, technical skills training, and talent placement); as well as Ingressive Advisory (an advisory firm providing market entry / market opportunity services and tech research for corporates and investors). Ingressive Capital portfolio companies include Paystack,…
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Rubén Dominguez Ibar is a Venture Capital investor at Mundi Ventures, which invests in Series A-C rounds (tickets from 3M -10M). Using Sequoia Capital’s proven template, Rubén shares on how startups must pitch l𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 c𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 to secure the funding they need! Sequoia Capital — the firm behind Apple, Airbnb, PayPal, and YouTube—knows what it takes to back billion-dollar companies. They’ve shared their pitch deck template to help founders tell a story that investors can’t ignore.Here’s the structure that’s built some of the biggest names in tech:1. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 – One clear line that captures your mission.2. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 – Describe the…
Are you Interested in starting a startup? In this video, Michael Seibel (Managing director of Y Combinator and a founder of two startups) shares valuable insights on how to start a successful business from scratch – in just over 10 minutes. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or already in the startup world, this video demystifies the startup angst as Michael’s invaluable advice and insights sets you on a quick path to entrepreneurial confidence and success. Mr. Seibel covers: The importance of having a technical co-founder. How to brainstorm and validate your startup idea. Key steps to building an MVP (Minimum…
🎥Gabriel Ogbechie This video says it all, in a nutshell. Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie is Group Managing Director at Rainoil Limited, a leading energy company in Nigeria. With an impressive career spanning over 30 years, he possesses a wealth of expertise in sales, marketing, and operations within the Oil & Gas space.
📸 Nainika Seth By Nainika Seth (Sport and performance psychologist) As the best athletes from each country gear up for Paris 2024 Olympics. What goes on in the mind of an Olympic athlete days before the biggest event of their lives? How do they focus, get into the zone and motivate themselves in their quest for gold? Winning an Olympic gold medal is universally recognised as the pinnacle of sporting achievement. All eyes are on this prize, nobody wants consolation advise. It’s no longer about being happy to participate, it’s about being the best in the world when it matters…
📸 John Fowlie For four Olympic Games, John Fowlie was a swimming coach at the Australian Institute of Sport / Swimming Australia National Training Centre. During his tenure, his athletes won nine Olympic medals and set seven world records. For the last years, John has been working with high-talent, high-pressure teams in other specialised environments. On July 26th the Olympic Games will begin in Paris. Incredible athletes from around the world will gather and perform superhuman feats under immense pressure. John asks: ‘As a business leader, how can you draw inspiration from this event, extract lessons and talk to your…