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We believe the power law is not valid in the world of ‘creating the winners’

What are we working on? We are a bunch of product-category fit (PCF) scientists, and serial entrepreneurs who are challenging the validity of the ‘power law’ governing venture investment. As stated by Peter Thiel – "We…

Early-stage investors, startups

Reinventing Existing vs. Creating New Markets

Pete Flint·@peteflint·Feb 2021 Broadly speaking, there are two types of startups I meet with as a VC: those reinventing an existing market and those creating a new one. These two types of disruption…

Early-stage investors

How Investors Value New Category Creation

Nakul Mandan, investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners, talks about the dynamics of investing in companies that are building new market categories. By Anthony Kennada Edited by Dan Bova Jan 25, 2016 ver the last few years,…

Early-stage investors, startups

The road now yet travelled

Early-stage investors, startups

Unlocking the true value in Africa

Being 100% authentically African holds the secret kept from Africa for centuries. This understanding holds the key and within this lies the solution to a full life for all in Africa. The more we come to understand this, the more a life filled…

startups

WHY MY DAUGHTER CAN’T MARRY A POOR MAN, BY ELON MUSK.

Elon Musk explains why his daughter can’t marry a poor man. A few years ago there was a conference in the United States on investment and finance. One of the speakers was Elon Musk and during the question-and-answer session, he was asked…