In all my infinite glory I happened upon the worst Angel Investor in the whole wide world. Ever. In fact the universe. In mid 2006 I sat in my car and cried. It was the first time in like 5 years I had cried but it was definitely one of
Celestine just wrote a very honest tome of tiketmobile.com running out of money and what the lack of capital does to a startup. I applaud him, it must have been tough for him to share that story. It’s super important more of these stories come to light. I think it’s
tumblr_mqbzfs97AK1rl26b5 I had a little trip to BBC Broadcasting house in London last week to chat to broadcast journalist Ibrahim Shehu Adamu of BBC Focus on Africa about all things iROKOtv. The interview went out around the world yesterday (Sunday 21 July 2013)…. Start your subscription for just ₦60,000 ($100/£80)
brash /braSH/ Adjective Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way. Once upon a time I was known as the brashman. I created in Manchester, between 2005–2008, one of the most controversial, yet most loved magazines of that era. What made me remember was someone sent me a Facebook message
2 years ago today, 16th July 2011, my mum called me to tell me my little sister Ann Marie had passed away at the age of 28. At that time I was riding a wave of euphoria as iROKO was mid way through the due diligence process for our series
Above is where I was born and lived for 23 of my 33 years. Top floor of this building. mo·ti·va·tion /ˌmōtəˈvāSHən/ Noun The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. The general desire or willingness of someone to do something. My old room mate
Reuters came and had a conversation with Bastian, it then syndicated the story amongst several news outlets across Africa. From ENCA a large South African news station: “A Nigerian company is on a mission to enrich the lives of tech-savvy entrepreneurs in the country who do not have the necessary
At the beginning of a venture, and until you have reached your true product market fit [and when I mean true fit, I mean the type which generates a steady, easily repeatable and scalable revenue growth], success and failure from the outside and internally look the same. Even after the
I was debating with a prominent African VC the potential valuations of the next wave of internet companies in Nigeria and that I expect, by 2016, to easily see up to twenty $25Mn+ valued internet companies. Then maybe 5 valued at $100Mn+. He told me, rightly so, that there has
I had lunch with a journalist from the Financial Times the other day — here’s the result of it, a feature on how iROKO is pushing on into new markets — namely DVD at the moment. I spoke to the FT back in 2011 — it’s interesting to see how far we’ve come in the last
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