Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Our revenue model was wrong. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week.

Cofounder 145

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 145

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Our revenue model was wrong. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. We were looking for four students for the program, four developers in training, and we ended up getting 700 applicants in a week.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 120

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

Disintermediation 58

Disintermediation United States Nigeria Kenya 58

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

Disintermediation 40

Disintermediation United States Nigeria Kenya 40