Essays
- Essay ·
Where are the flying cars?
Form versus function. What looks like innovation is often an iteration of previous forms rather than an improvement of the core function.
- Essay ·
Marchetti’s Motorcycles Redux – Pricing for price-sensitive markets
The Flip Notes #35 - how SafeBoda prices for price-sensitive markets in Nigeria.
- Essay ·
If you build it, nonconsumers will come
The Flip Notes #34 - on Paystack, Stripe, and the second order effects of building global payments infrastructure.
- Essay ·
Are we selling angel investing wrong?
The Flip Notes #33 - why fundraising is different in Silicon Valley, angel investing as a social subsidy, and Africa.
- Essay ·
Rally Cap and smart capital
The Flip Notes #32 - on Rally Cap Ventures, angel investing and smart capital.
- Essay ·
Is now the right time?
The Flip Notes #31 - on market timing and regulation in Africa.
- Essay ·
Empathy and early-stage investing
The Flip Notes #30 - AESIS, empathy, and early-stage investing in Africa.
- Essay ·
An open banking primer
The Flip Notes #29 - localizing the Plaid playbook in emerging markets.
- Essay ·
#EndSARS
The Flip Notes #28 - #EndSARS
- Essay ·
How the Stripe acquisition of Paystack will supercharge the African tech ecosystem
The Flip Notes #27 - on the application of Stripe's investment and M&A strategy in Africa.
