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 · 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 · 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.