Connecting Africa - Mobile internet vs. Fixed line internet. Do you see how different they are?

It’s not about the slide deck. We have made the decision to invest in entrepreneurs without slides, whose ambition, passion, depth of understanding of a opportunity and compelling vision come through crystal-clear in conversation. But…that’s a high bar for communication. Most of the time, put...  ...Read more

Since becoming the High Priest of Profit, the Reverend of Revenue, the Bishop of being in the black, I’ve opened myself up to a long line of founders making startup confessionals. These confessionals seem to be accelerating of late and tend to share a similar tone: I hired too fast. I overspent...  ...Read more

Critics think HubSpot has succumbed to feature creep. But, HubSpot’s product is intentionally robust; it promises to be the one-stop shop for all of your marketing and sales needs. The complexity of the product isn’t a vice or something to streamline. Quite the opposite: HubSpot’s product deliver...  ...Read more

Spend an hour on Growth Hackers and you’ll find lots and lots of comments, tactics, and studies about companies that grow. Take HubSpot, for example: “HubSpot uses webinars to educate users, generate buzz, and attract thousands of new website visitors — a number of whom will eventually become cu...  ...Read more

Whenever people find out that I majored in Psychology, they ask how I ended up “in computers”, since in most people’s minds psychology equals couch plus notepad. As soon as I break into my usual speech about UX being little more than a digital branch of Human Factors Engineering, and about HFE ha...  ...Read more

On December 17, 1903, the brothers made the first successful controlled flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Though it flew 59 seconds a distance of 852 feet — which was a commendable feat — the design was underpowered and difficult to control. They next built test flight...  ...Read more