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When Product-Market Fit Isn’t Enough
Silicon Valley taught founders to chase product-market fit.Build something users want. Test quickly. Iterate relentlessly. Scale what works. And in many environments, that logic works. But in many African markets, founders discover something painful:A product can solve a real problem, attract users, even raise funding — and still fail. Why? Because in institutional environments shaped
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MVP Shows Promise. MTP Earns Permission.
From MVP to MTP – Build Products That Build Trust Silicon Valley taught founders to move fast.Africa teaches founders to move credibly. For over a decade, startup orthodoxy has celebrated the Minimum Viable Product (MVP): launch quickly, test assumptions, iterate based on feedback. Eric Ries popularized the logic through The Lean Startup, arguing that founders
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Diamonds and Legitimacy: What Titanic Teaches Us About Entrepreneurship
The Startup Lesson Hidden Inside Titanic Sometimes the clearest business insights do not emerge from boardrooms, investor decks, or academic journals. Sometimes they emerge from stories. Recently, while revisiting Titanic, I found myself unexpectedly thinking about entrepreneurship theory. More specifically, institutional entrepreneurship. And somewhere between Jack Dawson, Rose, and Cal Hockley, a simple realization emerged:
May 30, 2026Read More
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May 30, 2026
When Product-Market Fit Isn’t Enough
Silicon Valley taught founders to chase product-market fit.Build something users want. Test quickly. Iterate relentlessly. Scale what works. And in many environments, that logic works. But in many African markets, founders discover something painful:A product can solve a real problem, attract users, even raise funding — and still fail. Why? Because in institutional environments shaped
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May 30, 2026
MVP Shows Promise. MTP Earns Permission.
From MVP to MTP – Build Products That Build Trust Silicon Valley taught founders to move fast.Africa teaches founders to move credibly. For over a decade, startup orthodoxy has celebrated the Minimum Viable Product (MVP): launch quickly, test assumptions, iterate based on feedback. Eric Ries popularized the logic through The Lean Startup, arguing that founders
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May 30, 2026
Diamonds and Legitimacy: What Titanic Teaches Us About Entrepreneurship
The Startup Lesson Hidden Inside Titanic Sometimes the clearest business insights do not emerge from boardrooms, investor decks, or academic journals. Sometimes they emerge from stories. Recently, while revisiting Titanic, I found myself unexpectedly thinking about entrepreneurship theory. More specifically, institutional entrepreneurship. And somewhere between Jack Dawson, Rose, and Cal Hockley, a simple realization emerged:
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When Product-Market Fit Isn’t Enough
Silicon Valley taught founders to chase product-market fit.Build something users want. Test quickly. Iterate relentlessly. Scale what works. And in many environments, that logic works. But in many African markets, founders discover something painful:A product can solve a real problem, attract users, even raise funding — and still fail. Why? Because in institutional environments shaped
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MVP Shows Promise. MTP Earns Permission.
From MVP to MTP – Build Products That Build Trust Silicon Valley taught founders to move fast.Africa teaches founders to move credibly. For over a decade, startup orthodoxy has celebrated the Minimum Viable Product (MVP): launch quickly, test assumptions, iterate based on feedback. Eric Ries popularized the logic through The Lean Startup, arguing that founders
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Diamonds and Legitimacy: What Titanic Teaches Us About Entrepreneurship
The Startup Lesson Hidden Inside Titanic Sometimes the clearest business insights do not emerge from boardrooms, investor decks, or academic journals. Sometimes they emerge from stories. Recently, while revisiting Titanic, I found myself unexpectedly thinking about entrepreneurship theory. More specifically, institutional entrepreneurship. And somewhere between Jack Dawson, Rose, and Cal Hockley, a simple realization emerged:
