👇🏾In this Edition * 🧠 Community Session Recap * Events Open to All * Members Only Event * Beta Mode New Season Announcement * Ecosystem Updates 🧠 Community Session Recap: Building the Right Marketing System In May, we hosted an insightful community session focused on Marketing 101 for African startups. Priscilla Ogbu and Adebayo Ademola opened the
👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes * Community Session Invitation * Ecosystem Updates 📮 Founder's Notes: Why Marketing Feels So Hard (And What to Do About It) Marketing is tough for startups, of course. There’s no way around it. You’re juggling building your product, setting up your operations,
👇🏾In this Edition * 📮Founders Notes * Startup Law for African Founders * Beta Collective Community Membership * Ecosystem Updates 📮 Founder's Notes: Legaaaaalllllll..... You’re busy building your startup, validating your product, and chasing down customers and investors. You’re thinking MVP, market fit, and fundraising—not contracts, IP protection, or legal
👇🏾In this Edition * Community Session Invite * Ecosystem Updates Community Updates from The Beta Collective Community by Priscilla Invitation to Startup Law 101: African Founder Edition If you're building a startup, getting your legal foundations right early on can save you from major headaches later. That’s why we’
👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes: The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur * Community Session Recap * Beta Collective Community Membership * Ecosystem Updates 📮 Founder's Notes: The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur This edition founders note was written by Olamidayo You are capable of creating meaningful impact—if you give
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When we envisioned The Beta Collective, we set out to become a catalyst for African innovation—a place where bright minds could connect, experiment, and build solutions with genuine impact.
👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes: From Whiteboard to Launch * Blitz Launch Update * Community Update * Ecosystem Updates 📮 Founder's Notes A behind-the-scenes look at how we brought Blitz to life, from ideation to launching a landing page. When I started working on Blitz, it stemmed from a clear
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So you put in the work. You polish your pitch deck, send out cold emails to “global investors,” and wait—hoping for a response that never comes. And then, you realize the truth: many of these so-called global investors don’t actually fund African startups.
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As a startup, your whole existence is one big hypothesis…lol. You have to find some way to measure your progress and the metrics you chose can be dependent on stage.
When we think about building a startup or what it takes to be a great founder, the usual ingredients come to mind: a great idea, a talented team, and access to capital. But the critical factor of community often gets overlooked.
Welcome to 2025 Planning Season🎊 👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes * Introducing Community Sessions * Ecosystem Updates - New Unicorn Alert 📮 Founder's Notes I’ve been told I can no longer say “Happy New Year” since we’re well into January, so instead, let me officially welcome you
👇🏾In this Edition * Founder spotlight * Ecosystem pulse 🌟 Founder Spotlight: Lekan Olude - Revolutionizing Employee Benefits in Africa 🌟 This week’s Founder Spotlight shines on Lekan Olude, the visionary founder of Motherboard, a platform transforming employee welfare by aggregating vendors to provide employees with flexible, company-funded benefits like healthcare, transportation, food,