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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

As a young African entrepreneur with little funding, you may want to meet new people on social networks that may help in the growth and development of your new internet start-up. Raising fund to meet up with the increasing user growth and activities on LAGbook has not been easy though. Briefly tell us how you fund your business?

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

If Groupon remained a bootstrapped entity or a business built on the back of funds raised from friends and family, Mason would still be firmly entrenched as founder and Chief Executive. Wealth family officers, who manage family trust funds, are often seen as being passive investors. What is your exit strategy?