Introducing Phaistos, my new newsletter on substack where I talk about my interest ( cryptography, blockchain and absolute bangers 🔥) open.substack.com/pub/prosp1…

Brooke came to the first year of our 1517 teen camp, 2E. I was able to connect her to Ari and Conrad at Sky. 1517 is doing what it can to build the on-ramps to rewarding careers without college degrees. We're ramping up our camp to twice a year this year. More later I hope...

Had a great time at the @blockhubafrica Build & Pitch Session. I learned a lot, especially about the common mistakes founders make in fundraising conversations, from @s3unha, @ryantasie of @lavavc_, and @jamitHQ @iKEOrizu During the Q&A sesh, I asked a question important to me, How do you pitch an unconventional business that people may not immediately understand? One answer really stuck with me, and it was to take the investor/person on an imagination journey. Don't bury the opportunity under endless text. Help them see what you see. Imagine pitching Instagram when it started, essentially as a photo filtering app, knowing what it has become today. If you were pitching that business at the beginning, how could you possibly capture everything Instagram could eventually become in a few slides? Sometimes, especially when building something unconventional, your job isn't just to explain what exists today. You have to help the person across the table visualise the future with you. The Instagram example drove this home beautifully for me. Afterwards, we got to interact 1 on 1, and I was passionately talking to @s3unha about gaming, esports and the Esports World Cup. Chief looked at me and said: “Bro, I'm Korean. Of course I know about all that.” 😂😂😂 I laughed so hard my head nearly fell off. Here I was explaining gaming to someone from one of the cultures that practically helped write the esports textbook. 😂 The chief has four brains though 😂 and I'm glad I got to learn from him and the crew. It was an ensemble cast at the event too. I ran into many cool founders building great stuff and heading various communities in 042 and beyond. Massive shout out to Sir Emma and @blockhubafrica for putting it all together. 🙏🏾🫡