Founders

Bynd Venture Capital is delighted to have Justin Wu as our new Venture Partner. His experience as a founder and his knowledge will be very important in our pursuit of new investments in Iberia. Justin brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our team, having founded 2 companies and…

Written by: Jeroen de Kempenaer We all suffer from mental blocks one way or another. Such blocks make it very difficult for us to ‘see’ other angles. In an effort to promote at least awareness of this dangerous state of mind, I will examine three types of mental blocks inhibiting…

I have been seeing tons of companies that have raised $5M and are still $500k-$1M in ARR. They are going to market looking for funding because they have just now found product market fit and they just need some capital to “turn on” sales. I love the “turn on sales”…

Growing up, I thought I was going to be a professional soccer player. This wasn’t just a dream of mine, I genuinely thought that sports would be my only “way out”. Later during high school a nonprofit organization called TXT visited my school. This was a program that introduced their…

July 12, 2018. I’m sat watching the England football (aka soccer!) team get knocked out of the 2018 World Cup by Croatia. As the game ends, my phone starts buzzing away, and I figure it’s a few of my friends, via our ‘Dads’ WhatsApp group, lamenting yet another opportunity lost…

This is the first post in what I hope will be a fairly regular blog chronicling the ‘real’ life experience of a Founder. You might wonder if the world needs yet another start-up story, but the intent is that this will be different in a few ways: It does not…

Written by Nice Charles Msangi — Since July 2022, Sahara Ventures has hosted 7 Founders meetup sessions. Founders Meetups are sessions hosted every last Friday of the month in which entrepreneurs from various industries and stages of development gather to network, share their ideas and experiences, and learn from one another. The main goal of the…

If you are getting too much VC attention — here is the solution! Just put these true and tested methods to work for you. One or two of these may be enough, but use at least three, and I guarantee the VC will not invest in your startup. 1. Cold email the VC The way…