Diversity & Inclusions for startups You’re a start-up… you’re lucky! Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is NOT Heres why you’re lucky: ✅ You are destined to destroy the traditional companies ✅ You are nimble & responsive to change ✅ You are lean ✅ You are more efficient, you make the most with the leastContinue reading “Diversity & Inclusions for startups”
Author Archives: AJ Alao
When the student is ready 🥋
One of my favourite movies I’ve already been fortunate enough to have some amazing conversations with amazing people. I have no idea as to why I’ve been so lucky The first interaction that comes to mind was during my year 12 prom. I had planned to go home with my date and I had workContinue reading “When the student is ready 🥋”
Sports vs Business 🥊
The Invincibles’ go 49 games unbeaten I love both. The similarity between the two is uncanny Let’s talk about culture. The ideal culture company is a high performing sports team. You have a culture of people wanting to team up and win, by any means necessary. The culture is inclusive, it often transcends race and culture.Continue reading “Sports vs Business 🥊”
Psychological, Internal and External problems of customers
Psychological problems are larger than the story itself. Often talked about using terms like “ought”, “should” or “shouldn’t”. A great example of this is ‘people ought to eat 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables every day as part of a healthy balanced diet ”, how brands catered to this was the inclusion of how manyContinue reading “Psychological, Internal and External problems of customers”
The end of the road #FoundersDoor
Most of the cohort On the 21st of August, we had our FoundersDoor celebration night to celebrate our 6-week journey as the first cohort of the YSYS FoundersDoor pre-accelerator. It’s been a blast. From me sat at work applying to attend the free event hosted by one tech, to pitching to win a place on theContinue reading “The end of the road #FoundersDoor”
Week 6 YSYS FoundersDoor
It’s been a great journey, sad that’s its come to an end. What started as my simply as me attending a networking event to step out of my comfort zones ( I hate networking events and small talk with strangers, super draining) turned into pitching the Spiela Story, to winning a space on a pre-accelerator.Continue reading “Week 6 YSYS FoundersDoor”
FoundersDoor Week 5 😭
The end is almost here. Sad I know. One week until the end of the programme and IMO today was one of the most fun days. We had the pleasure of learning from Lois Ollerenshaw from NBS Ventures, which is the investment arm of Nationwide who primarily invest in fin-tech companies. Sad to hear thatContinue reading “FoundersDoor Week 5 😭”
The importance of telling a story
In week 4 at YSYS FoundersDoor, we had a “Storytelling for Startup Success” workshop ran by Abiola Babarinde. We learnt that naturally we are visual beings. Storytelling is important in this modern age of marketing using social media. The story is engaging and if done well transcends demographics. Many brands are telling stories incorrectly. InContinue reading “The importance of telling a story”
The art of the Pivot
Mike Tyson- My favourite heavyweight boxing champion with an iconic quote. P.S we don’t promote or condone violence I have a martial arts art background, during my time practising you learn that allow power comes from the bottom up so it’s important to have a strong base/foundation and weight distributed equally. Equally important in this isContinue reading “The art of the Pivot”
Week 3 FoundersDoor
Start of another weekend. This week we touched upon an interesting premise which was the journey to creating our commercially viable product. This is similar to the MVP model covered in Lean Startup however the difference is the CVP is set out to allow you to generate revenue ASAP. Nana Perry explained the importance ofContinue reading “Week 3 FoundersDoor”
Bedroom 2 Boardroom 🚀 