Key Themes

#investment

  • Understand bootstrapping - benefits and pitfalls

  • How to ensure bootstrapping launches a business forward

  • What investors are looking for in a bootstrapped business

6 Videos - 30 Minutes

  • 1

    Bootstrapping

    • 1 - Intro (Kola's story)

    • 2 - The core components of becoming an entrepreneur

    • 3 - How to start a business without funding

    • 4 - What is bootstrapping: the benefits and pitfalls

    • 5 - Finding the right team to start boostrapping

    • 6 - Typical bootstrapping challenges and how to overcome them

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Meet Your Instructor

Kola Aina

Kola Aina is Founding Partner at Ventures Platform, an early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs. He has built a strong investment portfolio of best-in-class, high-growth companies. Current investments include category-defining companies including Mono, PiggyVest, Reliance HMO, and Paystack, which was acquired by Stripe in 2020. A passionate ecosystem builder, Kola is also the Founder of Ventures Park, a co-working space and community for entrepreneurs as well as Ventures Platform Foundation, which empowers entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education and digital resources and advocates for entrepreneur-friendly policy.

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