Journal Entry # 2: Building Boldly Not Blindly

Disclaimer: Everything here is for the pure purpose to entertain and educate.

All smiles after a successful summit session

Building a venture studio in Kenya definitely felt like a three blind mice musical. Business has always been a sort of choreography that I’ve appreciated as the years went by. It felt like a natural next step from consulting to create a space where venture founders could connect to resources and knowledge that would dictate their next play in the chaotic everyday life of a business.

Lost in Paradise

I’d read of venture studios and they eerily gave milk and honey vibes. I believed I could do it different, bring some local context to it and sprinkle in the partners/investors I was in touch with. The structure itself gave myself and legal a headache. Too many cogwheels, too many stakeholders — I mean picture the cooks at the tower of Babel coordinating to serve a menu in a mobile kitchen. It felt so big two years ago. I doubted myself and questioned my sanity severally. Thankfully it wasn’t rocket science and I choose to approach it how I do with all clients.

Hosting a fintech sprint where teams built two systems in 2hrs

Simon Sinek’s Start with Why is always a good approach. I knew my why by heart…