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One of Y Combinator’s first investments in Africa, Paystack is one of Africa’s most prominent start-ups, particularly in fintech. In 2020, Irish-American fintech giant Stripe acquired Paystack for $200m. Since then, the Lagos based firm has continued to expand into new markets, including Ghana and SA.

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P ayment’s technology company Paystack has offered R1-million in fee-free online payment processing to 100 entrepreneurs and small business owners. It will also provide ecommerce skills training to boost their Black Friday and festive shopping season sales through the Paystack Ecommerce Bootcamp.

Small businesses get Black Friday boost

Paystack will be hosting a free training day for local SMEs hoping to improve their ecommerce strategy. The training is limited to 100 SMEs and will be taking place in Cape Town exclusively. Paystack has brought several partners on board including WooCommerce, The Local Edit, Zoho, TUNL Woww, xneelo, and TDMC.

Paystack offers merchants free ecommerce training ahead of Black Friday

A payment gateway is a service that facilitates the transfer of payments or perhaps, electronic payments between a business and its customers. It can also be referred to as an interface that allows customers to pay for goods and services via multiple methods,

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Complete the Paystack Tech in Retail in South Africa survey. Visit the MyBroadband forum post and post “Done” in the thread. Once you have completed these steps, you will be entered into the ...

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Euracare Muti-Specialist Hospital has unveiled an innovative payment solution in collaboration with Paystack, a trusted name in online payment processing. This payment gateway is meticulously ...

Healthcare provider unveils innovative payment solution to patients

VFD has received approval to list its shares on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. We also cover the launch of Paystack's virtual terminal. The news: VFD Group, a prominent investment firm, has received approval to list its shares on the Nigerian Exchange ...

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In October 2020, Stripe (an American financial service and software as a service company headquartered in San Francisco) acquired Paystack for a rumoured amount of about $200M. Paystack is a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses. Their mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved. In this episode of , I sit down with the CTO of Paystack, Ezra Olubi to discuss his background, his work before Paystack, the experiences acquired through the years and more. He shares how Paystack started, why he said Yes to the idea, how Paystack raised money and eventually got acquired; his biggest life lessons and favourite failures and even talks about his personal style. It’s one for the books. #FoundersConnect Learn From the CTO of Paystack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2OLvxT4oU Video timestamps 0:23 - How would you describe Ezra? 1:16 - How was growing up for you? What experiences shaped you? 3:53 - From childhood till now, what has changed about your views on Religion? 4:50 - What was it about the Paystack idea that gave him the confidence to build it, and with Shola? 9:54 - The ways in which Ezra and Shola complement each other. 11:48 - How do you manage all the people and teams in Paystack? 13:02 - Biggest lesson and favourite failure as a CTO? 15:15 - What mistakes did you make? 17:37 - How hard was it raising money in 2016 vs now? 22:19 - If you were going to do it all over again, what is one thing you will do differently? 23:28 - What friendships have had the most impact on you? 24:39 - How would you describe your style? 25:47 - Have you had any struggles with how people perceive you, and your style? 27:50 - Do you have a lot of male friends? 28:32 - Were you always androgynous? 28:56 - Do you think your style would evolve? 30:04 - Fun questions, bucket list, social media, cereal, favourite city, etc. 32:14 - What should one look for in a technical cofounder if they want to start a company?

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Let's learn about via these 55 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Peace Itimi /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 2. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 3. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 4. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 5. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 8. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 9. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 10. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 11. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 12. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 13. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 14. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 15. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 16. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 17. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 19. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 20. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 21. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 22. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 23. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 24. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 25. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 26. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 27. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 28. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 29. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 31. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 32. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 33. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 34. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 35. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 36. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 37. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 38. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 39. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 40. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 41. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 42. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 43. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 44. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 45. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 46. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 49. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 50. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 51. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 52. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 53. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 54. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 55. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. Thank you for checking out the 55 most read stories about Peace Itimi on HackerNoon. to find the most read stories about any technology. Visit the /Learn Repo

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Let's learn about via these 61 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Founders Connect /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 2. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 3. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 4. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 5. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 8. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 9. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 10. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 11. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 12. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 13. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 14. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 15. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 16. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 17. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 19. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 20. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 21. #FoundersConnect with Oluwatomi Solanke, Co-founder/CEO of Trove Finance Peace interviews Oluwatomi Solanke, co-founder and CEO of Trove Finance, a micro-investment platform that allows Nigerians to invest in foreign stock markets. 22. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 23. #FoundersConnect with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela & Former MD of Flutterwave Peace interviews Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela on his career journey across various successful projects; mistakes, insights and much more. 24. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 25. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 26. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 27. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 28. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 29. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. 31. #FoundersConnect with Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder & CEO of Shuttlers Peace interviews Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, a platform that enables its users access efficient shared transportation in Lagos, Nigeria 32. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 33. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 34. #FoundersConnect with Tito Ovia, Cofounder of Helium Health (#1 Health-Tech Provider in Africa) Peace speaks with Tito Ovia, co-founder of Helium Health, a health-tech provider in Nigeria set to digitize hospital processes within the continent. 35. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 36. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 37. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 38. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 39. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 40. How Kuda Bank Grew From Zero to Millions of Users Peace interviews Bradley Want, the VP  of Growth at Kuda Bank. 41. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 42. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 43. #FoundersConnect with Ben Eluan, Co-Founder/ CEO of Flux Peace interviews Ben Eluan, co-founder and CEO of Flux, a crypto remittance startup built to help individuals and merchants make transactions globally. 44. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 45. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 46. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 49. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 50. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 51. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 52. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 53. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 54. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 55. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 56. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 57. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 58. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 59. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 60. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 61. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 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Table of Contents What is the Blockchain? Origin of the Blockchain Components of the Blockchain The Blockchain: Pros and Cons Why is everyone talking about the Blockchain? ? What is the Blockchain is a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets on a business network. Tangible assets such as cars, houses, land, etc. can be tracked on the blockchain. Intangible assets like intellectual property, patents, copyrights and branding can also be tracked on the blockchain. The blockchain You can think of the that is split among the nodes of a computer network. A blockchain collects data in groups called blocks. These blocks help store information: when one block is full, it is closed and linked to the next block. In that manner, all the new information that follows the freshly added block is compiled into a newly formed block that will be added to the chain once it is filled. blockchain as a shared database is so designed that the decision to add a transaction to the chain is made by general agreement. That means that the majority of nodes in the network must agree that a transaction is valid. The blockchain was created to be decentralized: no single authority can control transactions. The validation of transactions done by different nodes on the network is done by using cryptographic keys and a password to confirm every transaction. The blockchain Origin of the Blockchain In 1991, when on a cryptographically secure chain of blocks, the blockchain was not as popular as it is now. The blocks then were designed so that no one could tamper with timestamps of documents. In 1992, Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta upgraded their work to include that enhanced efficiency and enabled the collection of more documents on a single block. Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta worked Merkle trees In 2004, the computer scientist and cryptographic artist introduced a system called This system was designed to enable cryptocurrency users to verify the transfer of tokens in real time. the theory of distributed blockchains. He improved the blockchain design to enable the addition of extra blocks to the chain without requiring the blocks to be signed by trusted parties. Reusable Proof of Work. 2008 saw Satoshi Nakamoto conceptualize In 2009, and he received a reward of 50 Bitcoins. Then Bitcoin was linked to the blockchain and everyone associated Bitcoin with Blockchain until 2013 when stated that Bitcoin needed a scripting language for building decentralized applications. He then built Ethereum, a new blockchain based distributing platform on which hundreds of decentralized apps run. Since the Ethereum launch in 2015, : from Hyperledger by Linux Foundation, EOS.IO by block.one, IOTA, NEO and Monero dash blockchain. The block chain industry is still growing and businesses built on the platforms are expanding daily. Satoshi Nakomoto mined the first Bitcoin block Vitalik Buterin different blockchain platforms have been launched Components of the Blockchain The Blockchain has numerous components and they are: 1. : the full node and the partial node. The full node maintains a full copy of all the transactions and it has the authority to validate, accept and reject any transaction. On the other hand, the partial node or lightweight node maintains only the hash value of the transaction. It does not maintain the whole copy of the blockchain ledger, hence it has low storage and low computational power. Node The node is divided into two sections: 2. : The ledger is a public database of information. There are three types of ledger: public ledger, decentralized ledger and distributed ledger. The public ledger is available to all and anyone on the blockchain can add information to the ledger. A decentralized ledger allows each node to participate in each transaction. The distributed ledger gives all nodes a copy of the database. A group of nodes can collectively verify transactions or add blocks of information on the blockchain. Ledger 3. : A enables users to send, receive, store and exchange digital assets on the blockchain, as well as monitor and manage the value of their assets on the blockchain. There are two main types of wallets: hardware wallets and software wallets. A wallet can either be online or offline. Online or hot wallets are used when connected to the internet. Offline wallets like paper wallets and hardware wallets can be used to store private keys offline and sign transactions without an internet connection. Wallets generally provide users with a private key and wallet address for securing transactions. Wallet blockchain wallet 4. : A nonce is a short term for a " ''. It is used to describe a random number that can only be used once. Nonces are generated often to modify the result of cryptographic communication. A nonce is a number that changes over time, so it is used to ensure that some values cannot be reused. It can also be a timestamp or special marker used to prevent the reproduction of a document. In addition, it can be used to vary input in a cryptographic hash function. Nonces have varying functions: from authentication to hashing and even electronic signatures. Nonce number used once 5. : A that converts inputs of arbitrary length to outputs of fixed length. That means that or regardless of a file size, the hash will be unique and unchanging in size. A hash cannot be used to generate input from an already hashed output, but it can be helpful in identifying a file. Hashes can be used to check the integrity of messages and authenticate information. Cryptographic hash functions add security to typical hash functions, making it difficult to detect the contents of a message or get information about the senders. Hash hash is a mathematical function Blockchain: Pros and Cons A major reason why the blockchain serves its users is that it provides a trustworthy, secure and trackable platform for business transactions speedily and at reduced costs. The the need for paperwork, errors in documentation and the need for third parties or middlemen to verify transactions. blockchain generally reduces The provides is based on a system of unaltered records of transactions with end-to-end encryption, reducing fraud and unauthorized activity. The blockchain also helps in the confirmation of authenticity of items such as food from farms, medicines and even certification of employees. The quality that endears the block chain to its users is the provision of control over data, thus giving users privacy that no other platform offers. security that blockchain technology The has its limitations: its popular application, which is Bitcoin, can only handle seven transactions a second. This is opposed to Hyperledger and Visa which can handle ten thousand and twenty four thousand transactions every second. Also, each participant node is required to verify and approve transactions, making exchanges time-consuming and reducing scalability. blockchain The : large amounts of electricity are required to keep the platform running. In addition, the blockchain is not a hugely distributable system and it is destructible. Security can also be compromised if hackers hack into the block chain; it is not completely foolproof. Also the blockchain entries are immutable and they cannot be changed, so data cannot be removed. The high energy consumption that the blockchain provides and reduced scalability reduces its efficiency. blockchain consumes a lot of energy Why Is Everyone Talking About The Blockchain? The in technology. In 2018, a whopping 90% of US and European banks had started exploring the potential of blockchain. In 2021, it was projected that 24% of companies expected to invest between $5 million to $10 million on the blockchain. In 2022, financial institutions have spent over $552 million on blockchain-powered projects and in the end of 2024, it is expected that corporations will spend $20 billion per year on blockchain technical services. blockchain is one of the biggest giants The main reason why everyone is talking about the blockchain is the that it provides: blockchain is used in cryptocurrency, the storage of medical records, identity verification, election voting, security, agriculture, business and many other fields. The blockchain offers a secure, more decentralized and less corrupt system of making swift payments all over the globe, making it loved by the cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The faster processing time and reduced bureaucracy as compared with the bank and healthcare systems makes it more readily adopted by users who want to save their time and energy. versatility The blockchain is a moving train that most  organizations have jumped on and for good reason: the potential for the blockchain industry is greater than ever before. The launch of IBM's Blockchain Wire, Paystack, Aza Finance and Bloom are visible proof of the wonders that the blockchain has done. In the future, the cryptocurrency segment of the blockchain might not be as popular as the other segments that the blockchain caters to; the are proof. The blockchain is here to stay and for a long time, it will be on the lips of different individuals not just in tech, but in multiple industries. innovations in the different industries where the blockchain is used

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Douglas Kendyson is a software engineer with a lot of experience in the fintech & payments space. He has worked for the top YCombinator backed payment startups in Africa (Flutterwave & Paystack), as well as a Robo-advisory firm in the UAE (Sarwa) and Dapi, building the payment infrastructure for the Middle East. Douglas is also the Founder and CEO of Selar, an eCommerce tool creatives & entrepreneurs use to sell their content, products and services across borders without any hassle. Selar has over 15,000 registered users today. Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwpNgUH240c Video  timestamps Douglas shares his life outside LinkedIn and Selar, and work background 0:59 Douglas shares his experience in UAE 7:19 At what point in between your career at Flutterwave, UAE and Paystack did Selar start? 8:48 How many of you started the company? 9:53 What were the things that made you stay with Selar when every other person left? 10:20 How did you ascertain that Selar is a good idea that you'd like to push? 11:12 Douglas shares more about the huge milestone that Seller had in revenue. 12:20 How much has Sellar grown since the beginning of 2020? 14:07 Are you now doing Selar full time? 16:27 What has been the biggest challenge of building Selar up to this point? 17:29 How do you spend a few weeks every week to work for people and still build your thing? 19:25 What's your favourite thing about building Selar? 21:14 What kind of people use Selar? 22:24 What's the most pivotal personal experience you've had? 23:44 When and how did you make your first million? 28:03 What's the next thing for Selar? 29:44 What's the most important and biggest business lesson you've learned in your 5 years of business experience? 31:26 If you had an opportunity to build Selar all over again, would you change anything in the process? 33:34 Douglas pitches Selar 35:30

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A new YC batch is upon us and you can feel the buzz among founders as they prepare their applications in an attempt to join the highly rated Y Combinator program. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some interesting founders on their applications and I’m really excited about the future of the ecosystem. I personally believe that the YC application stage is one of the hardest parts of the process as you have to distinguish your startup from over 15,000 applicants from across the world. It can be hard! As someone who has previously made it past the application stage and to the final interviews, these are some tips I’ve gathered from my experience and that of other successful applicants: : 1. Be simple and concise The YC team have thousands of applications to read every batch and this means that they might not have a lot of time to read and decipher everything you write. It is very important to be clear, simple and straight to the point when filling the application. No unnecessary use of buzzwords, abbreviations or unnecessarily ‘long stories’. Be simple and concise. While filling our application, I constrained myself by answering the question concisely first, before giving any additional information. As you write your application, imagine that you are writing for a very tired YC alum who has just read through a billion of these things. Keep it short. Get to the point. No one wants to read an essay when a sentence or two will do the job. — Aaron Epstein (YC Partner) 2. Don’t be afraid to ask for help: An important part of YC is their community and founder network. Don’t be afraid to reach out (politely) and ask for help/advice with your application. You can check for a list of YC companies and see if you know someone you can reach out to. You can also reach out to affiliated VCs, founders and other ecosystem players that you think can help. here 3. Use context where you can: This is particularly important for startups applying for YC from outside the The US. It is very important to use context to pass your message across when you can. The YC team reviewing applications is majorly based in the US and although they do a good job, it can sometimes be difficult for them to understand the problem you’re solving or your solution. You need to give them a bit of background(concisely) or relate your startup/product with something they are already familiar with. An example of this is Paystack referring to them as ‘ ’ Stripe for Africa : 4. Know your business/idea well YC and investors generally tend to invest in startups that they believe will do well with or without their help. Make sure you have a solid business/idea and make sure they can tell from your application. Show how well you are doing or how well you can be doing using facts and figures. E.g “ ”, “ ”. We currently have 5,000 users and we’re growing at a rate of 20% every month Nigerians currently spend $2 million annually on products that solve the problem we’re solving 5. Remember that life goes on: When you finally submit your application, please don’t forget you still have an actual business to run. I always advise founders not to build or run their startups on the premise of getting into YC. If you don’t get selected for the batch, remember that it is not the end. Focus on your business and growth. You can always find funding from other sources or chose to apply to another YC batch. Of all the companies YC accepts, 40% have applied more than once. BONUS: Read Paul Graham’s essays: Paul Graham is a co-founder and the first Managing Director of YC. Understanding his mindset and direction helps you get a better idea of YC and the principles that guide it. He writes some interesting essays and shares them . If you have some time, you should read them. Some personal recommendations are: , and here Life is Short Do Things that Don’t Scale Six Principles for Making New Things Additional Resources : When is the right time to apply to YC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEy2MYHxAe8 : Paystack’s YC application (W16) https://paystack.com/blog/company-news/paystacks-y-combinator-application : Sample YC application videos https://www.ycombinator.com/video : YC Application FAQs https://www.ycombinator.com/faq/ I hope you found this article useful! Please share with other founders if you did. I plan to write a follow-up article on what to expect at the YC interview(s).

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With website checkouts and 650,992 live customers, WooCommerce is reigning the eCommerce platform industry. Its dynamic features and easy-to-customize options have made it tempting for store owners. 2,506,081 eCommerce Usage Distribution What makes it even more special are the various free and premium plugin integrations to add essential features to the eCommerce sites. The open-source platform gives its users various extensive features for creating a successful eCommerce strategy to boost sales. But it is very difficult to choose from hundreds of plugins and add the right extension to the store. But I have made the life of online store owners easier by rounding up 9 plugins to boost sales in 2020. Optinmonster - For Lead Generation As a store owner, our objective is to capture as many new leads as possible. Leads are important for generating a positive ROI(Return-On-Investment) for your online business and more leads mean more sales. But this is where many businesses face the challenge of generating leads on a consistent basis. Thanks to Optinmonster, an extension that solves major lead generation problems for WooCommerce store owners. Optinmonster acts as an incredible WooCommerce solution that is compatible with many web platforms; WordPress is one of them. Features Here are some of the key features of Optinmonster: Has a coupon wheel option that boosts sales by at least 40%. Provides triggers for campaigns such as exit-intent and scroll trigger to capture users’ attention at the right time It gives you the benefit of geotargeting i.e. location-based targeting of audiences. Benefits Some of the major benefits of Optinmonster that make it the best WooCommerce lead generation plugin are: It has pre-built templates designed for maximum leads. The extension also has a blank canvas for customizable templates with an easy drag and drop builder. It has a powerful customer segmentation formula for targeting the right customers with the right offers at the right time. An important feature to skyrocket website conversions. Provides real-time stats for planning, building, and modifying your lead generation strategies. Optinmonster is a necessity and not just a plugin for store owners. It solves the lead generation problem for store owners thus a Must-Have WooCommerce Plugin for Boosting Sales in 2020. More Information WooCommerce One Click Upsell Funnel Pro - For Making Post-Purchase Offers Upselling is a process that is used by eCommerce store owners for persuading buyers to upgrade their carts with expensive alternatives. It is the easiest option for increasing your store sales revenue at least by 10-30%. Amazon is one such example. They reported from direct upselling in 2006. 35% of their sales Here’s an example of eCommerce upselling on Amazon: Now you know how important upselling is for an eCommerce store owner. Thus, a perfect WooCommerce upselling solution is much needed for boosting sales. WooCommerce One Click Upsell Funnel Pro is a perfect WooCommerce extension for making your customers spend more and increase revenue. It compels your buyers to upgrade their cart with more expensive products from your WooCommerce store. Features Here are some features of the plugin that help you implement an efficient upselling strategy: A perfect tool for displaying your exclusive upselling offers to buyers. The offers can be triggered for the targeted category of products. Has pre-built funnels that save a lot of time in segmenting product offers. Provides the customers with a well-framed series of upselling offers. Has multiple payment gateways like PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Cash on delivery, Bank Transfers and PayStack. Benefits Here are the major benefits behind WooCommerce One Click Upsell Funnel Pro being a perfect upselling WooCommerce extension: Add the power of creating offer pages that are easily customizable and at the same time are responsive. It comes with the Sandbox mode for a perfect mobile and tablet view. Has unlimited funnels for developing unlimited WoCommerce product offers Gives you the strength to control your customer behavior. Upselling is important in retaining customers. Thus, WoCommerce One Click Upsell Funnel Pro has been successful in making it into the list of Must-Have WooCommerce Plugins to boost sales in 2020. More Information Booster for WooCommerce - For Localizing Your Business Who amongst you wants the hassle of installing and managing too many plugins? Yes, you guessed that right. No one. But how do you achieve it? Booster for WooCommerce (formerly known as WooCommerce Jetpack) Enter: Managing so many plugins can be a tough task. Thus, Booster For WooCommerce gives you the opportunity for supercharging your eCommerce store and inculcating several features. From adding buttons to adding different currencies, it has your back. This helps you in expanding your business to global scales. With the help of Booster For WooCommerce, you imply store localization by translating your entire page to the language of your target audience. Features Here are some key features that make it a must-have WooCommerce plugin for boosting sales in 2020: Managing price in various currencies and displaying the corresponding currency symbol as per the users’ location. Gives bulk price convertor for multiplying the value of all products by a specific value. Efficiently adding custom payment gateways Setting address formats as per the country. Setting product availability for your products in a specific timetable. Benefits Easy management of global currencies. Applying bulk discounts. Separate custom JS for front and back end. Bulk price convertor. Market expansion and sales growth can all be achieved by store localization and Booster For WooCommerce is a perfect solution that lets you achieve that. With over 100+ modules it is a comprehensive toolkit for your WooCommerce store. More Information Coupon Referral Program - For Driving Referral Traffic Ever thought of generating sales by positive word-of-mouth? If not, you might be wasting a huge opportunity of generating leads and an increase in new buyers. Referral marketing is a method by which you can leverage the word-of-mouth strategy, that uses your present customers for bringing new leads. This includes incentivizing your current customers for personalized lead generation of your WooCommerce Store. About believe in the recommendations given to them by some other individual before purchasing a product. Also, the referred customers have a 34% retention rate and are 4 times more likely to refer your brand to more buyers. 84% of people One of the best methods for implementing a referral marketing campaign successfully is coupons. The coupon referral program plugin is inspired by service companies such as Dropbox, Paypal, etc. that firmly use referral marketing for acquiring new customers. Coupon Referral Program (CRP) is the perfect WooCommerce extension for successfully implementing referral marketing strategies. Features Here are some features of Coupon Referral Program that make it a perfect plugin for increasing referral traffic to your WooCommerce Store: Give Signup rewards to new users. Provide referral rewards to your referred customers Comes with easily shareable links for social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Email) Customizable referral button. The discount value of coupons for signup and referred users can be specified. Benefits These are some of the benefits of choosing Coupon Referral Program plugin for generating leads through referral marketing: A referral reward program builds a strong customer base. Compatible with WooCommerce Subscription. Support sharing of referral links on various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc. It generates more loyal customers and enhances brand awareness. Boosting sales is all about chartering new ways and channels to promote your business among new people. Referral marketing helps you in doing so very efficiently. Incentivizing your customers strategically will definitely help in boosting sales in 2020. More Information WooCommerce Subscriptions - For Generating Residual Income As marketing and eCommerce are changing with time, the consumers are also evolving. Buyers now demand a simple and hassle-free business solution. Thus, came in the role of the subscription-based marketing model. A subscription business model is a marketing model in which the buyer has to pay recurring amounts at regular intervals. This model first came into limelight during the 17th century and was used by book and periodical publishers. Netflix to Dollar Shave Club, all the big giants are playing the customer retention game with the help of a subscription-based marketing model. WooCommerce Subscriptions allows the store owner to implement such a successful marketing model efficiently to your store. Features Here are some key features of WooCommerce Subscriptions residual revenue capturing extension: Easy to set up the signup price for your customers, i.e. you can set a signup price or allow customers to try the product before they buy. Full control over the subscription management of your customers. Customers can easily upgrade, downgrade, or crossgrade between subscribed products from your store. Automated customer notification. Easily manage your subscribers’ accounts. The customers can easily cancel or suspend their account for your products or services. Benefits These are some benefits behind choosing WooCommerce Subscriptions for your eCommerce store: Choose from multiple billing schedules that suit your store’s needs. Can integrate over 25 payment gateways for automatic recurring payments. Supports the manual renewal of payments. Comes with detailed reports for tracking your recurring revenue. The subscription business model is the future of customer retention and boosting sales. The reason behind it is that consumers get the benefit of “set-it and forget-it” services, i.e. they need not come and make purchases again; instead, they’ll get timely services whenever they need. At the same time, the store owners get the benefit of scalable and predictable revenue and better customer retention. More Information Points and Rewards for WooCommerce - For Attracting Loyal Customers Every store owner wants to generate new leads for their eCommerce store. But once the leads become your potential customers, you have to retain them as loyal customers. This process is known as customer retention. Customer retention is the ability of an organization to retain a customer over a specific period of time. But do you know about 61% of store owners consider customer retention as their biggest challenge? How will you overcome this challenge? Points and Rewards for WooCommerce can be the perfect solution for implementing your customer loyalty strategies. It is a powerful WooCommerce extension that attracts customers by rewarding them with loyalty points. It is a standalone tool that retains your existing customers by the re-selling methodology, even while attracting new customers to your store. Features These are some key features that make Points and Rewards for WooCommerce a must-Have WooCommerce extension for boosting sales in 2020: Give sign-up rewards to your new visitors. Give points for placing a product review. Efficiently generate referral links. Easily set product points for individual categories. Enable or disable the social media share feature. Benefits Here are some benefits for choosing Points and Rewards for WooCommerce as a must-have plugin: The extension is WPML compatible. Send automated email notification for points expiration. Set bulk points on the products. Customers can easily share loyalty points with other users. Comes with a widget for showing “Current Points”, ”Current Membership Level”, and “Membership Expiration”. This extension gives you the power to implement a customer loyalty program for your WooCommerce store. Some big eCommerce giants such as Amazon, Starbucks, etc. reward their customers with loyalty points and referral coupons in order to retain them with their service for a long period of time. More Information Live Chat - For Answering Your Customers Instantly In the present scenario when the consumers want quick and prompt answers, live chat support gives you the ability to satisfy your leads and buyers with instant replies and 24*7 availability. Live chat support allows you to give real-time solutions to your consumers’ queries. Providing instant service not only induces customer retention but also makes the buyer feel valued and respected. Thus, LiveChat is a perfect extension that is easily integrable with your WooCommerce store and lets you imply a quick support system for your consumers. Consumers also prefer stores that have an integrated chat system. As per the studies, 73% of consumers find chatting as their most preferred method of communication. Features Here are some key features of LiveChat that makes it a perfect customer support system for your WooCommerce Store: Has a live chat widget that adds a chatbox to your site. Supports mobile responsiveness to handle your chats from anywhere. Gives you real-time feedbacks for your chat sessions Fast loading for awesome user experience. Benefits These are some benefits behind choosing LiveChat for your eCommerce store: Integrates with many email marketing platforms for providing automation. Real-time query solutions increase your sales and conversions. Gives you chat and ticket metrics for knowing your improvement areas Has a customizable chatbox to design it to suit your website. Making your customers wait for solutions to their questions can be the biggest mistake you can ever make. This is not only bad for your business but also disrespectful to your customers. are using or planning to implement chatbots by 2020. 80% of businesses I would like to end it by giving some more stats, that’ll make it more clear that why LiveChat is a must-have WooCommerce extension for boosting sales in 2020: 97% of global customers give importance to customer service in choosing a brand. 51% of buyers want a business to be available for 24 hours. More than 30% of buyers expect a live chat option on a website. More Information Ultimate Gift Cards For WooCommerce - Gifts That Magically Boost Sales Giving gifts is a method of making people happy. Gifting is something that is cherished and loved by everyone. Then why not turn this process into a perfect sale boosting opportunity? Gift cards help you do that. Gift cards or sometimes also known as gift certificates are prepaid cards that are used as a marketing tool by store owners. Consumers buy it for gifting purposes and the receiver of the gift card can redeem cash or points on their purchase. Neiman Marcus, an American chain of luxury department stores, introduced the first gift card using a payment infrastructure in 1994, through Blockbuster Entertainment. Since then gift cards became popular amongst retailers and later became an important part of an eCommerce store. Since 2007 gift cards have consistently been ranked as the number one gift amongst the customers. As per the stats, gift cards are also best suited for generating leads, building customer loyalty and boosting sales because: On an average gift card, recipients spend 40% more than the value of the card. 41% of the recipients visit a new store due to the gift card. 72% of the recipients tend to return to a store. Thus, you see how important it is for an eCommerce store to have a perfect gifting solution. A WooCommerce extension like Ultimate Gift Cards For WooCommerce comes in handy here. It allows merchants to create, sell, and manage gift cards while implementing their gifting strategies efficiently for boosting sales. Features Here are some key features that make it a must-have plugin: The admin can analyze the performance for each gift card using the in-built reporting. Comes with Twilio integration for automated SMS notification. Include or exclude selected categories of products. Compatible with price based on country for WooCommerce. Choose across your gift card pricing type which includes default price, price range, selected price, or user price. Benefits Here are some benefits behind choosing Ultimate WooCommerce Gift Card for your gifting strategy: It comes with an image gallery for easy customization. The gift card voucher is secured with QR Code and Barcode. Customers can also access the gift card offline. It has 20+ pre-designed templates suited for all occasions. The gift cards are easily shareable on WhatsApp. Until 2019 the global e-gift card sales have been around 400 billion dollars and are projected towards 500 billion dollars by the end of the year. Gift cards have also proven to give a high ROI. The online retailers can expect an uplift of 10% in sales with the help of gift cards. More Information Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons - For Making Your Store Shareable Imagine if there is a way by which you can promote your WooCommerce store organically? Well, social share buttons give you this opportunity. Have you seen those small sharing buttons on various eCommerce sites? Of course, you have. These small buttons are known as Social Share Buttons. These buttons give you the opportunity to make your products easily shareable on various social media platforms. Share buttons also give your customers the ease of showcasing their purchase on social media platforms without the effort of copying the URL. An extension like Social Media Share Buttons makes your WooCommerce store able enough for doing so. Let’s discuss some key features and benefits of this WooCommerce extension. Features Give several actions on a single share button. Allow visitors to subscribe to your blog by email. Add ‘counts’ to your social media buttons. Display a pop-up for following or sharing your blog. Benefits Gives you customization options for your social media icons. Pick from 16 different designs for your social media share icons. Decide to give your social media icons an animation. Make your social media icons ‘float’ or ‘sticky’. More Information Over To You So these were my picks for “Must-Have WooCommerce Plugins For Boosting Sales in 2020.” These extensions are based on the fundamentals that an eCommerce store should follow. As I’ve said earlier there are hundreds of free and premium plugins that might confuse you. Thus, I have done the hard work of filtering a plethora of extensions and presented a curated list of useful extensions that make eCommerce stores competent. My motive behind picking up these plugins is to make your WooCommerce store organized, socially shareable, and a powerhouse for generating leads that ultimately result in huge conversion rates. Apart from this, these plugins will give you valuable insights about your store and marketing strategies, helping you to make better business decisions. Which of the above-listed plugins do you find to be the most useful? Are you currently using one of these? Did I miss out on any necessary plugin which should be present in the list? Please have your say. I am listening.

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50+ High Growth Companies to Launch Your Career With One of the most challenging aspects of growing up is figuring out how and where to spend your time. The world of “career advice” is incredibly noisy. Professors, friends, parents, irrelevant medium authors — everyone is telling you what you should and should not be doing with your life. The good news → You get to decide how and where to spend your time. The other goods news is that the world is increasingly massive…and there are so many exciting things you could do…infinite places you could go and learn… it is your life! But why do we graduate from college and settle for conventional jobs that do not unlock our real potential? — Kevin Hartz I put together this list of high-potential opportunities for people (of all ages!) who are interested in leveraging technology as a vehicle for high-velocity change and impact. what I think to be The list spans companies of all sizes tackling all sorts of problems (Finance, Healthcare, Social, Construction, etc.). Hopefully this list can be helpful as you make your next move! A few notes/disclaimers: Be sure to make your own judgements with any of the opportunities presented here and recognize that this list is not “an official ranking” of any sorts. It is not “backed by data” or any hard metrics whatsoever. This list is by no means de facto or comprehensive. Feel free to disagree with and question everything :) This is just one of many resources — be sure to also check out & . StartupSift Breakout List You will notice that many of these companies may or may not be hiring for your “specific role.” Others have thousands and thousands of hungry applicants. That is okay! You may have to cold email, create a position, or find other unique ways to stand out. You can do it! have thoughts? need help? i'd love to chat :) message me on twitter or here - jordan gonen 🌊 And without further ado…here is… The Signal: 50+ High Growth Companies to Launch Your Career With 🚀 (late 2018) Finance Blend (disclaimer: I interned at Blend) Blend’s technology empowers top mortgage lenders to be more efficient, compliant, and borrower-friendly. Brex Corporate cards for startups. Online application, no personal guarantee, no security deposit required, and built for modern businesses. Powered by the Visa network. Carta Carta helps private companies, public companies, investors, and employees manage their cap tables, valuations, portfolio investments, and equity plans. Cash Square is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology. Square Cash is their mobile app (a Venmo competitor)…“the easiest way to send and receive money on the fly.” Coinbase Coinbase is an online platform that allows merchants, consumers, and traders to transact with digital currency. It allows its users to create their own bitcoin wallets and start buying or selling bitcoins by connecting with their bank accounts. Even “How busy people master their money.” We partner with employers to offer Even as a benefit so that employees can get paid on demand. Paystack Modern online and offline payments for Africa. Shogun Shogun Enterprises is a financial technology platform for home improvement. Stripe Stripe is the best software platform for running an internet business. They handle billions of dollars every year for forward-thinking businesses around the world. Titan The modern investment firm committed to exceptional returns and advisory through actively managed portfolios. Life is not a dress rehearsal — this is probably it. Make it count. Time is extremely limited and goes by fast. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled — few people get remembered hundreds of years after they die anyway. — Sam Altman Insurance / Legal Atrium Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes, and help firms identify new clients. ClearCover Clearcover is the smarter car insurance choice, offering better coverage for less money. DoNotPay DoNotPay is an online robot lawyer that allows anyone to automatically claim asylum in the U.S, U.K, and Canada for free. Lemonade Lemonade offers homeowners and renters insurance powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics. Newfront Newfront is the modern commercial insurance brokerage. No 20-page applications, confusing policy terms, or painful renewal cycles. Newfront’s experienced brokers and technology remove the headache from business insurance. Root Root is a mobile-first insurance carrier that uses an app to rate drivers based primarily on how they actually drive — not who they are. “It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.” — Sheryl Sandberg HR Gusto Gusto provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management solution for businesses. Humu Humu is a human resource company that makes work better through science and machine learning. Rippling Rippling provides cloud-based employee management solutions, from HR (payroll, benefits, compliance) to IT (computers, software, security). Truework Truework is an HR tool that automatically responds to lenders, landlords, and others who need to verify employment. Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think. — Taleb Healthcare / Biology Basis Basis is an app that allows people to deal and cope with mental health issues and offers same-day access to trained specialists. CoFactor Genomics The Leaders in RNA. Harness the power of multidimensional gene expression models to treat cancer more effectively. Forward Forward provides you with personalized primary care, combining world-class doctors with advanced medical technology including genetics, cancer screening & wellness tracking. Gyroscope Gyroscope is a new OS for the human body, with an app and website for people to view their health analytics. Hims Hims is an e-commerce wellness brand made for men with products for skin care, erectile dysfunction, and hair loss. They work with doctors to prescribe Finasteride and Sildenafil (active ingredient in Viagra) through the app or website. MDAcne MDacne is a mobile platform that uses AI and computer vision to help people with acne. Ro Ro is a mission-driven healthcare technology company that handles everything from online diagnosis to the delivery of medication. Synthego Founded by former SpaceX engineers, Synthego is a leading provider of genome engineering solutions. Their flagship product, CRISPRevolution, is a portfolio of synthetic RNA designed for CRISPR genome editing and research. Zipline Zipline builds products that improve access to healthcare and saves lives. I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. — Marissa Meyer Food Cloud Kitchens Powering the on-demand food economy. They provide infrastructure and software that enables food operators to open delivery-only locations with minimal capital expenditure and time. Full Harvest Full Harvest helps growers get the most out of a harvest and food companies save money by bringing farm excess to market. They are a B2B platform connecting large farms to food businesses to sell significantly discounted, yet perfectly good surplus and imperfectly shaped produce that would have otherwise gone to waste. Impossible Impossible Foods develops a new generation of meats and cheeses made entirely from plants. They select specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products. Uber Eats (disclaimer: I interned at Uber) Uber Eats is a food delivery platform that makes getting great food from a favorite local restaurants as easy as requesting a ride. Sensei SENSEI is here to guide you towards greater wellbeing. Their ecosystem of products and experiences is designed with one intention: to empower you to grow well. “Two ways to be successful in life: do something worth writing about or write something worth reading.” — Ben Franklin Government Anduril Anduril commits top technical talent to solving the most complex national security challenges. They’re building the next generation of technology that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines defending the nation and its interests. Citizen The need has never been greater for technology that informs and protects the public. The Citizen app empowers people with information to help keep their families, communities, and cities safe. Users receive instant notifications every time a crime or other major incident is reported near them. Coord Coord is a mobility company that creates seamless mobility and self-driving experiences today through deep integrations. They offer bike-share API, Curbs API, Tolls API, Routing API and etc. Sidewalk Labs Sidewalk Labs is a new type of company that works with cities to build products addressing big urban problems. They’re building a platform and a set of urban applications to accelerate innovation in cities around the world. Whenever you find a barrel , you should hire them instantly, regardless of whether you have money for them or whether you have a role for them. Just close them. — Keith Rabois Logistics Convoy Convoy is a network of tech-enabled trucking companies transforming the $800B trucking industry and logistics ecosystem for truck drivers and shippers. Using technology, Convoy matches reliable trucks (“carriers”) with companies that need to ship freight. Flexport At Flexport, they believe that a world that does business together is a better one. It’s called global trade. And freight forwarding is the $1 trillion industry that functions as the circulatory system of global trade — without freight forwarding, global trade simply wouldn’t exist. Nabis Nabis delivers the most reliable, consistent, and secure logistics solution for cannabis businesses. Whether you are a brand, cultivator, intermediary processor, or final good manufacturer, Nabis provides you with access to an enterprise-scale distribution network. Nuro NURO is a technology company which aims to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. They are a team of entrepreneurs and engineers, designers, and scientists who believe the advancements they are making in robotics and machine learning today will dramatically improve the way they live tomorrow. Rubicon Rubicon Global is a technology company that provides waste, recycling, and smart city solutions to businesses and governments worldwide. They develop and deploys a full suite of cloud-based solutions to help its customers and network of independent waste haulers work towards more sustainable waste and recycling practices, uncover cost savings, and improve operations through data analytics. Uber for Business (disclaimer: I interned at Uber) Get an all-in-one solution that simplifies how businesses gets around. It’s a digital “headquarters” for all your company’s ground transportation. Get a clear view into all your trip activity and automate billing, expensing, and reporting. Easily provide rides — even multiple rides at the same time — to anyone important to your business. Uber Freight (disclaimer: I interned at Uber) Uber Freight is an app that matches carriers with shippers. Carriers can just tap a button and instantly book a load, and the price you see is the price you get — no more back-and-forth negotiations. Make friends over the internet with people who are great at things you’re interested in. The internet is one of the biggest advantages you have over prior generations. Leverage it. — Patrick Collison Real Estate / Construction Buildzoom BuildZoom has a simple purpose: to help you find the perfect contractor for any job — commercial or residential. Using BuildZoom is just like asking a neighbor for a recommendation — except instead of just asking one, you are polling every neighbor in your community, analyzing their feedback, exhaustively researching work histories and credentials and only then, making a final decision. Bungalow Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States. Opendoor Opendoor makes it possible to receive an offer on a home in just a few clicks, and sell in a matter of days, removing all of the headaches, uncertainties, and risks from the transaction. They are headquartered in San Francisco, California and has received a total of $645 million in venture funding from Khosla Ventures, GGV Capital, and Access… Qualia Qualia is a cloud-based closing platform that provides seamless and secure coordination between everyone involved in the real estate closing process. Wanderjaunt WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world. And then the last piece is actually the hardest, which is specific knowledge. Specific knowledge is knowledge that you have that lets you do something that other people do not know how to do and cannot be trained to do. — Naval Ravikant Education / Life / Talent Holloway With hundreds of hours of research, writing, and editing, their comprehensive Guides help you make better decisions. Hatch Baby Their mission is to bring parents a series of smart products that use technology and user-centric design to help make caring for a baby a little easier. Lambda School Lambda School trains people to be software engineers for free in exchange for a share of future income. Pioneer A home for the ambitious outsiders of the world. They’re building a community of creative young people working on interesting projects around the globe. TripleByte Triplebyte believes the current technical hiring process doesn’t do enough to help engineers show their strengths. They’re dedicated to building a better process. You can read more about their views on hiring in their manifesto. 70MillionJobs 70MillionJobs is the first for-profit employment job board for people with criminal records. “Everyone starts out with very, very humble beginnings” — Daniel Gross Social / Consumer Brandless Brandless is an e-commerce company providing unbranded and essential products. Jumprope Create and share recipe how-to’s. Export to Instagram Stories, IGTV, YouTube, your personal website and more. Masterclass MasterClass is a premier online education platform redefining the digital learning experience by bringing world-class experts and renowned instructors to students globally through a cutting-edge technology platform meant to distill knowledge and create meaningful experiences through online video. Sandbox VR Sandbox VR combines the latest VR hardware, movie quality real-time motion capture and AAA-quality content experiences to create the best VR experiences on the planet. Period. It’s the perfect event for team building, corporate events, and parties. People always say you should live your life as if it were your last day. I think you should live your life as though it will go on for ever; that every day is so good that you don’t want it to end. — Peter Thiel Dev Augur Augur is built on Ethereum, a decentralized blockchain network similar to the Bitcoin network. Utilizing this technology, their markets can effectively eliminate counterparty risk and centralized servers while creating a global market by employing cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Clearbit Clearbit develops business Intelligence APIs. Clearbit is on a mission to set the new standard in business data. Simply put — Clearbit is changing how modern businesses source and operationalize data as part of their sales, marketing, and product workflows. Deepgram Deepgram saves businesses time and money by building tailored speech recognition models that increase revenue and maximize productivity. Handshake Decentralized certificate authority and naming. VectorDash Vectordash lets you use insanely fast cloud GPUs at incredibly low costs. You can start a powerful GPU instance within seconds. The world is an incredibly complex place and everything is changing all the time. You can’t plan your career because you have no idea what’s going to happen in the future. You have no idea what industries you’ll enter, what companies you’ll work for, what roles you’ll have, where you’ll live, or what you will ultimately contribute to the world. You’ll change, industries will change, the world will change, and you can’t possibly predict any of it. — Marc Andreessen SaaS Tools Density Density is a modern infrastructure for anonymously counting people. Front Front redefines work communication with the first shared inbox for teams. By unifying your email, customer communication channels, and apps in one platform, Front helps teams collaborate efficiently and have more context and visibility into every conversation, to work faster and better together. Fullstory FullStory takes a fundamentally different approach to understanding your customer experience. One tiny script unlocks pixel-perfect playback, automatic insights, funnel analytics, and robust search and segmentation — all without the need to manually tag your site’s code. Openphone OpenPhone adds a second phone number on top of one’s existing mobile device with powerful features to help business stand out. Mixmax Mixmax offers software that enables its users to boost their productivity. It enables its users to track emails accurately, set up meetings in an instant, save time with email templates, and schedule emails to be sent later. Notion All-in-one workspace. Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Notion is all you need — in one tool. Superhuman Superhuman is not just another email client. They are rebuilding the inbox from the ground up to make you brilliant at what you do. They specifically designed it for those of you who want the best. Miscellaneous 100 Thieves 368 Aero Angel List Apple Health Atoms b8ta Culdesac Deos Houseparty Neon Panda Saildrone Social Construct Substack Transmission Ttyl Urbit have thoughts? need help? i'd love to chat :)

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DoingSoon preview image Solving social event discovery and ticket bookings in Nigeria We all know or at least most us know (if you have attended any conference) that almost 80% tickets sold for conferences online are done via Eventbrite, it works well. Period. The problem is that most western platforms such as Eventbrite aren’t really built/designed for all markets. Take Nigeria for example. Eventbrite don’t accept payments from Nigeria, which means organizers from Nigeria can’t accept payment for their events, which forces them to accept payment offline. Online payment use to be a problem but thanks to for solving this problem and they are doing fantastically well. Paystack Another problem and quite challenging is that local platforms have really poor design and low content quality which I believe is what drives most Nigerians to use Eventbrite as it provides and showcase better quality contents. Few services are tackling some of these problems and trying to make event booking easier for organizers while improving the user experience for event discovery. For any event ticketing platform to really be successful in Nigeria, they must solve the problem with payment, create a better UI/UX platform and improve the quality of their contents. Top 4 platforms doing it well so far: DoingSoon.com Discover, connect and follow your favourite topics and book events. This is not only a ticketing platform but a platform for event discovery and engagement with notification based on the topics or organizers you follow. doingsoon landing page Eventnownow.com Online portal into the world of exciting events and happenings going on near you. When you are looking for something to do and need the most concise, updated information about local events. eventnownow landing page Afritickets.com Afritickets is an African-focused retailer of ticketed events and associated merchandise. We act as an intermediary between consumers and organisers of events. Afriticket landing page Naijaticketshop.com Naija Ticket Shop is Nigeria’s Number One online ticket buying and selling platform. We are dedicated to helping our customers find tickets and information on their favorite venues and events in a safe and secure online and offline environment. naijaticketshop landing page It is a gradual step and anything good takes time. I think Afriticket was one of the first in this space and they are still staying strong. We need more startups and innovation in this area. The more we build, the more competition, the more innovation which leads to better service for everyone. #naija

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Celestine, Segun, Bruce, Mukoshy and I in the process of overflowing the stack!!! For some unexplainable reasons, I already told myself that I won’t write any post related to my but then I saw excellent article. Immediately, I was fired up!!! But then, “2016 in review”, Segun Famisa’s 2016 in review me to me, I was like, NO!!! The next day, after consuming large portions of beef and vegetable from my , I came online. Guess what I saw? inspiring article. mama Ire Aderinokun’s 2016 in review Me to me, again, I was like: Be Calm!!! I would be the on if i said 2016 was ordinary for me. It was incredibly , , and , ! Special Adviser to the Devil Lying Affairs amazing outstanding super-lit OMG Open Source Projects This year I had the privilege of working on a lot of open source projects. At different times last year, some of these projects surprisingly got massive attention. 😱😱😱😱 : A comprehensive hackathon/MVP boilerplate for Laravel web applications. Laravel Hackathon Starter Guard your users against entering dumb passwords in your Laravel 5 apps. Laravel Password: : Curated list of awesome open source crafted web & mobile applications for developers to learn from. Awesome Open Source apps : Laravel 5 Lite Package for . Laravel Paystack Paystack : Motor Vehicle Registration Information Search Portal Library. Mvrd : PHP Client Library for Jusibe SMS REST API Service . Also created a and for it. Jusibe PHP Lib https://jusibe.com Laravel package Notification Channel Library : Atom package: Aurelia snippets using ES6 syntax. Atom Aurelia Snippets : A CLI tool for Hackers, HR Associates, HR Managers and Lazy People to read . 💻 💁 🙋 Linda Ikeji CLI Linda Ikeji : Laravel 5 Package to Detect Users Browsers, Devices, Languages and Operating Systems. 📦 📱 Laravel Identify Me inflicting the community with PHP & Laravel Community with Dev tools. Photo Credit: Mohini Ufelli : Laravel 5 Package that provides a fluent API for states and cities in Nigeria. 📦 🍀 Laravel Ngsc Laravel Quotes: Laravel 5 Package that provides all kinds of quotes from success to to life to DJKHALED for your Laravel app! 🔑 🙏 programming Laravel Emoji: Laravel 5 Package that harnesses the power of PHP 7 unicode features to provide emojis in your laravel app. 😋 A Vue.js directive for sharing page items to twitter. Vue twittershare: : PHP Package to Show beautiful cool ascii faces like ᕙ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ᕗ in your terminal. Ascii Faces : A Laravel exam project with questions from beginner to expert curated by the community and I. Laravel Exam You can check for a lot more I created and worked on this year on my . Github Account Writing This year I wrote a lot. I had the opportunity of writing over 80 articles, and . technical non-technical These were amongst my most popular articles — . One way to Greatness: Pick Yourself . Jon Skeet — The Chuck Norris of Programming . Build A Universal JavaScript App with Next.js . Bootstrapping a React Project . 5 Things you can do with Yarn . Creating your First Laravel app and adding authentication . How to build your own Youtube — Part 1 (A series from Part 1 to 10) . Build a Customer Service Messaging App in 5 minutes . Multi-factor Authentication in your React Apps . Human beings are Open Source Projects Speaking This year also, I had the opportunity to give talks and offer mentorship at and and I remember the following: local international meetups conferences. In February, I gave a talk on Package Development & Open Sourcery at the Lagos Laravel Meetup . In April, I gave a crazy talk on Continuous Delivery without the drama at the forLoop Lagos Developer event . In May, I gave a webinar talk on You can listen to it and check out the . Rapid Application Development with Laravel Spark. here slides In September, and I gave a talk on at conference in . Segun Famisa(the Chief & Dada Android Master) “Identity Management in Your Apps” DevCraft Nairobi, Kenya ( Left: During my session. Right: Segun, I & a Kenyan developer) In October, Celestine Omin(Senior Technical Assistant at Andela) and I gave on , and in did a talks How to become a better developer Scaling your applications Developer War Stories Accra, Ghana. Ahmed Salifou of PHPOcean recap . Prosper & Ghanian Developers. A few Nigerians too! In October, I was invited to inspire the graduating students at . Valley View University, Ghana Who am I to refuse? Went in there & fired them up!!! Graduating Computer Students of Valley View University On November 4, I was in . I gave a talk on U at Check out the Jos, Plateau State ser Identity Management in Your Apps with Auth0 HackJos . slides . (Left: Giving the talk in Jos, Right: Initiated Developers in Jos into the Auth0 Army) On November 18, I gave an inspiring talk(So, I heard) about at becoming a World Class Developer GDG DevFest South-East , PortHarcourt, Nigeria. Giving the World Class Developer Talk in Port-Harcourt On November 19, I gave a talk about at the debut in . How to become a World Class Developer GDG Asaba event, Delta State, Nigeria (Left: Developers in Asaba, Right: Me giving the talk) was the title of my talk at on November 25**.** Firebase for the Web GDG DevFest South-West , Lagos, Nigeria Giving the talk on Firebase at GDG DevFest Lagos I appeared in on November 26 to give another talk on magically Abuja, Nigeria Firebase for the Web at GDG North Central DevFest . Check out this wonderful video recap of the experience . (Left: Giving the talk in Abuja, Right: Discussing with Musti and a techy) GDG North Central DevFest 2016 In 6 Minutes — Recap I was in from November 28 — December 2 to mentor startups at the week long event. Nairobi, Kenya Google Launchpad Nairobi (Left: The Hotel room was nice, so my mouth couldn’t close, Right: Me at iHub during the event) Work ,Travel & Adventure I worked as a Technical Trainer at until around mid-year 2016. I spent the later part of the year consulting for & . This gave me the opportunity to travel to the for the first time to attend Auth0’s Offsite Annual Event in . Andela Auth0 Cloudinary United States of America Washington Left: Prosper & Auth0-ians chilling, Right: Prosper and Jared Hanson(Creator of PassportJs) I had the opportunity to travel again to the and in U.S.A for Chrome Developer Summit Google Developer Expert Summit San-Francisco. (Left: The Great Addy Osmani & I at ChromeDevSummit, San-Franciso) I also visited Kenya, Ethiopia, Germany and Ghana. Recognition My first in 2016 got me trending for almost 3 weeks on Github top PHP developers. So this happened: open source project _By Christine Magee On Sunday, Prosper Otemuyiwa, lead trainer and developer at Andela's Lagos campus, released his…_andela.com How An Andela Developer Beat Out Facebook On GitHub's Top Trending List - Andela I got featured on . laraveldaily.com _While reading Twitter feed everyday, I see more and more new people in Laravel community. At the same time there are…_laraveldaily.com Top 15 Laravel People to Follow Online - Laravel Daily I was nominated for the along side great developers like Unfortunately it later got cancelled. Still, the nomination really got me fired up. Thanks to all of you that encourage and support me daily. JavaScript Legend Award Eric Elliot, Addy Osmani(Googler), James Kyle(Babel), Dan Abramov(Redux & React), Rob Eisenberg(Aurelia), Wes Bos and Sindre Sorhus . I got featured on . TechCabal _There's a super secret list of the best Nigerian programmers. We, TechCabal.com *collectively beat chests* have that…_techcabal.com Nigeria's Top Programmers as ranked by GitHub I got featured on Code Maven Open Source Podcast. _20:35 Prosper Otemuyiwa Okay, so I...oh my God, I have a lot of plans! I am very much a community person so I...it's a…_code-maven.com CMOS #15: Prosper Otemuyiwa - Laravel I got featured on Developeronfire.com Podcast. _Prosper is a full stack software engineer and writer who's worked on biometric, health, financial and developer tools…_developeronfire.com Episode 195 | Prosper Otemuyiwa - Creating Masters I got featured on . Guardian Newspaper _Fire and Community Prosper Otemuyiwa is a young Nigerian software developer who believes in giving back to the…_guardian.ng The year of the software developer I became a the third & youngest in Nigeria. Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, _Google Experts are a global network of experienced product strategists, designers, developers and marketing…_developers.google.com Google Experts | Experts | Google Developers Life My Family: Dad, Mum and Siblings were all in good health in this year. I turned 24 in October this year & it was a very memorable experience. I registered my tiny company. I bought my first car this year. 💪✌️ I lost an and a this year. 😢 Well, I upgraded to an and a , sorry Macbook! 🚀🚀🚀🚀 IPhone 6 MacBook IPhone 7 better Machine I did not read any non-technical book this year. 😢 Finally, I met the goddess of sarcasm, an amazing young Architect & most importantly an . I mean, what could be better than having someone constantly poking you to do better & supporting you all the way. Thank you, Elsie!!! Edo geh What about 2017? I’m excited for 2017. In short, I already tagged it the year of excellence. As Uncle already stated, I’ve activated the #beastMode for 2017. These are just a few of my world domination plan in the coming year: Victor Asemota : I want to do a lot more JavaScript, write more dev that will make the developer’s life blissful. Open Source tools : I want to write more technical articles and take my writing to the next level. I’ll endeavour to write and publish 3 books. This is a very herculean task but as they say; Writing if your dreams don’t scare you, then you haven’t started. I want to speak in major conferences, give more powerful & highly entertaining talks in several meetups and conferences. Speaking: I want to travel to at least ! 7 new countries I met so many amazing people this year that I didn’t mention here. I’m thankful and grateful for how you all have helped me grow. Cheers to an amazing 2017. #BeastMode 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

2016 In Review: The Year of Exploits

Imagine if you could get all the tips and tricks you need to tackle a binary classification problem on Kaggle or anywhere else. I have gone over 10 Kaggle competitions including: $35,000 Toxic Comment Classification Challenge $25,000 TalkingData AdTracking Fraud Detection Challenge $20,000 IEEE-CI S Fraud Detection $50,000 Jigsaw Multilingual Toxic Comment Classification $25,000 RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection $30,000 SIIM-ACR Pneumothorax Segmentation $65,000 Jigsaw Unintended Bias in Toxicity Classification $65,000 Santander Customer Transaction Prediction $25,000 Microsoft Malware Prediction $25,000 Humpback Whale Identification – and pulled out that information for you. Dive in. Modeling Use two BiGru layers layers feeding into two final Dense Decide on the of 250 runs with Bayesian optimization best parameters by selecting the best out Use a 2-level by max-pooling and 2 fully-connected layers bidirectional GRU followed Dealing with imbalance problems Check this extensive notebook on handling imbalanced classes Class balancing of one-shots: Getting top-1 frequencies of classes and replacing “new whale” class with classes that are one-shots and not presented @ top-1 Metrics Global AUC explained (+alternatives) ROC AUC score for fraud detection Good Old Accuracy Mean Average Precision (MAP) Binary Log Loss F beta score, where beta is equal to 0.5 Loss BCE and Dice Based BCE with Logit Loss DICE loss for segmentation BCE + DICE Combinations of BCE, Dice and Focal loss Focal Loss Based Focal Loss Function BCE + focal loss Weighted Focal Loss Custom Losses Weighted subgroup negative samples Others Lovasz Loss Weighted sigmoid cross-entropy loss Hard triplet loss Center Loss Additive Angular Margin Loss Margin loss CosFace Loss KL-Div loss with soft label Cross-validation + proper evaluation Use Adversarial validation Apply GroupKFold cross-validation about last 100k records as a validation set Simple time-split and using Generate predictions using unshuffled KFold Use stratified test data 5 fold without early stopping for predicting Implement LightGBM on 10 KFolds with no shuffle If using pseudo labeling, to avoid overfitting don’t validate on the pseudo labels Use the for the final blend Standard 10 fold Stratified cross-validation with multiple seeds Post-processing Use of the history of submissions to tweak our test set predictions Select random 30% of CV, optimize the thresholds for the 30% and apply them to the remaining 70% and check how far off they are from the optimal thresholds of the 70% Use a re-scaling factor for predictions >0.8 as well as <0.01 through the use of probabilistic random noise that introduces a small penalty Scale up the predicted probability of comments that contain cursed words of different languages Label the test samples , adding them to the train set, and training to convergence using the best-performing ensemble Ensembling Averaging Averaging over multiple seeds Average 10 out-of-fold predictions Average multiple seeds Add model and bagging models with different folds diversity by seed averaging Geometric mean An ensemble of LightGBM, CatBoost weighted geometric mean Average different models of An average ensemble XLM-R models Average predictions for 7 language-specific models An ensemble of XLM-R models An ensemble of CatBoost, XGBoost, and LightGBM Stacking Stack Bi-LSTM, Bert-Large-Uncased with WWM, XLNET, with the meta model as ExtraTreesClassifier LightGBM Stacking Stack LightGBM with heavy bayesian optimization using and Stack models PyStackNet MlXtend An of RNN, CNN, LightGBM, and NBSV ensemble Use 5 time bagged XGB CV scores with heavy bayesian optimization Blending Use power blending Blend using and Hyperopt OOF to find optimal weights Others ensembling Implement Hillclimb Apply LGB g data samples bagged 10 times with different trainin Repositories and open solutions Repos with open source solutions Image based solutions Humpback Whale Identification 1st Place Code Data Science Bowl 2nd Place Solution Forecasting Lung Cancer Diagnoses with Deep Learning Kaggle data science bowl 2017 RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection 1st Place Solution 2nd Place Solution — RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection 3rd place solution RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection 4th Place Solution with code RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection 5th place solution for RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection Entrypoint for the 5th-place-solution SIIM-ACR Pneumothorax Segmentation 1st Place Solution SIIM-ACR Pneumothorax Segmentation 3rd Place Solution 5th place solution SIIM-ACR Pneumothorax Segmentation Humpback Whale Identification 5th Place Solution Humpback Whale Identification 4th Place Solution Kaggle Humpback Whale Identification Challenge 2019 2nd place code Tabular based solutions How to implement and how it was used in the LibFM in Keras Talking Data competition on Kaggle XGB Fraud Detection Solution Fraud Detection Feature Engineering 2nd Place Solution Santander Customer Transaction Prediction Santander Customer Transaction Prediction 5th Place Solution S olution to the Kaggle Santander Customer Transaction Prediction competition 2nd place Solution the Microsoft Malware Prediction Challenge on Kaggle Text classification based solutions Toxic Comment Classification Challenge, 12th p lace solution for the Code and write-up Kaggle Toxic Comment Classification Challenge Jigsaw Unintended Bias in Toxicity Classification 4th Place Solution An open solution to the Toxic Comment Classification Challenge Challenge TalkingData AdTracking Fraud Detection 4th Place Solution Bronze medal Jigsaw Solution 2nd place solution for the 2017 national data science bowl Jigsaw Unintended Bias in Toxicity Classification 10th Place Solution Code for 3rd place solution in Kaggle Humpback Whale Identification Challenge Final thoughts Hopefully, this article gave you some background into binary classification tips and tricks, as well as, some tools and frameworks that you can use to start competing. We’ve covered tips on: architectures, losses, post-processing, ensembling, tools and frameworks. If you want to go deeper, simply follow the links and see how the best binary classification models are built. See also: Image Segmentation: Tips and Tricks from 39 Kaggle Competitions Text Classification: All Tips and Tricks from 5 Kaggle Competitions Tabular Data Binary Classification: All Tips and Tricks from 5 Kaggle Competitions This article was originally written by Derrick Mwiti and posted on the Neptune blog . You can find more in-depth articles for machine learning practitioners there.

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Ordinals. The Origin Ordinals became a significant game changer in the NFT segment in 2023. Since their introduction to the Bitcoin blockchain, the daily inscriptions have shown a consistent increase. As of now, there have been a total of 66,348,042 inscriptions. Source: Dune Ordinals introduced an innovative approach to creating NFTs, meme tokens, and other digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. However, it caused lots of discussions within the community. Ordinals utilize inscriptions to store content directly on the blockchain, leading to skepticism among many users about its overall benefit to the ecosystem. Concerns were raised that the block space occupied by these NFTs could potentially increase fees and reduce transaction speeds. Over time, it became clear that Ordinals have become a crucial component of the Bitcoin blockchain, laying the foundation for their integration into decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, and yield farming platforms. Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy, stated, "Bitcoin-NFT technology has the potential to foster innovation in the digital asset market." He also mentioned that the creation of applications and further development of the blockchain would accelerate its mass adoption. As observed, the number of application inscriptions grew significantly in 2024. Source: Dune Taking that into account, it was only a matter of time before Ordinals and immersive augmented reality (AR) merged. The Jade98 platform introduces the first-ever AR/VR inscriptions (Jade ARdinals), set to redefine the standards of digital collectibles. It was created to enhance efficiency, transparency, and unique user engagement in the DeFi segment. With the Jade98 platform, you can not only upgrade your existing BRC collections but also craft ARdinal collections right from scratch. Let's explore the groundbreaking Jade98 platform, which allows its users to create Jade ARdinals and earn rewards for their activity. About JD98 token To understand the whole Jade98 Platform ecosystem, it’s important to learn the main functionality of its basic element. The JD98 token is the cornerstone of the entire ecosystem. It facilitates payments for core functionalities, such as using AR technologies, on the platform. Creators also receive staking rewards in $JD98 tokens. Its primary utility is to support commissions and transactions throughout the platform, serving as its vital lifeblood. Epoch-Based Calculations System: Enhancing Control and Simplicity At the heart of the Jade98 platform lies the concept of epochs — fixed intervals of time 1999998 sec. At the end of each epoch, significant events occur, such as stakers receiving their JD98 rewards or the burning of the revenue treasury. Check out the detailed scheme of the platform below: These are the main tokenomics processes that maintain the functionality and financial payback of the system. Unlike the tokenomics of many other DeFi platforms, all processes on the Jade98 Platform are fully transparent, with no hidden pitfalls. Now, let's review each of these processes individually. Platform Service Revenue: Monetizing AR Services Central to Jade's platform revenue model is the provision of augmented reality (AR) services. You have the freedom to craft an exciting ARdinal collection from scratch, complete with all metadata. Overall, you get the full package: create your AR, mint it on the blockchain, and showcase your unique digital masterpiece. For these innovative opportunities, users pay a service fee in BTC upon initiating the mint transactions (similar to Luminex/Unisat inscription service). This revenue is collected in the platform’s treasury for subsequent distribution through various mechanisms: rewards pool for stakers, Buyback and Burning mechanism, and other processes that ensure sustained growth and profitability of the Jade98 platform. Buyback and Burning Mechanism Another important feature of the Jade98 platform is the Buyback and Burning mechanism, wherein 20% of incoming revenue is allocated towards purchasing $JD98 tokens from the market. The process is depicted in detail in the upper part of the whole Jade98 platform tokenomics scheme. As you can see, the Service Revenue users pay for ARdinals creation, which is then converted to JD98 for further burning and then accumulated in the Burning Treasury to be systematically burned at the end of each epoch. The system sends them a Bitcoin Eater address, thereby enhancing the token value. Staking: Empowering Token Holders Stakers on the platform can enjoy multiple avenues for staking, enabling them to extract tokens from circulation and lock them within the platform in exchange for a share of profits generated during the epoch. As you can see from another part of the tokenomics scheme, there are several ways of staking available. Single-asset Staking (JD98 token) In this case, you'll receive your rewards at the end of the epoch. Multi-asset Staking (JD98 + ARdinals) For the ​​Jade Pair Staking, you’ll need to get an ARdinal from Jade ARdinals Collection. This will increase your rewards by staking a special Jade ARdinal with JD98$. The payment amounts and, accordingly, the APY indicator are affected by: Number of stacked $JD98
Type of staking you chose
Rarity of staked ARdinals
Number of days in the epoch your assets were staked
Number of epochs before this position was already staked
Number of referrals a user has and how much they have staked Initially, Simple Staking will be developed and launched using a simplified formula. Over time, it will be enhanced by refining the formula and adding additional assets for boosting. Staking Rewards Distribution: Ensuring Fairness and Efficiency At the end of each epoch, rewards from the previous epoch are calculated and disbursed from the Reward Pool in $JD98 tokens. Thus, new rewards are sent to users every three to five weeks. Regular revenues enable you to redistribute your income correctly and reinvest a portion for additional earnings. Users have the option to receive payouts directly to their addresses or initiate transactions to claim their rewards, with the latter option to minimize transaction fees. Additionally, accrued rewards incur compound interest if left unclaimed. Conclusion At Jade98 Platform, we strive to develop an effective and transparent tokenomics system that will not only enhance AR/VR functionality but also contribute to our users' success and increase their income. The groundbreaking integration of AR services with Ordinals will boost the incorporation of the Bitcoin blockchain into the DeFi sector and its mass adoption worldwide. This represents a perfect new direction for immersive, real-world applications to develop and a powerful means to foster a sustainable digital economy. Follow our X(Twitter) to get more information about upcoming events. Join Telegram chat for discussions. Ordinals. The Origin Ordinals became a significant game changer in the NFT segment in 2023. Since their introduction to the Bitcoin blockchain, the daily inscriptions have shown a consistent increase. As of now, there have been a total of 66,348,042 inscriptions. Source: Dune Source: Dune Dune Dune Ordinals introduced an innovative approach to creating NFTs, meme tokens, and other digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. However, it caused lots of discussions within the community. Ordinals utilize inscriptions to store content directly on the blockchain, leading to skepticism among many users about its overall benefit to the ecosystem. Concerns were raised that the block space occupied by these NFTs could potentially increase fees and reduce transaction speeds. Over time, it became clear that Ordinals have become a crucial component of the Bitcoin blockchain, laying the foundation for their integration into decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, and yield farming platforms. Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy, stated, " Bitcoin-NFT technology has the potential to foster innovation in the digital asset market. " He also mentioned that the creation of applications and further development of the blockchain would accelerate its mass adoption. As observed, the number of application inscriptions grew significantly in 2024. Bitcoin-NFT technology has the potential to foster innovation in the digital asset market. Source: Dune Source: Dune Dune Dune Taking that into account, it was only a matter of time before Ordinals and immersive augmented reality (AR) merged. The Jade98 platform introduces the first-ever AR/VR inscriptions (Jade ARdinals), set to redefine the standards of digital collectibles. It was created to enhance efficiency, transparency, and unique user engagement in the DeFi segment. With the Jade98 platform, you can not only upgrade your existing BRC collections but also craft ARdinal collections right from scratch. Let's explore the groundbreaking Jade98 platform, which allows its users to create Jade ARdinals and earn rewards for their activity. About JD98 token To understand the whole Jade98 Platform ecosystem, it’s important to learn the main functionality of its basic element. The JD98 token is the cornerstone of the entire ecosystem. It facilitates payments for core functionalities, such as using AR technologies, on the platform. Creators also receive staking rewards in $JD98 tokens. Its primary utility is to support commissions and transactions throughout the platform, serving as its vital lifeblood. Epoch-Based Calculations System: Enhancing Control and Simplicity At the heart of the Jade98 platform lies the concept of epochs — fixed intervals of time 1999998 sec. At the end of each epoch, significant events occur, such as stakers receiving their JD98 rewards or the burning of the revenue treasury. Check out the detailed scheme of the platform below: These are the main tokenomics processes that maintain the functionality and financial payback of the system. Unlike the tokenomics of many other DeFi platforms, all processes on the Jade98 Platform are fully transparent, with no hidden pitfalls. Now, let's review each of these processes individually. Platform Service Revenue: Monetizing AR Services Central to Jade's platform revenue model is the provision of augmented reality (AR) services. You have the freedom to craft an exciting ARdinal collection from scratch, complete with all metadata. Overall, you get the full package: create your AR, mint it on the blockchain, and showcase your unique digital masterpiece. For these innovative opportunities, users pay a service fee in BTC upon initiating the mint transactions (similar to Luminex/Unisat inscription service). This revenue is collected in the platform’s treasury for subsequent distribution through various mechanisms: rewards pool for stakers, Buyback and Burning mechanism, and other processes that ensure sustained growth and profitability of the Jade98 platform. Buyback and Burning Mechanism Another important feature of the Jade98 platform is the Buyback and Burning mechanism, wherein 20% of incoming revenue is allocated towards purchasing $JD98 tokens from the market. The process is depicted in detail in the upper part of the whole Jade98 platform tokenomics scheme. As you can see, the Service Revenue users pay for ARdinals creation, which is then converted to JD98 for further burning and then accumulated in the Burning Treasury to be systematically burned at the end of each epoch. The system sends them a Bitcoin Eater address, thereby enhancing the token value. Staking: Empowering Token Holders Stakers on the platform can enjoy multiple avenues for staking, enabling them to extract tokens from circulation and lock them within the platform in exchange for a share of profits generated during the epoch. As you can see from another part of the tokenomics scheme, there are several ways of staking available. Single-asset Staking (JD98 token) In this case, you'll receive your rewards at the end of the epoch. Multi-asset Staking (JD98 + ARdinals) For the ​​Jade Pair Staking, you’ll need to get an ARdinal from Jade ARdinals Collection. This will increase your rewards by staking a special Jade ARdinal with JD98$. The payment amounts and, accordingly, the APY indicator are affected by: Number of stacked $JD98 Type of staking you chose Rarity of staked ARdinals Number of days in the epoch your assets were staked Number of epochs before this position was already staked Number of referrals a user has and how much they have staked Number of stacked $JD98 Type of staking you chose Rarity of staked ARdinals Number of days in the epoch your assets were staked Number of epochs before this position was already staked Number of referrals a user has and how much they have staked Initially, Simple Staking will be developed and launched using a simplified formula. Over time, it will be enhanced by refining the formula and adding additional assets for boosting. Staking Rewards Distribution: Ensuring Fairness and Efficiency At the end of each epoch, rewards from the previous epoch are calculated and disbursed from the Reward Pool in $JD98 tokens. Thus, new rewards are sent to users every three to five weeks. Regular revenues enable you to redistribute your income correctly and reinvest a portion for additional earnings. Users have the option to receive payouts directly to their addresses or initiate transactions to claim their rewards, with the latter option to minimize transaction fees. Additionally, accrued rewards incur compound interest if left unclaimed. Conclusion At Jade98 Platform, we strive to develop an effective and transparent tokenomics system that will not only enhance AR/VR functionality but also contribute to our users' success and increase their income. The groundbreaking integration of AR services with Ordinals will boost the incorporation of the Bitcoin blockchain into the DeFi sector and its mass adoption worldwide. This represents a perfect new direction for immersive, real-world applications to develop and a powerful means to foster a sustainable digital economy. Follow our X(Twitter) to get more information about upcoming events. X(Twitter) X(Twitter) Join Telegram chat for discussions. Telegram chat Telegram chat

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A few weeks earlier, I received an email from a founder seeking help with his pitch deck. This deck wasn’t getting much traction, with one investor bluntly responding to it, “Your revenue model doesn’t make much sense.” And it really didn’t—at least, not on the slide: 7 different revenue streams, confusing pricing models, and zero information on the actual target persona. It was chaotic and unconvincing. Just like with your go-to-market slide, when it comes to the business model, it’s not enough to simply describe your pricing. In order to convince investors, your slide must explain the following: how you will make money
why that engine will be efficient
how it will turn into a competitive advantage in the long run And that’s where things get tricky. Many believe the best course of action is stripping the business model slide to the bones and avoiding burdening it with unnecessary metrics and information. The problems begin when some of those metrics and information you leave out turn out to be pretty darn necessary for selling your model to investors. To help you nail the business model in your investor story, I’ve gathered all the key mistakes we at Waveup see founders making - and how to fix them. Mistake #1: Treating Your Business Model as a Pricing Slide This is by far the most common issue with the business model slide I see. Every other revenue slide we receive from SaaS startups looks like this: This is not a revenue model slide—it’s a pricing list. Investors don’t care how much you’re going to charge your customers without the actual context explaining your vision. Charging $25 per month might be great if you spend $1 on user acquisition, but it will be terrible in an industry where the average CAC per account is $1000. Instead of listing your tiers, tell investors the general mechanics of your business model. Mention all your primary revenue streams: subscriptions, transaction fees, onboarding revenue, etc. Explain their logic and the key pricing drivers (number of seats, features, or any other relevant levers). And if you don’t have much to write about - that’s ok, just keep it simple. A good, super basic example is below from a deck that raised $7M in funding. Mistake #2: Having 5+ Revenue Streams Here is another extreme: founders often fall into throwing on the slide every single way they plan to earn money. The more, the merrier, right? Not exactly. While the benefits of the well-diversified revenue stream model are well understood in later stages, early on, investors don’t want to wade through revenue streams that aren’t core to your business model. For many businesses, these can include advertising, affiliate marketing, or most commonly, the sale of data (and most often, founders have no clue what data they will sell and how; it just seems like a good idea to throw in a fancy extra money source). A good example is from the deck we were reviewing recently that listed all of the most common business models under the sun: The thing is, complexity can be timely and called-for strategy, especially in the later stages, where it reflects the mountains of accumulated data, tested ideas, and resources. For an early company, however, it indicates a lack of clear vision and certainty, leading to overheads and friction during implementation. When you’re starting, you focus on testing and refining a single idea before you move on to the next one, and that’s what investors expect to see you do with your business model. Keep in mind that an effective model for an early-stage company will most often have up to three leading revenue streams, with the biggest focus on one or two. For each revenue stream, give a succinct, one-sentence explanation on how exactly they work, and only then talk numbers: the price range for your tiers, the % you’ll earn, and so on. If the vision includes more revenue sources, clearly label which are the focus today - and which are reserved for the future. A simple slide from the deck that raised over $3M in funding is below: Mistake #3: Not Showing Your Business Model’s Competitive Advantage Every business model that stands a chance on the market and resonates with investors has some sort of competitive leverage—a business moat, so to speak. It’s the “secret sauce” that de-risks your business model and explains why it’s going to work long-term. Depending on your case, this leverage might be: Low-cost model, due to low or zero CAPEX or R&D costs. High margin/high-yield model due to some inherent advantage in how you structured your cost/revenue base. Effective land and expanded motion. Super scalable/high-velocity business model, etc. If your revenue model has an edge over your competitors, don't shy away from highlighting this as a key selling point. We’ve seen founders do this a few times, and it works well with investors. You might mention the competitor’s name or leave it out; the point is to demonstrate your unique advantage in comparison. Here’s an example of how one client did this: Mistake #4: Not Talking About Business Model Economics The strength of your business model, or its 'moat,' hinges on solid unit economics. You don’t have to go too deep in the weeds and start breaking down all your metrics from COGS to Payback time in detail—save this for your financial model. What’s crucial is to generally illustrate the most attractive aspects of your model through unit economics to support the bold claims you make in the title. The following metrics work well for convincing investors: Low CAC with the amount of $ spent per customer. High LTV with the amount of $ generated per customer. A favorable LTV to CAC ratio. Short payback cycles against industry benchmarks. High profit margin per customer/order A good example from a hospitality deck that raised $1M in funding is here: What metrics you mention here and how deep into the nitty-gritty you should delve into ultimately depends on your industry and stage. In case you’re just starting out and don’t have enough reliable data, focus on key assumptions underpinning your model. For example, you can say, 'Based on our tests, our CAC is projected to be $10; with a user price of $30, our model becomes instantly profitable.' Bonus tip: The Ultimate Business Model Slide That Raises Money There is one slide that all VCs love—the golden slide, so to speak—the “How-we’ll-get-to-$100M+revenue” slide. This is a good example: Why is it so popular? It’s because, in a focused, succinct manner, it both presents key business model drivers, provides the path to $100M in revenue, and also verifies that revenue figure against the overall market size. The best part about that slide - as with all good things in life, it’s elegant, simple, and easy to understand. Generally, when building a business model slide, the ultimate final piece of advice is - to skip the complexity. Present investors with a clean slide that reflects your primary model, key revenue streams, and a few crucial unit economics metrics that justify your strategy. Leave more complex strategies for later stages. A few weeks earlier, I received an email from a founder seeking help with his pitch deck. This deck wasn’t getting much traction, with one investor bluntly responding to it, “Your revenue model doesn’t make much sense.” And it really didn’t—at least, not on the slide: 7 different revenue streams, confusing pricing models, and zero information on the actual target persona. It was chaotic and unconvincing. Just like with your go-to-market slide , when it comes to the business model, it’s not enough to simply describe your pricing. In order to convince investors, your slide must explain the following: go-to-market slide go-to-market slide how you will make money why that engine will be efficient how it will turn into a competitive advantage in the long run how you will make money why that engine will be efficient how it will turn into a competitive advantage in the long run And that’s where things get tricky. Many believe the best course of action is stripping the business model slide to the bones and avoiding burdening it with unnecessary metrics and information. The problems begin when some of those metrics and information you leave out turn out to be pretty darn necessary for selling your model to investors. To help you nail the business model in your investor story, I’ve gathered all the key mistakes we at Waveup see founders making - and how to fix them. Waveup Waveup Mistake #1: Treating Your Business Model as a Pricing Slide This is by far the most common issue with the business model slide I see. Every other revenue slide we receive from SaaS startups looks like this: This is not a revenue model slide—it’s a pricing list. Investors don’t care how much you’re going to charge your customers without the actual context explaining your vision. Charging $25 per month might be great if you spend $1 on user acquisition, but it will be terrible in an industry where the average CAC per account is $1000. Instead of listing your tiers, tell investors the general mechanics of your business model. Mention all your primary revenue streams: subscriptions, transaction fees, onboarding revenue, etc. Explain their logic and the key pricing drivers (number of seats, features, or any other relevant levers). And if you don’t have much to write about - that’s ok, just keep it simple. A good, super basic example is below from a deck that raised $7M in funding. Mistake #2: Having 5+ Revenue Streams Mistake #2: Having 5+ Revenue Streams Here is another extreme: founders often fall into throwing on the slide every single way they plan to earn money. The more, the merrier, right? Not exactly. While the benefits of the well-diversified revenue stream model are well understood in later stages, early on, investors don’t want to wade through revenue streams that aren’t core to your business model. For many businesses, these can include advertising, affiliate marketing, or most commonly, the sale of data (and most often, founders have no clue what data they will sell and how; it just seems like a good idea to throw in a fancy extra money source). A good example is from the deck we were reviewing recently that listed all of the most common business models under the sun: The thing is, complexity can be timely and called-for strategy, especially in the later stages, where it reflects the mountains of accumulated data, tested ideas, and resources. For an early company, however, it indicates a lack of clear vision and certainty, leading to overheads and friction during implementation. When you’re starting, you focus on testing and refining a single idea before you move on to the next one, and that’s what investors expect to see you do with your business model. Keep in mind that an effective model for an early-stage company will most often have up to three leading revenue streams, with the biggest focus on one or two. For each revenue stream, give a succinct, one-sentence explanation on how exactly they work, and only then talk numbers: the price range for your tiers, the % you’ll earn, and so on. If the vision includes more revenue sources, clearly label which are the focus today - and which are reserved for the future. A simple slide from the deck that raised over $3M in funding is below: Mistake #3: Not Showing Your Business Model’s Competitive Advantage Mistake #3: Not Showing Your Business Model’s Competitive Advantage Every business model that stands a chance on the market and resonates with investors has some sort of competitive leverage—a business moat, so to speak. It’s the “secret sauce” that de-risks your business model and explains why it’s going to work long-term. Depending on your case, this leverage might be: Low-cost model, due to low or zero CAPEX or R&D costs. Low-cost model, due to low or zero CAPEX or R&D costs. High margin/high-yield model due to some inherent advantage in how you structured your cost/revenue base. High margin/high-yield model due to some inherent advantage in how you structured your cost/revenue base. Effective land and expanded motion. Effective land and expanded motion. Super scalable/high-velocity business model, etc. Super scalable/high-velocity business model, etc. Super scalable/high-velocity business model, etc. If your revenue model has an edge over your competitors, don't shy away from highlighting this as a key selling point. We’ve seen founders do this a few times, and it works well with investors. You might mention the competitor’s name or leave it out; the point is to demonstrate your unique advantage in comparison. Here’s an example of how one client did this: Mistake #4: Not Talking About Business Model Economics Mistake #4: Not Talking About Business Model Economics The strength of your business model, or its 'moat,' hinges on solid unit economics. You don’t have to go too deep in the weeds and start breaking down all your metrics from COGS to Payback time in detail—save this for your financial model. What’s crucial is to generally illustrate the most attractive aspects of your model through unit economics to support the bold claims you make in the title. The following metrics work well for convincing investors: Low CAC with the amount of $ spent per customer. Low CAC with the amount of $ spent per customer. High LTV with the amount of $ generated per customer. High LTV with the amount of $ generated per customer. A favorable LTV to CAC ratio. A favorable LTV to CAC ratio. Short payback cycles against industry benchmarks. Short payback cycles against industry benchmarks. High profit margin per customer/order High profit margin per customer/order A good example from a hospitality deck that raised $1M in funding is here: What metrics you mention here and how deep into the nitty-gritty you should delve into ultimately depends on your industry and stage. In case you’re just starting out and don’t have enough reliable data, focus on key assumptions underpinning your model. For example, you can say, 'Based on our tests, our CAC is projected to be $10; with a user price of $30, our model becomes instantly profitable.' Bonus tip: The Ultimate Business Model Slide That Raises Money Bonus tip: The Ultimate Business Model Slide That Raises Money There is one slide that all VCs love—the golden slide, so to speak—the “How-we’ll-get-to-$100M+revenue” slide. This is a good example: Why is it so popular? It’s because, in a focused, succinct manner, it both presents key business model drivers, provides the path to $100M in revenue, and also verifies that revenue figure against the overall market size. The best part about that slide - as with all good things in life, it’s elegant, simple, and easy to understand. Generally, when building a business model slide, the ultimate final piece of advice is - to skip the complexity. Present investors with a clean slide that reflects your primary model, key revenue streams, and a few crucial unit economics metrics that justify your strategy. Leave more complex strategies for later stages.

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