Posts in Invested Investor Thought
Invested Investor Thoughts: The true scale of investing in Africa

This month, the Invested Investor spent a few days in Cape Town at the annual angel and early stage investor conference in Cape Town, and this newsletter is about what we found. A special thanks to VC4A and ABAN for staging such a great investor summit.

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Invested Investor Thoughts: When is a pivot not a pivot?

Most in our industry have heard the term “pivot”, but what does it mean?
I am an engineer by training and a pivot point is a fulcrum about which an object rotates, which can be by a few degrees, but more often by full rotations.

How does that apply to a startup? How can a startup rotate and avoid becoming dizzy?

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Invested Investor Thoughts: Lost & Found(er) - Lessons learnt when losing a founder

This article is a short insight in to Peter Cowley's thoughts on losing a founder from the point of view of an investor and entrepreneur. He explores the resignation or removal of founders and that there is no formula or rule book that can be consulted. We hope his experience will help anyone having to go through the process.

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