#65 - A bit of inspo from Monzo, Tech in Africa + helpful business tool
Sad week to find out Aretha Franklin and Kofi Annan have passed away. God bless their souls
So according to their CEO Monzo is onboarding 18,000 users a week (definitely showing good onboarding signals).
This weeks newsletter is a bit of inspo from Monzo, Tech in Africa
Let's Build Great Products
Form a hypothesis, test and iterate
Classic advice
Sunday Reads
Ride Hailing Technology in Africa – A Welcomed Disruption?
This is a very on the ground coverage of ride-hailing tech (I believe they are positioning themselves more in the logistics business to be fair) from a Consultant.
The combo of smartphone and mapping technology with transportation seems ideal in a region where smartphone penetration is expected to grow at 52.9% year-on-year (Ovum) and where the need for robust infrastructure transformation is critical"
Naija Teenage Girls Win Global Tech Competition In Silicon Valley
A team of teenage girls representing Nigeria has defeated teams from USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to win the 2018 ‘Technovation’ world pitch junior division in San Francisco, USA.
Representation matters
Strategy over speed: How video games prepared me for this
Looking back on the video games I grew up playing, like Theme Hospital and The Sims, I can see how the traits that attracted me to them in the first place are the same traits that attracted me to my role as a Product Manager (PM) at Intercom and helped me to develop the required skills very early on.
Inside Evernote’s brain
This shows the rocky journey one of my former favourite apps has been on
Founded by a true engineer, he brought on a new CEO Phil Libin who wanted to make it the most important brand for people who want to build smarter, more productive lives. Libin later brought on CEO Chris O’Neill who took the company on a journey of financial discipline, reduced the staff and raised non-diluting capital. They have been quite but current CEO is doing some rebranding
Critics say the company doesn’t know what it stands for anymore…
Helpful Tool(s)
54 Essential Business Calculators
A handy tool for different needs when it comes to business.
Work out breakeven, ROI, profit marking, LTV, development costs, etc