Thomas Lorato

Passionate entrepreneur driving economic development. Investing in sustainable agriculture and healthcare to make a positive impact in Africa.

[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

2. The Competitive Deep Dive

Prompt: "Act like a senior consultant preparing a competitive market analysis deck for a $10B strategy client.

Your task:
- Analyze the overall landscape of the [INDUSTRY] industry.
- Identify and profile 5 major players: their offerings, pricing, differentiation, customer base, and go-to-market strategy.
- Use comparison matrices to highlight competitive positioning.
- Reveal where gaps or white space exist in the market.
- Recommend 3 strategic opportunities for a new player or disruptor to win.

Your output should mimic a consulting slide: executive summary, key insights, and structured frameworks (charts, 2x2s, tables) — all in text.

Industry: [INSERT MARKET NAME OR NICHE]"

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

Check out this article: The AfCFTA Startup Acceleration & Partnership Program 2026 for African Startups. - https://t.co/yPUzVksqN1

[Aria Westcott @AriaWestcott]

Google’s Gemini just killed consulting as we know it.

Here are the 3 prompts I use to get McKinsey-grade answers instantly 👇

[Chidanand Tripathi @thetripathi58]

Most people treat their iPhone camera like a point-and-shoot toy.

They’re carrying one of the best true pocket cameras and using about 50% of its potential.

Here are the settings you need to change to fix that:

Starting with the one that confuses nearly everyone…

[Ermias Mekonnen @ErmiasMack1245]

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Land of Origins. From spectacular landscapes to ancient treasures, and from vibrant cultures to untouched nature, Ethiopia offers a journey through history, diversity, and authenticity. A destination where every place tells a story. #VisitEthiopia #LandOfOrigins

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Bret Weinstein just said something that won’t leave my head:
For the first time in 300,000 years of human evolution, we removed the cost from the single biggest reward nature ever invented — sex and pair-bonding.

Reliable birth control + abortion = you can now cash the evolutionary lottery ticket without paying the 20-year mortgage of pregnancy, diapers, sleepless nights, and college funds.

Result? An entire generation of 18–35-year-olds walking around with the energy, libido, hormones, and protective instincts that evolution spent millions of years calibrating for child-rearing… but with zero actual children. That energy didn’t disappear. It got redirected.

Heather Heying’s observation is brutal: young women especially began treating ideologies the exact way evolution wired them to treat babies. Climate change, social justice, whatever the cause of the month is — it gets defended with literal mama-bear ferocity, the same neurochemistry that once guarded a toddler from predators now guards an abstract idea from wrong think.

And now Elon is promising the second shoe is about to drop: AI-driven abundance will make money as “free” as sex became in the 1970s. Both of evolution’s primary carrots — mating and resource acquisition suddenly cost almost nothing.

Weinstein’s ice-cold question: When producing and protecting actual children is no longer the central organizing principle of adult life… and when creating wealth is no longer required for status, security, or attracting a mate…What is left to give a human life direction, meaning, and structure?

Are we about to become a species that invents bigger and bigger dragons to slay just to feel alive? Or do we drift into total listlessness? This 3:52 clip is genuinely haunting.

Watch it all the way through, then tell me — honestly — does this explain the absolute intensity we’re seeing in culture right now, or is Bret completely missing something?

Real answers only. Quote-post if it hits you in the chest like it hit me.

[Abdi 🇪🇹 @Abdrezak1584333]

Addis Ababa Beauty in motion.🌆
#Ethiopia 🇪🇹
#Africa 🌍

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@Hannateklelemji Clean rivers, toilets, running water and stable electricity. This is the foundation of the corridor project. How is it early?

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@Tseday Where can I get this book?

[Dan Martell @danmartell]

29 short pieces of life advice:

#1 Don’t get good at something you hate. Get great at what you love, then pay others to do what you hate.

[Christian Pérez @cperezauthor]

Most men will ignore this. Some will get angry.

But a few will read, understand, and change...

And this is for them.

Brutal. Unforgiving. Unavoidable.🧵👇

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@cperezauthor You nailed it.

[Christian Pérez @cperezauthor]

Countless people grind for money their entire lives… and still stay broke.

They save. They invest. They follow all the “smart” financial advice.

Yet, they never break free. Never build real wealth. Never stop stressing about money.

Why? Because they don’t understand the deeper money truths that actually change your financial life.

Here are 15 practical lessons about money you won’t hear from school or your favorite “wealth guru.” 🧵

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@cperezauthor This is great.

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@solassefa This is excellent. My thoughts exactly.

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@aksumi_t @blen_admassu The turn off is not most women's intelligence or success. It's that they prioritize those things over their man.

Most women lead with their success and accomplishments and those things are not important to most men.

Our preference is a kind, feminine, fit and friendly woman

[Andinet Umoja @AndinetUmoja]

Networking for a United Africa

Networking builds bridges. Across Africa, we have the talent, ideas, and drive to shape the future. Together, we can unlock our full potential.

Andinet Umoja is where entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders collaborate

#PanAfricanUnity

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@SamRosmarin I wonder if all this Aid did was create a culture of dependency.

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

Everything happens for a reason when you give it a reason.

[Thomas Lorato @GrowWPurpose]

@eyobderrick Great. Looking forward to it.