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Africa's First Virtual Go To Market Acceleration Platform For Product-Led B2B Technology Business Funders & Founders.

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Africa's challenge to Silicon Valley https://t.co/pwkHUsaeww

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

This is one of the best overviews I have seen on the shifts we are seeing in the B2B Saas Sales world.

@lennysan has produced another winner

Elena Verna is fast becoming the leading voice in PLG

Well worth the time!!
#b2b #sales #startup https://t.co/oP4Ts5K8I3

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Fascinating insights about how you buy your way into the B2B market at a price point that is 50% a mature market price.

The entry price point will be the main driver of your Go To Market strategy. https://t.co/oS80LYUdCI

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great 'sanity check' list for B2B tech founders

What are you doing right?
What should you do more of?
What should you do less of? https://t.co/5W2RKUZRHb

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

This is gold. This is the 'main' startup market that no one talks about.

Whatever the bootstrapped to funded ratios are in the US triple them for Africa. Our exits will be lower because of a smaller TAM and lower liquidity - closer to 5m usd than 20m.

W…https://t.co/UMAd0DrHmX

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

@hangar49 - love this! Thanks. Chat GPT looks like an 'asteroid' level event for sales and marketing.

In the Performance Management Feedback Loop
1. Create an Action Plan
2. Execute the Plan
3. Monitor Feedback, and Adjust
4. Feedback to change the Actio…https://t.co/Y9JyCfUQki

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great visual to show the migration of Unicorns to liquid markets.

A (very rough) early stage business valuation benchmark would be
3x revenue in emerging market
5x revenue in Europe
7x revenue in the US (and up)

49% of VC deals done in Europe in 2022…https://t.co/vCaMwARvfU

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great share! This is a great resource for businesses looking to fundraise. SAFE agreements are beginning to drive our Angel and early-stage equity markets. The calculator in the link is really useful to unpack the pre-money and percentage ownership conver…https://t.co/gJtVbEMXum

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great data points on the USA VC market from @GregHead

If we 'Africanise' the data it tells a strong story
Africa is 3x the size of the USA
Our population is 4x the size of the USA
Our VC market is less than 1/10th the size of the USA

Simple maths says A…https://t.co/PrEUyyd1To

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great data points from @GregHead.
There is probably a reporting bias in the data meaning that as we move further away from the SV marketing machine in North America towards emerging markets bootstrapped businesses are reported on less.

If we 'Africanise…https://t.co/KESbLmP56v

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great share from @JamesDQventures https://t.co/1R6S8QjEZ9

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

GPT 3 is a game-changer for emerging markets!!

We have been watching generative AI for a while and it has looked interesting, the possibilities for generative AI for images is cool but has been a bit of a distraction from the real power. Generative AI on…https://t.co/s266kkfRnF

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

‘Is this startup VC ‘backable’?’ A simplified summary by @lukemostert

[Luke Mostert @lukemostert]

Venture Capital ‘Backable’? 💡

I’ve reviewed over 3000 African startup pitch decks in the last 4 years. The most important question I ask myself each time is.. ⬇

‘Is this startup VC ‘backable’?’ A thread 🧵

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

@KeithGJones @Sw7co we can't change the way the customer buys, we can make it faster and easier #accelerate #sales #growth @Leaderex

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Sw7 are running a workshop at Start-Up & Scale Summit at Leaderex on 14th of September at Sandton Convention Centre.

We have a bunch of comps - if anyone would like to join us with a complimentary ticket please DM me! 
#saas #b2b #startup #scaleup #aws…https://t.co/GdRBeKX91Q

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Dr Seuss does Product Lead Growth and User Generated Content!

#b2b #growth Funny, but also spot on for B2B https://t.co/rZXfp7wKMJ

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Sw7 @aiexpoafrica GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science) @OdetteLJones @HenriZietsman https://t.co/YfaYTad7Vj

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Looking forward to joining @Vel12171 AWS Dev Advocate @SizweNdlovu from #Insuretech @Pineapple_SA & @HenriZietsman to talk about @AWSstartups at the next live #awsofficehours. For Founders, Startups, VCs, join us @twitch.tv/aws tomorrow Thursday 22nd April 12pm SAST!

[Veliswa_Boya🥑🇿🇦 @Vel12171]

I am looking forward to chatting to @SizweNdlovu @HenriZietsman @Sw7co Odette at the next #awsafricaofficehours this Thursday https://t.co/XxoQNCxnvQ on all things @AWSstartups. More details below! See you there. #aws #awscommunity

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

Biggest tech & higher ed story of the last 2 weeks — #Google entering higher ed, offering BA-equivalent degrees

@YahooFinance

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

Great Article From @lpolovets Outlining Getting To #ProductMarketFit: Define & Distinguish Between #User #Beneficiary #Purchaser

[Leo Polovets @lpolovets]

@chiefofstuffs I used clunky terminology in this post from a while back, but 100% agreed. https://t.co/eaJHA0zHCt

[Sarah Tavel @sarahtavel]

I just published Level 2 of the Hierarchy of Marketplaces , which is all about "tipping" a marketplace. https://t.co/kXlePgHLts