Archive - Grant & Co

New

Top

Discussion

When’s the next Green Revolution?

TLDR: Expect huge growth in African agriculture in the next 20 years. What’s the Green Revolution? From around 1960 to 2020, some countries were…

Apr 15 •

March 2023

13 dumb ways I’ve lost grants

I’ve won plenty—but lost even more. Here are some of the mistakes I made so that you can laugh at me and try to avoid repeating them. 1.Requeste…

Mar 8 •

Is infectious disease the only problem healthcare can solve?

We spend a lot of time in the developed world thinking about healthcare. But maybe we shouldn’t. Healthcare doesn’t much change outcomes for peo…

Mar 5 •

February 2023

The art of 2-way relationships with investors in Africa: Ask these questions

I received feedback that you wanted to know what questions to ask investors in your pitch meetings. Here are some ideas for you. For some backgr…

Feb 26 •

January 2023

Storytelling Doubles your income

Hi All I had an interesting call with a contractor today. I said "you're really good at the numbers/analytical side but there are two sides to t…

Jan 21 •

December 2022

6 tools (and 6 soft skills) that helped me raise $10m

Entrepreneurs often complain that investors and funders are slow to move. Yes, that’s true. AND entrepreneurs usually aren’t investment ready. T…

Dec 8, 2022 •

Can AI raise money for you?

TL;DR. Yes. ish… [Our full thread here] If you haven’t heard, OpenAI (the Elon Musk founded AI startup) just released a new feature called ChatG…

Dec 3, 2022 •

November 2022

How entrepreneurs can prove the "experts" wrong

Every day we see our leaders and experts making mistakes. If only they put me in charge, we say, I could be so much better. This kind of hubris …

Nov 30, 2022 •

Life is sales…and (nearly) no one teaches it

Sales is everywhere: raising money is sales, hiring is sales, dating is sales, life is sales.

Nov 22, 2022 •

August 2022

Fear of Commitment

“The scariest moment is always the moment before you start.” Dear Entrepreneur Friends, I wrote a piece I thought you might like. Enjoy! Best wi…

Aug 17, 2022 •

December 2021

Due Diligence: A counter-intuitive way to make funders move fast

Due Diligence: Double your success rate in half the time Grantors (and funders in general) want to get ALL of the information about your company…

Dec 20, 2021 •

Stop training Farmers! (and start investing in CapEx)

Hi All, I’m really getting into farming in Africa this week. I see so much potential so I want to highlight recent pieces that show the potentia…

Dec 13, 2021 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts