When the Scoreboard Is Wrong: Why African Builders Are Being Measured by the Wrong Metric by Rollins Orlu Mar 16, 2026 Business The conversation about VC and Africa has been stuck on the wrong question. It isn't whether the model is broken. It's whether we ever understood what the model was actually for. Read more
The Capital-Fit Problem by Rollins Orlu Mar 15, 2026 Business We didn't just change how businesses get funded. We changed what a "strong business" even means. Here's how it happened. Read more
The Wrong Instrument: Why Africa's Builders Need Patient Capital, Not a VC Clock by Rollins Orlu Mar 13, 2026 Business I came across this article by Uwem U. which argues that the VC model was never built for Africa. $200M+ lost in shutdowns in 2023 alone. The right fund simply isn't coming. It's a compelling read. But… Read more
The Founder Trap: Judging Early Hires by a Three-Year Vision by Rollins Orlu Mar 4, 2026 Culture Most founders quietly fall into this trap. I nearly did too. When you build something from the ground up, you live inside the vision. You see the system. The roadmap. The ecosystem that could exist if… Read more
Why Your CV Isn't Getting Responses — And What to Do About It by Rollins Orlu Feb 25, 2026 AI Business Most people don't know why their CV isn't getting responses. They assume it's their experience. Or the market. Or bad luck. Often, it's something much more fixable: the CV was never read by a human in… Read more
Bootstrap or Raise? The Answer Depends on the Clock You're Operating On by Rollins Orlu Feb 17, 2026 Business 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽. And not every business should raise. Most advice about fundraising is incomplete because it assumes all startups behave the same way. They don't. If you're buildin… Read more
Not Every 'No' Is a Verdict on Your Vision by Rollins Orlu Feb 4, 2026 Strategy 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 "𝗻𝗼" 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 A small founder lesson I was reminded of this week: Not every "no" means your idea isn't good. Sometimes it simply means you're speaking to the wrong person … Read more
Not All Capital Is Good Capital — Especially Early by Rollins Orlu Jan 7, 2026 Business 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 — 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆. Recently, I was presented with a fundraising support offer for PerAnkh that, on the surface, looked compelling: • ~$50k worth of "investment-readine… Read more
vBulletin Exploit - Perhaps yet another reason why security should not be left in the hands of the "end user?" by Rollins Orlu Oct 17, 2013 Security You probably already heard/read about attacks compromising websites using a "security weakness in sites powered by the forum vBulletin." In case you missed it, there's a really good post about this on Brian Krebs' websi… Read more
