STARTUP STRATEGY · GO-TO-MARKET · FUND-RAISING · COMMERCIALISATION

I help founders and organisations turn products and ideas into commercially viable businesses.

Startup strategy, go-to-market, fund-raising, partnerships and product commercialisation, from an operator who builds and runs a technology business, not just advises on one.

Founder & CEO, Akòwé · Director at Founder Institute Lagos · SMEDAN-licensed Business Development Support Professional · Faculty, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University · Mentor to founders on several programmes including Founder Institute, iDice and Spark Lab · 15+ years in digital marketing

Not ready to talk?

Check your investor readiness in 5 minutes. It is free, and you leave with a score and your biggest gaps.

WHERE I CAN HELP

Problems I solve

If any of these sound familiar, we should talk.

The product exists, but sales aren't predictable

You have something people want, yet revenue swings month to month and there is no repeatable way to win customers.

You need a practical go-to-market plan

Clear priorities, a defined route to market and a simple but effective plan that your team can actually execute.

You are preparing to raise funding

Investor-ready positioning, a credible story backed by the numbers, and a clear plan for approaching the right investors and funders.

A partnership or market decision is on the table

You are weighing a partner, a new market or a pricing change and want a second opinion from someone who has done it.

Your organisation needs a facilitator or advisor

Entrepreneurship, innovation or commercialisation work that needs a credible, practical lead.

HOW I CAN HELP

Three ways to work with me

Defined scope, defined timeline, fixed fee. You know what you are getting before we start.

FOR ORGANISATIONS

Corporate Advisory

A defined engagement on one commercial problem: go-to-market, fund-raising, partnerships, revenue operations or product commercialisation.

✓ Discovery and diagnostic
✓ Prioritised written recommendations
✓ Implementation roadmap with owners and timelines
✓ One review meeting

Fixed fee agreed in writing after a scoping call.

FOR FOUNDERS

Founder 4-Week Sprint

Four weeks of structured one-to-one work on your biggest commercial priority, such as sales, go-to-market or fund-raising, ending with a plan you can run on your own.

✓ Pre-sprint questionnaire so we start fast
✓ Four 60-minute weekly sessions
✓ Written action plan and shared tracker
✓ Email support between sessions

₦450,000 or $400 internationally

Fill out a short application first so I can confirm fit.

FOR FOUNDERS

Founder Strategy Intensive

A focused 90-minute working session on one important business problem, so you leave with a clear answer and next steps.

✓ Pre-session questionnaire
✓ One 90-minute working session
✓ Concise written action plan

₦150,000 or $150 internationally

Fill out a short application first so I can confirm fit.

Free for founders

Four free tools to test your thinking

Practical diagnostics I built from working with founders. Use them to find your weak spots before an investor, a cofounder or the market does.

Idea

Business Idea Reality Checker

Stress-test your idea before you spend more time and money on it.

Co-founders

Cofounder Equity Split Calculator

Work out a fair equity split between co-founders.

Cash

Founder Salary & Runway Planner

Plan what you can pay yourself and how many months of runway that leaves.

Fund-raising

Investor Readiness Index

Find out how investable your startup is today, with your score and your biggest gaps.

SPEAKING

On stage and in the room

Founder programmes, accelerators, universities and corporate events.

Speaking at The Growth Room

Speaking at Pitch Friday by TechPoint

Running a programme or event? I also facilitate workshops and speak on startup commercialisation, go-to-market and fund-raising. Enquire about a workshop →

WHY WORK WITH ME

An operator, not just a commentator

My advice comes from building and running a technology business and from years inside the startup ecosystem.

I founded and run Akòwé, so I know first-hand what it takes to take a product to market and win institutional customers. As a Director at Founder Institute Lagos, I help founders pressure-test their businesses, and I mentor across the Founder Institute network in Cape Town, Kigali and San Francisco.

For over a decade I have also run FlyMyAds, a performance marketing agency, and I teach digital marketing and digital technology for business at Pan-Atlantic University. The result is advice that is practical, commercial and grounded in what actually works.

Read my story →

TRACK RECORD

Built and run in the real market

40+

corporate clients served by Akòwé

Since 2020

Founder & CEO of Akòwé, from launch in September 2020

TechCrunch

Akòwé featured, September 2023 →

Yale Africa Startup Review

Akòwé listed, 2023 →

Founder

Akòwé

I founded and run Akòwé, a platform that issues and instantly verifies academic records for educational institutions.

Director

Founder Institute Lagos

A Director at Founder Institute Lagos. I also mentor founders across the Founder Institute network, including Cape Town, Kigali and San Francisco.

70,000+

Business owners reached

Reached through Boost with Facebook, a Facebook-sponsored programme on which I was the lead trainer.

Faculty

Pan-Atlantic University

Teaching digital marketing and digital technology for business at the Enterprise Development Centre.

BDSP

SMEDAN-licensed

Licensed Business Development Support Professional: Access to Markets, Advisory and Access to Finance.

Have a commercial problem worth solving?

Tell me about it and I will tell you honestly whether, and how, I can help.