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The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Make it stand out Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/7b13d0ee-d1b7-477e-be53-f0cf2587695b/med-badr-chemmaoui-ZSPBhokqDMc-unsplash.jpg Blog - The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Make it stand out Photo by Med Badr Chemmaoui on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/88e99d0f-d2ae-4ee0-93e4-6a9dde25e691/rohan-makhecha-jw3GOzxiSkw-unsplash.jpg Blog - The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Make it stand out Photo by Rohan Makhecha on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/5bbe9934-192f-46fd-82cb-4660773ed8f5/StartupEcosystemByCatandDevStage+%281%29.png Blog - The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Make it stand out This downloadable resource provides an overview of the Windhoek Startup Ecosystem within the broader Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. This overview focuses only on actors that support technology-enabled startups with rapid growth potential at the different stages of development of startups as adapted from Startup Commons and localised to the Namibian context. The findings are based on data collected in July 2021-January 2022, with updates in May 2024. Design Credit: Tanya Stroh, Turipamwe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/e9e14e50-29fa-492d-89df-62229c7f569b/EisenbergModel.png Blog - The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Make it stand out The downloadable resource presents an overview of the Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem as adapted from Isenberg (2010). It focuses on presenting the ecosystem and its support network for particularly technology-enabled and innovative startups but includes support for MSMEs. As my Doctoral Research focuses on Startup Culture, the resource dives deep into the cultural differences between the broader Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and its inner Startup Ecosystem. The findings are based on data collected in July 2021 – January 2022, with updates in December 2023. Want a copy? Keep on scrolling! Design Credit: Tanya Stroh, Turipamwe. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/consulting-with-heart-facilitating-turipamwes-innovation-process-in-namibia monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/b6d3e002-0ddf-4ff9-8aae-d05346dd02bc/IMG_4379.jpg Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out With Turipamwe founder, Tanya Stroh. Our collaboration began in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. After tight lockdowns in 2020, the country opened up at the end of the year. In April 2021, I travelled to Namibia and restrictions on gathering and travel were not tights. The situation changed drastically in June 2021, and our innovation process needed to accommodate the quickly changing circumstances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/2cdaf607-2bb1-457a-9df9-ac2cbb889929/IMG_2525.png Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out Futurice’s co-founder Hanno Nevanlinna, who is behind the LSC process, has been acting as a mentor to the Turipamwe team, and shared insights into corporate innovation and the toolkit. This photo from 2021 is after a training with Nevanlinna, with one of Turipamwe’s team members joining online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/c987ee97-16e2-43c3-aa4e-4145d25ec05a/IMG_4927.jpg Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out During the innovation process, I used time-boxed activities to focus the ideation and new service creation development. The team often worked with print-out LSC canvases to ensure they considered everything. In this session in 2021, I invited them to move around the studio space where canvases and discussion points had been prepared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/0ab0a4e7-9006-456b-a832-15c10033c8df/With+the+Turipamwe+team%2C+the+Namibian+design+agency%2C+bringing+design+thinking+to+Namibia.+Photo+by+Turipamwe.JPG Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out Turipamwe team and I after a collaborative workshop on developing a new service in 2021. Photo: Turipamwe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/85237a04-365d-43b6-a0c4-dda3cbf1d034/IMG_4378.jpg Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out In some of the exercises, the team was split into two to focus on specific areas. Small team work fostered teamwork and interpersonal skills, and increased confidence in team members to share their perspectives in a cultural environment, where oftentimes the leaders are looked to for guidance and vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/ffb3638b-2468-4882-8f12-5c825fac0390/aebd1ff6-9f7a-45ab-91b3-44263bf992fb.JPG Blog - Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia - Make it stand out With Turipamwe founder, Tanya Stroh, in 2021. Our business partnership expanded beyond Co-Creation, as we additionally embarked on collaborating on the Omeho Project - an idea we discussed and ideated at a lunch meeting. I have a feeling we will continue working together for a long time to come. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/how-to-overcome-challenges-on-a-phd-journey monthly 0.5 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/d8be4976-574e-4263-845b-870846c2380f/Blog.jpg Blog - How to Overcome Challenges on a PhD Journey - Me back in 2019 I’ve just started the PhD Programme at Loughborough University London. I’m sitting at my desk in the PhD working space, balancing my confidence with my self-doubts, having no idea that in less than six months, a global pandemic would throw all of us the meanest curveball and I wouldn’t return to London in at least four years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/f1df4bf0-d540-44a2-aa9f-640fe46c4f3b/Phoebe.jpg Blog - How to Overcome Challenges on a PhD Journey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/781fab04-7bee-44f7-a806-0aafba3e3acf/Blog+1.jpg Blog - How to Overcome Challenges on a PhD Journey - “Look at failure as data.” Auri Evokari Me in 2023, still at it inspite of if all, with more and more learnings in my toolkit and, more importantly, a healthier detachment from the work. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/is-my-business-viable monthly 0.5 2022-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/51aa6c98-eaf9-48cc-a4a3-aaab51507fb2/XHWV8527-Edit.jpg Blog - Is my business viable? - Make it stand out Talking to creative entrepreneurs at I Create Namibia, 18.6.2022. Photo by Willem Vrey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/6c5d35ec-720a-4fd0-a0b0-b9245ef77f48/XHWV8423.jpg Blog - Is my business viable? - Talking at I Create Namibia 18.6.2022. Photo by: Willem Vrey Talking to creative entrepreneurs at I Create Namibia, 18.6.2022. Photo by Willem Vrey. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/how-i-raised-funds-for-my-doctoral-research monthly 0.5 2021-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/91291a64-66a5-4c3a-a854-287397836e25/IMG_2325.jpg Blog - How I raised funds for my Doctoral Research - Make it stand out Photograph by Annette Evokari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/5cfa7c52-4ad8-44a2-aa7e-67168c1dfa92/Na%CC%88ytto%CC%88kuva+2021-12-7+kello+10.45.22.png Blog - How I raised funds for my Doctoral Research - Make it stand out Photo credit: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/c6d058aa-9d8b-4c7d-ac4f-dce71953e867/C2BA4DC1-6F42-4EF8-9810-2983013BAD39.jpeg Blog - How I raised funds for my Doctoral Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/pitch-your-talent monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1611733226768-HIKFJM69I65JENQL68H4/CF_logo_transparent.png Blog - Pitch your Talent - Background In January 2021 I had the pleasure to contribute to Contact Forum 2021 - Finland’s largest career event for university students and recent graduates - with two webinars on pitching your talent as a jobseeker. The sessions reached 300+ participants. Those who provided feedback rated the session enjoyable (5/5) and useful for jobseeking (4,6/5). In times like these, we wanted to share openly these tips and the tool to help anyone to pitch their talent. This blog and the exercise sheet have been prepared for the target audience of Contact Forum but they can be applied in various situations. No matter where you are on your career journey, feel free to test the exercise out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1611736775163-Y6UJDG62568G2NU7RU3B/2a7605a0-550e-420a-8c83-61a7161a18cc.jpg Blog - Pitch your Talent - The Art of Pitching can be applied in versatile ways. A startup founder might use the techniques to convince customers or investors. A project manager might benefit from the sales-oriented nature of the pitch when presenting project results to the board of directors. The clear structure pitches have can be helpful for the academic preparing a conference presentation. The pitching method can also be what a jobseeker needs to land that next opportunity. To help in developing a jobseeker’s pitch, I outlined some key steps below and prepared a worksheet for you to download for free below. The outcome of the exercise is a five-sentence pitch you can use in job application documents, on your LinkedIn-profile, or when introducing yourself in an interview. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/heres-to-another-year-of-funding monthly 0.5 2020-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1606933851841-BZWLSY09YVKCQVDOG9ZK/leap.jpg Blog - Here’s to tenacity and one more year of funding ”Sometimes it pays off to take the leap. I’m happy to share that I am a recipient of a one-year research grant from Liikesivistysrahasto, the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education. I’m honored that a distinguished foundation recognizes the importance of researching entrepreneurship ecosystems in Southern Africa. Thank you! I started my Ph.D. journey less than two months ago when I moved to London without any external funding. Receiving this grant is not only a validation of the need for this research but crucial to making it happen. Many friends encouraged me to stay in Finland and only start once I had secured funding. I was, however, optimistic and so I packed all my courage and took a leap. Here’s a photo of me taking an actual leap at the top of Soussusvlei’s Big Daddy in Namibia, one of the highest sand dunes in the world. Considering whether or not to go for it (whatever ’it’ is)? Do it! #resilience #courage #research #funding” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1606899568422-2RM891A41SXK7KHACOTW/For+blog.jpg Blog - Here’s to tenacity and one more year of funding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1606935305691-GJFHAYDSU115XDQGTBE3/80d450da-341e-43a4-afad-7ad064a5ad60.jpg Blog - Here’s to tenacity and one more year of funding - 2021 just got a whole lot better. I’m humbled to share that I have received two grants that together take me through another year in my Doctoral Research. I am a grateful recipient of a stipend for fieldwork costs from Hans Bang Stiftelsen and a grant for full-time studies from Liikesivistysrahasto (Foundation for Economic Education). The funding is critical support in my pursuit of knowledge about Startup Culture and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in southern Africa. https://auriwustrow.com/blog/how-to-pitch-a-startup monthly 0.5 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1606486315508-ELEP8O5NSHXPFVZLYUBM/publicspeaking.jpg Blog - How to Pitch a Startup: 101 - Public speaking is one of the most common phobias in the world so it's completely human to feel like that Eminem song before walking on stage... "He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out" What people sometimes forget is that even those who seem confident on the outside can be extremely nervous on the inside. They just learned to control their nerves a bit better. Or they practice more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1606488352995-RW1EAOCPI914MXEU25W3/_fxt6630-edit.jpg Blog - How to Pitch a Startup: 101 - I’ve had the pleasure of coaching pitching to PhD students in London, to non-profits, corporates and sales teams in Finland and to early-stage startups from Finland and southern Africa. I like taking a personal and tailored approach to the coaching, and it’s rewarding to see the growth in the short amount of time. With the confidence in public speaking developed, some founders have gone on to win startup competitions and even raising investment. 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My expertise lies in designing entrepreneurship support in Finland and in emerging markets such as Sub-Saharan Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/efd91af5-a028-4655-9a85-8c337a610902/XHWV8423.jpg Home - Coaching I coach pitching and facilitate co-creative workshops on product or business development. Besides directly serving corporations, I collaborate with entrepreneurship support organizations to train startups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1600243034576-OZCP0MKN5FLF6UKOFFTK/image-asset.jpeg Home - Research As a Doctoral Researcher, I study the role of Startup Culture in entrepreneurship ecosystems in southern Africa. 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The way Africa is portrayed in Western countries like Finland contributes to a lack of understanding about urban, contemporary, and middle-class Africa. Meanwhile, local startup entrepreneurs stand to gain from increased awareness of their journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1622735053807-NIJP09TPNVESILNA93VC/noun_loudspeaker_2181932.png Omeho Project - The project collects quality imagery of contemporary, urban Africa from Windhoek, Lusaka, and Cape Town depicting startup entrepreneurs at work. Photos are shared through a digital photo bank, a strategic social media campaign, coffee table books, and traveling exhibitions in the three cities as well as in Helsinki, Finland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1622734977332-IRUV108R86JNEUA7W1IP/noun_photographer_3916152.png Omeho Project - Local photographers in Namibia, Zambia, and South Africa are selected through an application process for a paid partnership. Together with the Omeho Project, the photographer conceptualizes imagery for both the photo bank and the exhibitions and book. The project supports creative entrepreneurs by providing new revenue streams and exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61b9f3f2cdd54a05da0e95/1625229450793-44DQ5HZD2HEM8HLPW0JR/Photographer+2_+The+Stockphoto+One+%282%29.jpg Omeho Project - Make it stand out A founder pitches her business to a potential partner or investor in Namibia. 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