Notes on onboarding the next billion

It all started last Spring on my day-long visit to Khayelitsha, a township located just outside Cape Town in South Africa. I was there on a study trip along with a few other business school students from US, Turkey, China and South Korea. Our day was packed with visits to…

I spent some time late last week chatting with one of our earliest investors, John Dukellis.  John is a Senior Director at PayPal and leads their next generation wallet offerings.  We are privileged to be one of a few investments he has made, and to have access to his perspective and…

This week Apple announced for the first time that it would be offering consumers the option to pay monthly for a new, unlocked iPhone every year “from $32 a month.” (details below) I wouldn’t go so far as to call this deal diabolical, but it is probably only a helpful option…