• Building the future, with Kendall Ananyi: reaching $1million in revenue without raising investment

    Building the future, with Kendall Ananyi: reaching $1million in revenue without raising investment

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    โ€œAlways provide a fantastic serviceโ€

    On todayโ€™s episode, we have Kendall Ananyi, co-founder of Tizeti which operates as Wifi.com.ng

    Wifi.com.ng provides unlimited uncapped internet to users for less than $25 per month.

    Kendall has an interesting story.

    He has studied as an engineer and has worked with ExxonMobil, Microsoft, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    He started Wifi.com.ng in order to solve a personal problem. He wanted unlimited and fast internet.

    He was told by experts that the idea wasnโ€™t going to work. He was resisted by few people. He had big competition along the way. And he turned turn down $1m funding from a VC because the terms werenโ€™t right.

    He then bootstrapped to a significant revenue before getting into Y Combinator accelerator programme.

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    On this episode, youโ€™ll learn:

    • What the original idea for the business was and how they started wifi.com.ng
    • How to go after and actualize an audacious goal
    • Why several people told them the idea wasnโ€™t going to work and what they did
    • That wifi.com.ng was a side hustle and that Kendall had a full-time job
    • How to turn a personal problem into a business opportunity
    • Why competition is not bad for you
    • How to identify your unique selling point
    • How they bootstrapped their company to massive revenue
    • Why they turned down $1m VC funding
    • How they got into Y Combinator
    • Why they launched as Wifi.com.ng instead of Tizeti
    • The lessons they learned from YC
    • The next challenge Kendall intends to solve after Wifi.com.ng
    • And more