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Latest issue · Issue 07
Why we stopped teaching ‘business’ and started teaching ventures
A year inside the Venture Studio: what changed when every cohort had to ship a real product to a real customer before graduation.
10 June 20269 min read
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- 10 June 2026Field NotesIssue 07 · 9 min read
Why we stopped teaching 'business' and started teaching ventures
A year inside the Venture Studio: what changed when every cohort had to ship a real product to a real customer before graduation.
- 27 May 2026Builder's BriefIssue 06 · 7 min read
The portfolio is the transcript
How career-focused learners are replacing the GPA with shipped work — and what employers in Accra, Lagos and Nairobi actually look at first.
- 12 May 2026DispatchIssue 05 · 11 min read
Africa's next decade belongs to the operators
Notes from twelve founders we backed through TALI's Venture Creation track on the gap between an MBA and a P&L.
- 28 April 2026EssayIssue 04 · 12 min read
Apprenticeship, rebuilt for the knowledge economy
The old guild model — master, mentor, peer, work — is the most underrated curriculum design of the last 500 years. Here is how we are using it.
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