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Koi is a platform for people who are passionate about

  • innovating
  • building businesses
  • and impacting the world

Koi supports entrepreneurs through a range of resources (see below) including the KoiDesign framework.  Many organisations including Microsoft, mLab, the Bandwidth Barn, the Innovation Hub and Launchlab provide fully sponsored Koi workshops for startups (see Events below).

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The goal of Koi is to help people create a better world, especially by growing young entrepreneurs, solving social issues and building inclusive economies across Africa.

Passionate about the same things?  then please...
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KoiDesign framework

This simple, powerful framework
shows you what to build and how to succeed at every stage of the journey.

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KoiTips newsletter

Short lessons for entrepreneurs on winning strategies for startups, with over a thousand subscribers.
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KoiGroup community

A lively community of entrepreneurs sharing resources, ideas, opportunities, connections and encouragement!

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Idea Workshops

An intensive three-day workshop based on the KoiDesign framework that has trained hundreds of entrepreneurs over five years.
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Masterclasses

Free indepth afternoon workshops on specific challenges facing entrepreneurs, always followed by "Coffee with Neil" !
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Coffee with Neil

Regular sessions where you can get free advice and input from Neil and other entrepreneurs over some coffee.
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Warrior Workshops

An interactive three-day workshop to develop personal mastery skills in entrepreneurs.
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The Koi Funnel

The Koi Funnel  provides especially interesting articles for entrepreneurs.
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Resource Maps

Mind maps of useful resources for entrepreneurs.

Coming in 2016
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Mentor Workshops

A one-day workshop for those mentoring entrepreneurs based on the KoiDesign framework and mentoring best practices.
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KoiAccelerate

KoiAccelerate provides everyone in an incubator with a common, proven framework for growing startups.
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Consulting

KoiStrategy, the creator of Koi, provides strategy consulting to mature startups, corporates and technology players.

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MASTERCLASSES  in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2016

"The Scaling Series!"
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Master of every aspect of scaling in this series of masterclasses in 2016.  We'll be covering all the nuts and bolts as well as bringing in experts from Microsoft to teach you how to tap into their tech and sales resources to reach your goals.

Every class is followed by Coffee with Neil.   Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark.

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KoiTip #09 - Systems are your Building Blocks

I’m helping a startup prepare for a critical sales presentation.  Errol is not present, so we don’t have his correspondence with the client.  And no one can find the phone number of the consultant working for the client.

It’s a mess...  ...but let’s imagine how things would be for this startup if only they had...  More.


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This guest lecture at Stellenbosch University by the founder of Koi, Neil Hinrichsen, will show you nine major areas of opportunity for entrepreneurs in South Africa.

There is more information on these areas in KoiTip #03 "If you want to make a billion Rand "   Read the tip...


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The Koi platform for innovators was created by Neil Hinrichsen, an entrepreneur with decades of experience who cofounded two successful startups, both of which were acquired, one for $110m.  Since then he has coached hundreds of startups, consults to corporates on new ventures and advises the CSIR and universities on commercialising new technology.

Read more about Neil or contact him via his blog Diary of a Change Agent.

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