Insight
Dusek: Realism is a disadvantage in venture capital
“So what we, you know, and sometimes to our fault, we're a bit more realistic. That can be a disadvantage in the venture capital space. You know, you are rewarded for being bold and brave, not conservative and realistic.”
Opinion
Dusek: Female founders are better people managers, listeners, and more intuitive
“We typically tend to be better at, I think we're typically better people managers. I think we're more intuitive and I think we're better listeners.”
Opinion
Dusek: Women founders deliver more consistent performance overall
“But women tend to consistently deliver performance more Consistently and tend to be, I mean, this is very generic, but tend to have sort of a better consistent performance rate overall.”
Opinion
Dusek: African banking systems are more advanced than the US
“So banking systems in Africa, for example, tend to be infinitely more advanced than
The US, for example, because they've had to digitize much more rapidly than the US has”
Insight
Dusek: Female founders traditionally underestimate networking power compared to men
“One of the things I noticed about women, actually, is that we traditionally have underestimated the power of networking. We've underestimated the power of connections for doing business. And I do think men have realized this a lot long ago. And we have been a …”
Insight
Dusek: Being realistic is a disadvantage in venture capital
“Sometimes to our fault, we're a bit more realistic. That can be a disadvantage in the venture capital space. You are rewarded for being bold and brave, not conservative and realistic.”
Opinion
Dusek: African banking systems are infinitely more advanced than the US
“Banking systems in Africa, for example, tend to be infinitely more advanced than The US, for example, because they've had to digitize much more rapidly than the US has”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dusek: Africa will transition to a green economy faster than the West
“And we're going to see, and we are beginning to see a leapfrogging into a green economy, I think much faster than we'll see one happen in the West.”
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2050
Dusek: 25% of the global workforce will reside in Africa by 2050
“I think by 20, 50, 25% of the world's workforce is going to be on the African continent.”
Insight
Dusek: Women have traditionally underestimated the power of networking compared to men
“One of the things I noticed about women actually
Is that we traditionally have underestimated the power of networking.
We've underestimated the power of connections for doing business.
And I do think men have realized this a lot long ago.
And we have been a li…”
Disclosure
Dusek: Enygma Ventures invests exclusively in female founders
“Yeah, we invest only in female founders which is my attempt to counter steer against gender imbalance in the startup world.”
Assertion Supported
Dusek: 98% of all venture capital goes to male founders
“We know we've got 98% of all venture capital going to male founders”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dusek: Lack of market capital drove rapid growth in Enygma's fintech portfolio
“We've had several companies in the fintech space that have really done extraordinarily well over the last few years. And their growth has largely been because of the lack of capital in the markets.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dusek: Africa will adopt a green economy faster than the West
“Also, there's insufficient power supply for the demand across the continent, and we're going to see, and we are beginning to see a leapfrogging into a green economy, I think, much faster than we'll see one happen in the West.”
Insight
Dusek: Founders should not close deals with investors they dislike
“If you don't like the people who are looking to do an investment deal with you before you've even closed the deal, don't close the deal. There's an old adage that says, if people show you who they are, believe them. And if people show you who they are and you …”
Disclosure
Enygma Ventures invests exclusively in female founders in Africa
“We invest only in female founders, which is my attempt to counter steer against gender imbalance in the startup world. We know we've got 98% of all venture capital going to male founders, so our fund is designed to try and contribute towards getting dollars to…”
Opinion
Dusek: Financial services for unbanked populations offer enormous scale
“Several of our fintech companies were focused, are focused on serving an unbanked population, i.e. In designing financial service products for people who are trading or living on two or three dollars a day, the lowest socioeconomic Demographic of society, but …”
Insight
Dusek: Never take investment from people you dislike before closing
“If you don't like the people who are looking to do an investment deal with you before you've even closed the deal, don't close the deal. There's an old adage that says, if people show you who they are, believe them. And if people show you who they are and you …”
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2050
Dusek: Africa will house 25% of global workforce by 2050
“I think by 20, 50, 25% of the world's workforce is going to be on the African continent.”
Assertion Supported
Dusek: Grew a Montana-headquartered startup to over a $100M valuation
“Our headquarters for the business that we grew to being worth over a hundred million dollars came out of Montana, which is not, not, not the usual place you'd think of for growing a big company.”
Disclosure
Dusek is developing a travel venture focused on soil carbon and rewilding
“And one of the large projects I'm working on at the moment is we are developing another, I made my money in travel, and we're developing another travel company now, but we are focusing our energies and efforts on regenerating Vast areas of wilderness to restor…”
Disclosure
Dusek grew a Montana-based business to a valuation over $100 million
“Our headquarters for the business that we grew to being worth over a hundred million dollars came out of Montana”
Assertion Supported
Dusek: Agriculture remains the largest employment sector across Africa
“We do know that across the continent that the largest sector of society is still employed in agriculture. So agriculture is still sort of the largest sector. Aggregate of what people do for work.”
Disclosure
Dusek: Pledged to Become an Investor After Selling Her First Startup
“And made a decision in my own head at one point in my journey while I was raising capital for my own business, that if I did ever sell my company for a large amount of money, that I would become the investor I never had.”
