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Introducing Growth Clinic - An Accelerator and Incubator for Communities in Nigeria

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Osioke Itseuwa
Nov 24, 2022
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Why?

The world is changing. The way we interact with the internet is also changing. Most people now use the internet via online communities. 

The world is changing, so is the internet. They are leveraging communities more.
The world is changing, so is the internet.
Traditional methods of growing are obsolete, enter communities!
Traditional methods of growing are obsolete, enter communities!

Nigeria is ripe for this change with our growing influencer market and trust-based marketing, communities have become the perfect platform to scale one's business from.

Communities have become the next best thing since sliced bread.
Communities have become the next best thing since sliced bread.

But what is a community?

A community can be said to be a group of people with shared interests and shared goals.

This isn’t enough, communities need to evolve to support this changing world. But how?

Our research has shown that by leveraging what brings the community together; their shared goals and their shared pain points, communities can grow.

With shared goals communities can grow beyond shared interests.
With shared goals communities can grow beyond shared interests.

In this shared economy, as the individuals grow, the community grows. They grow by learning. Learning is central in how a country or an economy grows, it is central in defining what can be created by a community, a country or an economy.

Apply  Why?  The world is changing. The way we interact with the internet is also changing. Most people now use the internet via online communities.   The world is changing, so is the internet.  Traditional methods of growing are obsolete, enter communities!  Nigeria is ripe for this change with our growing influencer market and trust-based marketing, communities have become the perfect platform to scale one's business from.  Communities have become the next best thing since sliced bread.  But what is a community?   A community can be said to be a group of people with shared interests and shared goals.  This on its own isn’t going to pull people to shop, learn and engage though. How would the community evolve to support this changing world?   By leveraging what brings the community together, their shared goals and something extra, their shared pain points.  With shared goals communities can grow beyond shared interests.  In this shared economy, as the individuals grow, the community grows. They grow by learning.  Learning is central in how a country or an economy grows, it is central in defining what can be created by a community, a country or an economy.  Community growing from shared pain points to a shared economy and then an ecosystem.  And as we enable the community to share, new ideas are built on the old. This sharing leads to innovation.  Here innovation does not only solve shared pain points, it creates new markets off of the community. It also creates new products and services from the community.  How?  With our growth and innovation system, we will help communities evolve to create shared wealth from a product built off the community.   For our alpha cohort we will be accepting just 1 community. Once accepted you'll go through our 3 month incubation to evolve your Community and build a product off of it.   You'll get $1,000 USD in funding and step by step guidance to scale your community with our growth and innovation system. We plan to scale this funding as the program grows.  Our Growth and Innovation System.  Our Growth and Innovation System in more detail.  We'll take you and your members through the framework and help you evolve your community into its own ecosystem, building products and businesses and creating shared wealth for your members.  Problem sets going through the GIS become Homegrown innnovative products and services.  Apply, let’s help you scale, innovate and evolve your community to the permanent site.
Community growing from shared pain points to a shared economy and then an ecosystem.

And as we enable the community to share and grow, new ideas are built on the old. This leads to innovation. Here innovation does not only solve shared pain points, it creates new markets off of the community. It also creates new products and services from the community.

How?

With our growth and innovation system, we help communities evolve to create shared wealth from a product built off the community. This is a system of coordinated learning and sharing.

A pictorial explainer of our Growth and Innovation System.
Our Growth and Innovation System.
Our Growth and Innovation System with the segments broken down
Our Growth and Innovation System in more detail.

We take you and your members through this framework and evolve your community into its own ecosystem; building products and businesses and creating wealth for you and your members.

Benefits of the Growth and Innovation System.
Benefits of the Growth and Innovation System.

You’d also join a community of other community owners like yourself where you can share ideas, get feedback, and gain support from others like you.

How can I join?

For our alpha cohort we will be accepting just 1 community. Once accepted you and your community will go through our incubation and acceleration program to evolve your Community and build a product off of it.

We are here for you for the long run, so we’d support you for as long as you let us. The support we offer includes:

  • Access to key community tools and resources,

  • Access to expert 1-on-1s to help you strategise and solve your hardest pain points,

  • Access to a community of community owners like you to learn from, collaborate with and grow. This will come as the program grows.

  • And as an extra, possible access to funding if your community completes this program and successfully creates a product off of it.

Apply, let’s help you scale, innovate and evolve your community to the permanent site.

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