Feed the 5000 once, it’s a miracle. Feed them twice, you’re a caterer. At the Transformational Business Network, we teach them to fish! Am thrilled to have been called upon to be a pitch judge at the Aga Khan Scale Kenya Forum. The funding statistics in East Africa are, to put it mildly, alarming. In the last two years alone, 90 percent of all disclosed investments went to startups with either European or American founders. This strong selection bias towards expatriate start-up propositions is troubling. To invert this statistic, we need to be intentional. We must build a culture that enables our entrepreneurs to tell their stories; they need to be skilled, and mentored to grow businesses that are too solid to ignore.