Having a fantastic idea is not the major challenge of any startup in Nigeria and Africa at large; the major challenge is building a minimum viable product (MVP) and access to funding. That is what David Lanre Messan popularly known as DLM is doing with his venture studio, First Founders

David Lanre Messan started his entrepreneurial journey at a very tender age. By twenty-three, he became a millionaire by selling digital books he had read over the years. At twenty-five, he had become a millionaire over and over again, and was enjoying the global popularity that comes with it. However, series of wrong life decisions sent him to the rock bottom—he went bankrupt, was arrested and ended up in depression for a year until a spiritual message jolted him back to reality.

Like the usual cliché, when you are this low, the only way is up, DLM picked up his broken pieces and worked his way to the top again.  Today he is the Founder and CEO of First Founders, a venture studio that focuses on funding and helping startups create valuable and sellable products from the scratch. In this interview, read the roller coaster life experience of David Lanre Messan and how First Founders can either fund your startup, or help you raise funds from investors across the globe.