00:00 Four African Uber drivers in 24 hours: Divine appointments in Dallas
01:07 The Boda Boda industry: Uganda’s million-strong motorcycle taxi market
05:11 How PureFlow started: Six bikes and 250 applications
07:54 Why NOT to start in a remote village (but why it worked)
08:49 Building trust and community in tier-two cities
09:31 The incredible story of the customer who returned the bike
11:13 Tier-two and tier-three city advantages over urban markets
12:13 Africa’s youthful population and urbanization trends
13:53 Your ride-share business IS infrastructure
15:20 Partnership as a “God idea” woven into creation
17:03 How prayer preceded the partnership with Colin
17:52 Operating agreements: Trust with accountability
19:37 Scaling community: From 6 to 5,000 customers
20:24 Digital payments and maintaining fellowship
23:23 From finance company to hospitality business
23:41 The competitive landscape and bootstrapped growth model
25:49 Creating raving fans through word-of-mouth marketing
26:13 Customer lifetime value and economic transformation
27:01 The PureFlow Football Club: Creative customer acquisition
28:09 Managing a business remotely: Weekly calls and spiritual check-ins
30:13 Advice for aspiring emerging market entrepreneurs
30:52 Colin’s journey: From pilot to Uganda nonprofit to PureFlow
32:47 Being present: Walking to work and meeting Boda drivers
33:01 Luke 10 framework: Finding the man of peace
34:39 Low-cost probes: Testing ideas cheaply in Africa
35:16 The failed airstrip idea and $26 medicine story
36:01 The freneticism of African markets sparks creativity
37:42 Simple solutions to simple problems scale easily
38:48 Leading with relationship in outdoor culture
40:42 Pressing the gas: Don’t subsidize with philanthropy too soon
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