Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal.

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After building a financial services company in the United States and leading an agribusiness social enterprise in Kenya, Madison combined the insights from his professional experiences to start Farm Shop, an organization that aims to increase the incomes of the entire supply chain of smallholder producers in Kenya by creating retail agri-inputs franchises.

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