In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Joshua Agonya from the Avoda Institute of Entrepreneurship to talk about the challenges faced by early-stage entrepreneurs as well as early-stage Business Development Services (BDS) providers. Topics covered include financing early-stage businesses, the challenges with "grant-preneurship" (i.e. small businesses starting and surviving on small grants), training and the knowledge gap, as well as the importance of credibility for an early-stage business. Joshua Agonya is the Content and Marketing Director at the Avoda Institute of Entrepreneurship - www.avodagroup.org