Sarah Dusek

Sarah Dusek is a venture capitalist and the co-founder of the venture capital fund Enygma Ventures. She invests in women-led businesses in Southern Africa, develops solutions to wealth disparities, and provides women with access to capital. Sarah co-founded Enygma Ventures in 2017 after successfully selling her company, Under Canvas, for more than $100 million.

Quotes

• The only reason to create a company, for me, is to pioneer and lead and define, redefine, solve problems, and drive change. That's the reason to be in business. For me, there is no other reason to be in business. As far as I'm concerned, making money is just a byproduct.https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement

• When you invest in a woman, she invests in her community, she invests in her family, she invests in the world in which she lives, and everything changes around her. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/

• “What we've seen is what an extraordinary community can be born amongst the female entrepreneurs who've been invested in, which is so exciting to see because they've become their own sort of cheerleading squad for each other.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/

• The idea is: Can we protect this unique area while also creating jobs? Can we provide sustenance for many of the hundreds of families who live in this area? Can we create opportunities not just for employment but also for engagement with a larger community by buying from local producers and suppliers, using their products to connect them to our guests, and creating a cultural exchange? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/

• I'm thinking about how we do more. How do we invest in the planet? How do we create solutions to environmental issues? https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/

• I am building a company because I want to invest in saving the planet, and I want to take people on magical adventures as a sideline. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/

• “If this business was going to last and build something of value, significance, and impact, we had to go big or go home.” https://africanbusinessstories.com/sarah-dusek-co-founder-mp-enygma-ventures-scaling-visions-from-startups-to-venture-capital/

• Women are often afraid to fail. Yet to succeed in entrepreneurship, we must recondition our minds to embrace the concept of failure. How do we now wrap our arms around the concept of failure as not only a requirement for innovation but the pathway guiding our journey toward success? https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2024/4/14/thinking-bigger-a-pitch-deck-formula-for-women-who-want-to-change-the-world-by-sarah-dusek

• "We must be prepared to take big risks and not play it safe if we are to make big things happen. If your idea barely works, just about works, or is average, it's time to reiterate and pivot."https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2024/4/14/thinking-bigger-a-pitch-deck-formula-for-women-who-want-to-change-the-world-by-sarah-dusek

• Do not settle; instead, take the time to learn from the valuable information the market is telling you, adjust your products or your approach, reiterate over and over and over again, and most importantly, do not give up until you get the breakthrough you believe is possible. https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2024/4/14/thinking-bigger-a-pitch-deck-formula-for-women-who-want-to-change-the-world-by-sarah-dusek