YoungUpstarts
APRIL 16, 2018
Technologies — from mobile to cloud — are integral to every business regardless of industry, and those that fail to set an efficient digital strategy and maximize the impact of digitalization risk being left behind. Fact: the world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, by Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.
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thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 30, 2015
Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 30, 2015
Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.
thebarefootvc
JULY 30, 2015
Use a mobile phone to transfer money? And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Including Rwanda, which now has over 60% female representation in its Parliament – instrumental in healing the country from its horrific 1994 genocide.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 28, 2011
On June 17, 1994, the whole country was interrupted by broadcast news—us New Yorkers were watching Patrick Ewing and the Knicks in the NBA Finals. It was the beginning of the biggest media spectacle we had ever seen. Twitter was ablaze with a constant stream of commentary, firsthand reports, tips, discussion, and yes, irreverent humor.
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