Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We launched our first campaign and got an incredible amount of support and funding for our product. We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. All of our survival products will make any outdoor lover.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Society is changing and so is its demand and supply for new products and services. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how technology will possibly affect their business tomorrow and here are the responses: #1- Makes growing a community easier. 11- Technologies help the productivity of our business and employees.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

He is also the most engaged business leader on Facebook in Africa. Terry and Tony Pearce of mattress company Purple not only created a product that supports customers with spine problems so they can get a good night sleep, but also used a cost-effective business model that delivered an enormous, immediate game-changing result.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Last year we had a “DeFi” summer, where peer-to-peer finance was being conducted through crypto products worldwide. The growing NFT infrastructure allowed those that were not able to find markets for their art before to monetize their work through online global communities.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

There are many examples of influencers who have leveraged their position to help others as well as their community. Colley has been putting out challenges to engage his viewers with a positive sense of community. Using her platform, she promotes ethical and sustainable products. Donté Colley. Jess Quinn. Tyler Oakley.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face. by Sharon Fishburne. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

After former CEO Steve Jobs departed the business in 1985, Apple entered a ten-year downward spiral as competitors' lower-priced products notably Microsoft Windows, dominated the personal computer market. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We already have the scientific collaboration Knowbella Platform at Minimal Viable Product (MVP).

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Africa Travel was established over 25 years ago, so there was no such thing as search engine optimisation back then. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- I chose not to be as specific as to call it Bear in Mind Productions because I do so much more than just produce videos. Photo Credit: Chris Wain.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

First up in our speaker spotlight series is an edited transcript of our Q&A with Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , a non-profit working to distribute beneficial goods to rural communities in Kenya. Businesses were focusing on inventing new products and tech almost for the sake of it. The inspiration for Bidhaa Sasa?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. It is currently sold in Africa through Kenya’s largest medical distributor. We need to build on the success of Hemafuse to introduce new product lines.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Michelli reveals the secrets and strategies that fueled Airbnb’s meteoric rise in his new book, “ The Airbnb Way: 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging “ As he shows, Airbnb’s founders harnessed the power of design thinking and a firm belief in providing exceptional customer experience.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2011

Despite the intense competition, the company has established a strong position in the B2B events industry, with market presence in Asia Pacific (APAC), Africa, and the Middle East. That was when Salvo ventured into Africa. When we first started running events in Africa, nobody wanted to sell them. Now the reverse is true.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

SXSW brings a huge chunk of the music and tech world together in one city every year in March, and most startups launch their products there every year. The startup was launching its product there, and as part of the promotion plan, we were to go into bars in the evenings and sign people up to use their service. How did I get the gig?

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Women Rising: Microfinance institutions have known for years that women have higher repayment rates than men and that women are more likely to invest the borrowed capital back into their families and local communities. Sites such as OpenSky and Send the Trend utilize recommendations by celebrities and experts to sell products.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2019

Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, you name it. So they’re in-person, but it still kind of had that community feel that we still have online today. So it is an increasingly global community. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Matt Cooper.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. You need a community and ecosystem that adopts and use your tech. I don’t want a world where “trustless” is enforced, that’s boring.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2020

Language and cultural barriers can make it hard to convince others of the value of a product. All Cong Son Ta ever wanted out of life was a chance to make something of himself and contribute to society in a productive way. Now, Cong Son Ta helps people in need from Africa, Syria, Nepal, and more.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard provides one identity which you can use across the web where you need trust for example when trading on auction sites, online dating, in social networking and when applying for new financial products and services that require an identity check. It provides a safer, faster and more convenient way to transact online.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

She started I Am That Girl, a massive online community for the women’s movement. She started Mama Hope, which has established health, education, and agriculture projects around Africa. He cofounded Method products. Joel Holland made films when he was young. Alexis Jones loved story telling. He cofounded Nantucket Nectars.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Another way to describe it is flexibility – for example, you can opt to push a product or service at home or take your idea overseas if the target market allows. The UAE is also a gateway to the hundreds of millions of people making up the diverse populations of the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. The idea immediately resonated. So he had had a taste of it. We watched together.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2015

And it is this trend that our business taps into, offering something a little different – in our case, high quality, contemporary homeware from East and Southern Africa. For us – a company built on the stories of each of our products and the artisans behind them – a short, transparent supply chain is essential.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

These include the continued pursuit of weapons of mass destruction by states and non-state groups, the outbreak of internal conflict across the Middle East and in parts of Africa, the most significant flow of refugees since World War II, and a changing climate that is beginning to affect both developed and developing countries. Real Problems.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

Tell us about your products and services. Our clear vision workplace program, for example, screens the eyes of workers in the factories who are producing products for multinational brands. With our pivot, we will have created a new set of disciplines around design, iteration, safety, and service in low-income communities.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

It’s a community to connect, collaborate, and share advice on how to overcome the wide spectrum of challenges you face in your role.). Conference Organizer: Q1 Productions. Locations and Dates: Johannesburg, South Africa – February 16-17, 2018. APC Executive Assistants Summit. Executive Leadership Support Forum.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

She relocated our family to Cape Town South Africa to support the healing of the country after the end of the apartheid system. Tell us about your products and services. Overall, though, I think the two biggest things that make us unique, is our community of graduates and our curriculum. How do you help clients?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The software product grew from tools and processes developed by Pattern r+d, a sustainability consulting firm run by Cove.tool co-founders Sandeep Ahuja and Patrick Chopson (both building scientists and architects). Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S. What is your top goal for CoveTool for 2020?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series , we caught up with Cassie Sneglar, a rising star in the world of digital entrepreneurship as well as designer, influencer (with a combined following of 800k) and mental health campaigner from South Africa, based between there, London and LA. Cassie Snelgar, The X Cartel Founder.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Tell us about your products and services. Our clear vision workplace program, for example, screens the eyes of workers in the factories who are producing products for multinational brands. With our pivot, we will have created a new set of disciplines around design, iteration, safety, and service in low-income communities.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

She relocated our family to Cape Town South Africa to support the healing of the country after the end of the apartheid system. Tell us about your products and services. Overall, though, I think the two biggest things that make us unique, is our community of graduates and our curriculum. How do you help clients?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

These include the continued pursuit of weapons of mass destruction by states and non-state groups, the outbreak of internal conflict across the Middle East and in parts of Africa, the most significant flow of refugees since World War II, and a changing climate that is beginning to affect both developed and developing countries. Real Problems.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 12, 2018

1-Conveyed an idea based on a product. We came up with our product name before our company name. Our product is Sgt. Ultimately we paired a familiar and interesting shorthand for sleep (zZZ’s) with a product descriptor (bears) for ZZZ Bears. 7- Outcomes of the product. Photo Credit: Justin Baum.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. TSM: What kind of traction are you getting and can you share some examples of your product impact? Quality control?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

A great example of the is last year’s (PRODUCT)RED campaign, a major marketing effort, the goal of which was to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Small business, too, can engage in similar efforts through local charities such as United Way , March of Dimes , and the Red Cross.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2014

This lesson on caring about every aspect of what you create, no matter how small or insignificant it might seem, led to Jobs’ making extraordinary products that generate feelings of awe, loyalty, and passion among Apple’s millions of customers. And recently, Toms launched a new initiative to benefit gorilla habitats in Africa.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2019

Of all the sports leagues they seem to have built the strongest global brand with players coming from Africa, all over Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, etc. The products and fabrics that they sell are innovative without compromising their integrity or their devotion to a clean environment and socially responsible production.

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