crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

In many ways the granddaddy of crowdsourcing platforms, Turk enables users to tap into it’s network of workers to perform tasks which computers are unable to do, but which humans can perform quickly and inexpensively. The United States Government. Amazon Mechanical Turk. Victors & Spoils. A buyer works with the team to plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2019

A common complaint from many non-profits is that both government and private funders would rather spend their dollars on ‘sexy’ causes such as children’s charities, cancer, and heart disease, rather than long-term causes like global warming and erasing hunger in Africa. Some laudable non-profit missions are hard to sell to supporters.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Department of State manages America’s relationships with 180 foreign governments, international organizations, and the people of other countries with 270 embassies, consulates, and other posts. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad. Department of State is working on all of them. Support U.S.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). The era of the patriarch is nearing an end. And Beyond….

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

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. But add the entrepreneurial perks available in the many free zones dotted around the country, set up by the UAE government to entice foreign investment, and the reasons are further multiplied.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Most of Africa runs on a cash economy, making it much harder to Africans to access credit, low-cost financial transfers, and other basic tools of a modern economy. .

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Department of State manages America’s relationships with 180 foreign governments, international organizations, and the people of other countries with 270 embassies, consulates, and other posts. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad. Department of State is working on all of them. Support U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2017

A common complaint from many non-profits is that both government and private funders would rather spend their dollars on ‘sexy’ causes such as children’s charities, cancer, and heart disease, rather than long-term causes like global warming and erasing hunger in Africa. Some laudable non-profit missions are hard to sell to supporters.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.” I don’t think investing in Africa is risky. Can you share more about why you take this approach? Why is that? It scared him.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Gather information from government sites like the U.S.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Right now, across parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, people are literally using a kitchen soup ladle and cheesecloth to salvage blood,” says Carolyn Yarina of Sisu Global Health , creator of Hemafuse. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But Socially sharing through the multitude of networks is another way of getting to the customers to sign up for your launch. The then Ahmadians (Non-Muslim) Government of Pakistan joined hands with USA just in revenge of their being declared as Non-Muslims by the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. I think this strategy works. link] Sign up!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Africa ahead in mobile. Governments supportive of technology. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Also, look for resources affiliated with your country’s government. It attempts to influence economic policy, provides educational and networking events, and offering support and referral services. South Africa. Endeavor South Africa. Global Entrepreneurship Network. They can sometimes be more reliable.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Cohen asks. Impact Tech: the intentional use of technology and science to benefit people and the planet.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

There are an enormous number of philanthropic groups around the globe that network through many smaller organizations. Here are a few examples of these larger groups: The Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group (AGAG) is a membership organization of foundations that either fund or are interested in funding in Africa.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. The Honey Bee Network provides opportunities for some of the world’s most marginalized peoples to channel their creative, inventorial and entrepreneurial inclinations.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 2, 2012

Particularly in ex-commonwealth countries in Africa and in Eastern Europe where democracy slipped into bloody dictatorship. Third, it requires behavioural norms of valuing education, ambition, initiative, hard work, politeness, peacefulness, and social networking.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2012

Q: What role can, or should, government play in helping create the next Silicon Valley? Even if you remove legal barriers between people and allow them to interact, they are still separated by distances caused by geography, lack of trust, inefficient social networks and differences in culture and language.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

That SXSW is the Mecca of festivals and the cream of the crop of networking events. We have a special government envoy that tries to bridge the gap between startups and the government and corporations. It uses disruptive technology to measurably save lives in Africa using a profitable business model. FlyZipline.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 11, 2012

” I had no idea what he was talking about and asked him what he meant; “There’s this guy in Africa and he’s been kidnapping kids and forcing them to fight. Invisible Children’s goal was also straightforward: to put pressure on the Ugandan government and other African countries to capture Kony by the end of 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. None has succeeded. “Our Enterprise Ireland has a fund of €10 million to dole out. Ireland Can Help With Going Global.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

But IMO it’ll take a “big bang” multi-party effort rather than an incremental innovation, so it’ll favor large organizations (big companies and/or governments) rather than startups. Government fiat. A couple conceivable scenarios that could bring us to the mobile payments promised land.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements. #7 – Translation of Sundiata. Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Carey Balogh, Brand Groupies ! #11

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Five years ago, almost no one was talking about cloud – but today it is increasingly strategic for a broad range of industries, for academia, for governments. That’s how I joined the company – when Cisco acquired Grand Junction Networks back in 1995. The “Cloud” is an example of how quickly this industry evolves. billion business.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

. “The affirmation reflects the resumption of the downward trend in public deficits and debt, the robust outlook for Israeli growth, and a strengthening in the sovereign’s external balance sheet,&# said Purvi Harlalka, director at Fitch’s Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings Group. of GDP in 2010 from 5.2%

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

The government will provide 40% of the plan’s total budget approved by the Office of the Chief Scientist in the first and second years, 30% in the third and fourth years, and 25% in the fifth year. Established in 1990, TEMPUS covers 27 countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 26, 2023

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app. From questions like, “Does TikTok access my home wifi network?”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

And for a bit of nostalgia for those that connected via modems (our original modems were external about about the size of two Amazon Kindles stacked on top of each other) play this short SoundCloud audio of a modem connecting to the telco network. And he had never known of his success in South Africa. No Internet. No Twitter.

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