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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

Our Chairman and co-founder Alex Allegue pitched Pawame in the global finals of last year’s Harvard Business School New Venture Competition, Pawame having already won the Africa category. Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January. The founders?—?Alex

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Nexpense - you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse).

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Nexpense – you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse).

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When I think of brand affinity, I think of brands like Apple, Starbucks, Jordan. I was brainstorming names with my co-founders CTO Jesse Forrest and CMO Matt Reilly. When the connection you have with your customers becomes an emotional connection, it is called brand affinity. That is why the word Affinity was chosen.

Naming 101
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Backing someone pre-pitch: The story of how I backed Clubhouse

This is going to be BIG.

It was also right around that time when I started CTO School--a small five session series on how to go from being a developer to a technical leader, which blossomed into a not only a very active meetup , but also gave birth to a great conference series as well. Jordan Crook's comparison to Clubhouse as Salesforce for developers is spot on.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

My Mama, the founder of Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz, CA, didn’t allow a lack of college degrees or a business plan to deter her from launching her dream. I am co founder of GreenPal which has been described as Uber for lawn care. This quote is from Oleg Vishnepolsky the global CTO at DailyMail Online and Metro.co.uk.

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7 Highlights from Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

With industries from banking to transportation being transformed and, in some instances, undermined by new business models and technology, executives are smart to wonder, “Are we next?” To confidently answer no, co-founder of Strategyzer Alex Osterwalder told our attendees, “What you really want to do is work more like Amazon. …

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