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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. MySQL, PHP, Software Architecture, Software Development, Software Testing, SQL, Web Hosting, AngularJS. Project/ Product Management. Sales & Marketing/ Writing.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Network Up. But the key drivers: un / under-employment, personal & governmental debt, globalization, resource scarcity, transparency & shifting demographics will mean collaborative networks will form throughout our life. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey.

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Most Overused Buzzword On LinkedIn Profiles? Creative.

YoungUpstarts

At least, that’s the consensus from professional network LinkedIn, who found that the description topped the list of the most overused words and phrases in its member profiles for 2012. Egypt: Multinational. Here’s a quick look at what the 2012 No. Brazil: Experimental. Canada: Creative. France: Responsible.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities. But have no doubt the other 3 senses will arrive on the web. Web enabled – of course. It’s about being there. APP Appeal.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent.

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

The workshop participants, of which there were about 30, brought diverse experience and expertise to the table – from young entrepreneurs with just a few years of experience in the consumer web, to seasoned executives with decades of experience in semiconductors, telecommunications and enterprise software.