Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.
thebarefootvc
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources.
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Transformify
JULY 21, 2019
Marie, you were the last person to interview the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, in her home in Calcutta, India in 1997. Pushing a child to be equally good in all areas simply doesn’t work. What was the impact of this meeting on your personal values?
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 6, 2022
Pieter was born and raised in South Africa, moving to the UK in 1997. He is husband to Sophie, a medical oncology consultant, and papa to the awesome Amélie & Olivia. Pieter has a passion for Hi-Fi, music, books, single malt whisky and Smoker BBQs, but doesn’t like wearing shoes much.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase. The Pros and Cons of Fair Trade Coffee. Pros: Keeps grievous violations at bay.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
In the episode, Kristy Kruger talks about picturing unicorns roaming the planes in Africa as a kid and being at a party many years later when the topic of conversation turned to endangered species: It was about a group of five to seven people, kind of standing around the keg, just talking. or a market cap of $800M.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 7, 2020
After spending almost a decade in Africa, I realized that most of the charities and nonprofits weren’t making as big of a difference as they claimed. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU. Thanks to Vasu Dev, Core Training Consultancy Pte Ltd ! #25- 25- To Create Dignity.
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