Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. Since then, his leadership of the Fund has allowed several African startups to access capital, mentorship and acceleration services. John Kieti Team Lead at m:lab.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2019

However, traders in Asia and Africa are quickly coming from behind. We are talking about copy trading, a method that has appeared thanks to the rise of online communities. The post FinTech and Forex – A Match Made in Heaven appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

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. Our startup story is relatively unique. I became frustrated due to the lack of transparent online education aimed at the home-barista community. Thanks to Chris Vaughn, Saucey !

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

He is also the most engaged business leader on Facebook in Africa. Brex has made it easier for startups to access the capital needed to grow. Previously, startups had difficulty getting approved for credit due to their lack of history. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 2- Jeff Bezos. Photo Credit: John Li.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, Mitul helped bring seamless/contactless passenger processing (using biometrics) to airports, airlines and border control agencies across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India to help resume air travel. Giving back to the community. He was featured on CNBC and quoted in The Times for his work.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is a leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public. 10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] She's a leading venture capitalist in Silicone Valley where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public.

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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 fact, African startups secured almost a $1bn in investment funding in 2018. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Guest Post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co., Here’s the thing about The Lean Startup methodology. Our customer-first, rapid trials-rapid discovery ethos is adaptable to all varieties of mission driven, enterprise, and startup companies around the world. At The Lean Startup Conference on Nov.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2020

There is nothing quite like building a startup company from the ground up. America is a country that has been built by small businesses, all of which started off as a startup company at some point. That is what makes the story of this startup company, founded by an immigrant, so special.

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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. Amanda Jo of Organic Bunny highlights these influencers as important members of the online community. Donté Colley.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

If knowledge is power then every entrepreneurial startup should succeed because the information needed to do so is almost in plain sight, out there on the Internet. The analogy is also a good one in terms of the startup world. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had both, according to the startup blog Compass.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Jason Baker.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. Victors & Spoils.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

Austin, TX Fast forward 4 years later, here I am working for a startup at the South By South West Tech & Music festival in Austin, TX. 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. in the African communities around me?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 15, 2020

South Africa. Known to be an expensive luxury, few individuals ever manage to make it out to Africa to indulge in this immersive experience. The post Bucket List Corporate Travel Destinations: 5 Places Your Employees Won’t Want to Miss appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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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. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Featuring entrepreneurial communities outside Silicon Valley is a topic close to our hearts, particularly if they're outside the U.S. Our " Never Mind The Valley " series challenges perceptions about locations for startups, and "entrepreneurial density" is an intriguing topic for VCs and entrepreneurs alike.

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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. Nothing seems impossible anymore.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So when brainstorming ideas with my wife, a marketing guru, we settled on LEVEL PR because it a) echoed the company's mission statement (to level up the brand awareness of tech startups) b) reminded me of video games, which I love and c) included the name Lev, which is my son's name. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2011

Salvo Global is a Singapore startup in the business of providing business intelligence through well-researched masterclasses, conferences, and summits. 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.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

On one hand, he’s a tech innovator and entrepreneur whose creativity has earned him awards and accolades on two continents – Europe (Sweden, to be more exact) and Africa (eastern, and in countries like Nairobi, his native Somalia and Mauritius). Has the situation with the country’s tech startup community improved since then or not?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Like all startups – you need opportunities to build a strong team. Being iterative is not only for software development but equally important in being a startup. What are some industry specific challenges you faced? .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. Startup DNA. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. I was the first operational startup partner added – having built and sold two software companies.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

She started I Am That Girl, a massive online community for the women’s movement. He’s a cofounder of startup studio Expa. She started Mama Hope, which has established health, education, and agriculture projects around Africa. Alexis Jones loved story telling. Kevin Plank started a T-shirt company in high school.

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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.

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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

for startups that isn’t San Francisco or New York), Cove.tool has buildings in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia, as well as across America. The weather, the community, having Georgia Tech in our backyard for talent, the cost of living, connectivity to all major cities. Autonomous driving. Persistence.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. He connects the Lab with the defense user community. — — — — In this second segment, Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino talk about how they brought the Lean Startup to Japan.

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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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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. In this post, I’ll try to organise the various startup engagement and outreach programs at Google. How can startups engage Google (credit: VC Cafe).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Non-profit’s and local community leaders need special assistance, especially in developing countries, to gain access to appropriate resources of capital devoted to their respective purposes. AGAG has its roots in the South Africa. AWDF, the first Africa-wide fund-raising and grant-making fund, was established in June 2000.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

And of course, supporting the your local community and local economy really is something worth doing. Mall for Africa is on a quest to bring online shopping directly to the doors of those that might previously never have had access. Mall for Africa. Europe and Africa, and the consumers. The super interesting news.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. Describe the company’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

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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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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2019

Since shipping facilitates global importing and exporting, any potential changes or trends could affect multiple countries, including startup companies around the world. Startups and entrepreneurs are particularly vulnerable as they struggle with launch costs. as of last year. Recent Events. Challenges for Businesses.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2017

With PapaRide, any individual can rent a car nearby or get it delivered from a community of local car owners or neighbors who aren’t using them. With Papabikes, we connect riders and bike owners to bring a bike share system to our community. Our community is based on trust and reliability and built on honest exchanges between users.

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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. Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition.

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