The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Digital marketing costs a fraction of the price of TV and radio and, if you are doing it properly, a lot of it is free. Keeping a business blog and guest blogging on other websites are other ways to get your name out there. Did you allocate a budget for marketing in your startup business plan ? If not, then why not?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2019

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

I started my business because I was the victim of a horrible acquisition (can you name a good one?). But it wasn’t until I was in Africa several years ago that I was inspired by the people I met there to follow my own dreams – and start a new business. Thanks to Omid Semino, Diamond Mansion ! #7- Photo Credit: ????Jay Jay Helms.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This magnificent space is located off the coast of East Africa and in the warmth of the expanse of the Indian Ocean. Just like Thailand or the Philippines, it consists of numerous small islands as well as two of the largest ones, namely: Pemba Island and Unguja (which is also referred to as Zanzibar at times).

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. On Describing His Current Work without Naming His Fund/Investments. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.” Dan has a B.A. It scared him.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Earlier this week, Ron Klain was named President-Elect Biden's chief of staff. He was named President Obama's Ebola czar in 2014 and led a coordinated response to that disease, resulting in only 18 cases and 2 deaths in this country. We ultimately put 10,000 people on the ground in West Africa to fight the disease there.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2021

And while our platform is currently limited to the United States, my goal is to expand our search algorithm and resource database into spanning the entire world, be it in Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, etc. I have a BHAG that would not only skyrocket my business but would also transform communities in Africa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2017

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

We did this again, overweighting emerging markets like Africa and EMEA (Middle East) in 2007 because they were cheap with high growth rates. So, asset allocator can always work to add value and decrease costs (or add costs and over-complicate). These obviously important needs are like the emperor’s new clothes.

Software Review 114

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2014

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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Africa United States Salary LLC 214

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. Do you want to tie your name to an oil industry, or offer a service that you may not be brilliant at, but that will attract a lot of customers? Startup costs.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Cove.tool is a game-changing, machine learning technology that helps users discover smarter ways to make their buildings energy efficient while saving on construction costs. Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S. What is your top goal for CoveTool for 2020?

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. Domain Name/Basic Site. Low Cost Franchises. COMPANY AOL COMPANY|AOL. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. COMPANY CMCSA COMPANY|CMCSA.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As you work through the process of deciding what to sell , remember to keep things like shipping and storage costs in mind. Furthermore, if you’re thinking of selling fragile items, consider the extra packaging costs and the potential for breakage. It costs very little and will keep you in the clear. Well, almost anything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

It would cover every city, town and square inch of the earth from ships in the middle of the Arctic Ocean to the jungles of Africa to the remote mountain peaks of the Himalayas. When Iridium was first conceived inside Motorola in 1987, worldwide cell phone coverage was sparse, calls were unreliable and per minute costs were expensive.

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

NAME Microsoft. NAME Google. NAME Nokia. NAME Amazon.com. NAME comScore. NAME Katie McMahon. NAME Aaron Rubenson. NAME James Vaughan. NAME Scott Lahman. NAME Mark Wang. NAME Sarah Rotman Epps. NAME Greg Bensinger. Boosts War Role in Africa. COMPANY NOK1V.HE

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. Unfortunately, misuse scenarios, like the lavish lifestyles of leaders and scams, have given the non-profit environment a bad name, making things even tougher.

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Startup Africa United States Salary 215

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. You see the big ones named, the hidden mysterious ones, you can unmask using a mouse hover. Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. At that time these countries had models to predict what was the cost in human lives from inaction.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

In the time since our conversation, data and science have shown again and again that wearing masks is an incredibly effective, low-cost and simple way to prevent viral spread. I was chatting to the people actually from the bar via Twitter DM and they sent me photos and they told me all their names and they described exactly what happened.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Africa ahead in mobile. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

I thought of a name and settled on Kilimanjaro, after the highest mountain in Africa. Better safe than sorry, so I paid it, including the cost of emails and phone conversations, even if I had a simple question that took a minute or two over the phone to answer. The lawyer’s rate was crazy?—?$575 575 per hour?—?and

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2019

Of all the sports leagues they seem to have built the strongest global brand with players coming from Africa, all over Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, etc. Sainsburys altering the name of one of their products through validations of a 3 year old etc. #2-The NBA, National Basketball Association. Photo Credit: Carlos Castelán.

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www.netmagazine.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Simple, straightforward navigation can increase your sales by ensuring users easily find your goods and can make a purchase; confusing navigation can instead ramp up your customer service and support costs. That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide. Authors name.

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Mobile Web Software Review South Africa 68

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

I read this quote by a guy named Parker Palmer, who is an author and an activist. I learned through this process of studying companies, and individuals, and entrepreneurs, people like Walt Disney, and Mother Teresa, and hundreds of people whose names I didn’t know until I started undergoing this study of writing this book, The Art of Work.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

Disintermediation 40

Disintermediation United States Nigeria Kenya 40

The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2017

I specialized in importing damaged (Salvage title) cars from USA to Canada and then export them to Africa after repair. I negotiated with a friend of mine, who was living 5minutes walking from my workplace and was working in northside, to share his Parking costs and use it while it’s empty (from 8:30am to 5:30pm).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

in it and that flimsy name-dropping “Blockchain Revolution” book was being published [fyi, that book is garbage], the African-American community has already been quietly working on blockchain/DLT technology and here is where this wonderful article begins. Stuff CNBC and other media outlets don’t want to acknowledge.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 21, 2018

Headlines screaming at me that I needed to lose 5kg by the weekend, that the ‘must have’ t-shirt costs $700 and that the celebrity on the cover has the perfect life. How did you come up with your business name? As I walked into the newsagent and started to browse the titles on the shelves, I felt worse than when I walked in.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Since its inception, there has been controversy over the efficacy, practices, and costs associated with the fair trade label. ” Sometimes, a higher cost. Prices for products obviously vary, but these costs will be there for fair trade products specifically. What Is Fair Trade Coffee? Certification can be prohibitive.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 8, 2013

From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 After all, we all want our name up in lights! Why not make it your client’s name?

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Las Vegas Naming .Net Customer 138

Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Steve:Usually I need to lower the bid price to close the deal as the company need to rationalize the travelling cost incurred in the process. Steve:That,s Wounderful.What,s the name of your firm? Steve: Well not all of them as most of them are quite hard to convinced. Kate:So what happened when they are not convinced?

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 After all, we all want our name up in lights! Why not make it your client’s name?

Las Vegas 60

Las Vegas Naming .Net Customer 60

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

From an HR standpoint, GiftZip.com cuts down the costs associated with buying plastic cards, eliminates the need to hold a burdensome inventory, and allows instantaneous incentivizing via email. Three-month memberships cost $35.99 After all, we all want our name up in lights! Why not make it your client’s name?

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Las Vegas Naming .Net Customer 60

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

At first glance, mobile payments seem like a no brainer… consumers [seemingly] want the convenience of paying with a phone rather than cash or credit card, merchants dislike the cost associated with accepting credit cards, and mobile ecosystem players (e.g. I’ve been an interested observer of electronic payments for 12+ years.

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