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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). The era of the patriarch is nearing an end. And Beyond….

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Learn And Adapt – Keys To Startup Success?

YoungUpstarts

The UAE is also a gateway to the hundreds of millions of people making up the diverse populations of the Middle East and North Africa region. But add the entrepreneurial perks available in the many free zones dotted around the country, set up by the UAE government to entice foreign investment, and the reasons are further multiplied.

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Countries’ social institutions take time to mature

The Equity Kicker

Particularly in ex-commonwealth countries in Africa and in Eastern Europe where democracy slipped into bloody dictatorship. Third, it requires behavioural norms of valuing education, ambition, initiative, hard work, politeness, peacefulness, and social networking.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.” I don’t think investing in Africa is risky. Can you share more about why you take this approach? Why is that?

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

The then Ahmadians (Non-Muslim) Government of Pakistan joined hands with USA just in revenge of their being declared as Non-Muslims by the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. I do like Obama, being the seed of a Muslim (my native country-sake – Africa). We have a beta page for a new social networking site. link] Sign up!

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VC Victor Hwang: How To Create The Next Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

Q: What role can, or should, government play in helping create the next Silicon Valley? Even if you remove legal barriers between people and allow them to interact, they are still separated by distances caused by geography, lack of trust, inefficient social networks and differences in culture and language.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Most of Africa runs on a cash economy, making it much harder to Africans to access credit, low-cost financial transfers, and other basic tools of a modern economy. .