Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. That doesn’t mean that you should try to rollout your business globally with your limited initial resources.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is the CEO & General Partner of the investment firm Street Global. 10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] 11:53] Is there anything about what’s going on right now in the current business environment that you think makes us a strong time? [11:53]

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Only after we have at least two products scaling successfully in at least two emerging market regions, will we have proven the commercial model for medical device design with and for emerging markets. This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Many international entrepreneurs are looking at what is working in the USA and cloning them in various countries, our venue partner in Rio De Janeiro, Peixe Urbano (which means “Urban Fish” in Portuguese) is based upon the Groupon model. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

In other words, from a business model perspective, Nokia is going directly after the end consumer and encroaching on precious data and subscription revenue of their carrier partners. So going after their wireless carrier partners’ data revenue may be controversial but in the end could be a must have for survival.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Why you can run a business and why you should run a business. 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. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I have come up with several business names over the years and one of my recent ventures had a clever name that I thought fit perfect for your blog. I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company.

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