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The Impact of Techbikers – Part II

VC Cafe

I was joined by Michael and Marie, co-organizers of Techbikers over the past few years. Nisha Kadaba, our friend and associate development manager for Room to Read, helped coordinate a visit to the Shree Chandrajyoti Secondary School in Nuwakot District, about two hours from Kathmandu. 50 teachers trained in South Africa.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. In High school I made flyers telling everyone I was going to own a hair salon that held fashion shows and in college I majored in Business Management. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. And he followed through. So he had had a taste of it.

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Mobile Payment Platform Swiff Launches in Singapore; Targets Other Markets

YoungUpstarts

This payment solution was beta-tested by merchants such as Russian-themed restaurant and caviar bar Buyan in Singapore since June last year, and is now launched worldwide, with the company targeting Southeast Asia, South Africa and South America as key target markets.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. 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. and Indian companies. That investment was an important step in our journey.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout.