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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

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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Growth strategies for marketplaces: key takeaways from a fireside chat on growth

Version One Ventures

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended the event – coming from as far as South Africa and Nova Scotia. As an investor and former founder, I know that scalable growth (and the pretty hockey stick graph) is the holy grail for every startup. Here are some highlights from the conversation. .

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Trading Precious Metals Online

The Startup Magazine

Conversely, when the USD is strong, gold tends to be cheaper. 75% of the world’s platinum comes from South Africa, with the rest coming from Russia, Zimbabwe, Canada, and the US. The post Trading Precious Metals Online appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Platinum is used in jewelry and for industrial applications.

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5 Ways Cloud Telephony Can Benefit Startups

YoungUpstarts

This analogy is particularly relevant to startups and SMEs, where the decision to adopt a certain technological product or service, could make all the difference between climbing higher than the competition or lagging behind. Implement call recording and improve your customer interactions, by listening to the recorded conversations later.

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Creative Vision and the Guts to Make it Happen – Seymour Segnit and MAGFAST are Going Big

The Startup Magazine

In a casual conversation with Segnit, he shares with us the method to his entrepreneurial ventures and how his particular brand of “crazy” is the motor that drives the success of his business. When asked what advice he would give to up-and-coming startups, Segnit unhesitatingly responds: “Marketing, marketing, marketing.

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Join a conference simulcast near you

Startup Lessons Learned

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. They represent more than 10,000 people total.

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SXSW Startups: GoTech Puts Out Fires

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 14, 2018 From all around the world, 50 diverse startups will come together to compete at the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event on March 10 and 11. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. What is GoTech’s competitive advantage?

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