Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus. In South Africa, 31% of entrepreneurs fear failure, close to the highest figures in the west, and Africa does lag behind when it comes to discussing business failure.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series , we caught up with Cassie Sneglar, a rising star in the world of digital entrepreneurship as well as designer, influencer (with a combined following of 800k) and mental health campaigner from South Africa, based between there, London and LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

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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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

White When my Co-Founders Leslie Alvarado and Dr. Aubrey J. 8- Using short and simple terms Photo Credit: Maurice Harary As entrepreneurs and co-founders of our small business, we wanted our company to be memorable with a short, punchy name that any layperson outside our industry would immediately recognize and understand.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Starting with a spare room and sensing a unique opportunity, its three founders created a multibillion-dollar company that profoundly altered the hospitality industry and became a driving force in the sharing economy. This summer, for example, I spoke in Singapore, Australia and South Africa.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2011

says Steve Watts, founder and creative director of Slyde Handboards. “The inspiration for the arrow in our logo is a turn-off sign you see along the N2 coastal highway in South Africa that has breaks like J-bay along it,&# adds Watts. Well we did!&# “Nine times out of ten that sign means good surf!&#.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Founder Nick Woodman had recently been been on a surfing trip to Indonesia. One of my favorite holiday destinations growing up in South Africa was the Palace of the Lost City. A little bit of creative theft here… The Bridge of Time at The Palace of the Lost City, South Africa. Very clever.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

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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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 27, 2016

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended the event – coming from as far as South Africa and Nova Scotia. We learned of many awesome new marketplace concepts, and it’s great to see that both investor and founder interest remain high.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you were the founder of a green energy startup in Sydney, Australia, you would Google “green energy business incubator in Sydney, Australia.”. At Bplans, we believe founders know their businesses best. South Africa. The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship. Endeavor South Africa.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

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. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 29, 2018

Our name, Lubanzi, comes from a wandering dog that followed me and my co-founder on a 6 day, 100 mile trip hiking across South Africa’s remote Wild Coast. Photo Credit: Charlie Brain. There’s some poetic justice in that.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2023

10- The Founder Photo Credit: Steve Ramos This movie taught me many things I constantly like to remind myself daily. 27- Hidden Figures Photo Credit: Amy Bos As a female Founder and COO, taking ownership of my wins has always been a challenge. Chase excellence and success will follow. Thanks to Travis Wingate, Supermove ! #10-

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pieter is CEO and co-founder of Macanta Software Ltd and a small business systems & automation expert. Pieter was born and raised in South Africa, moving to the UK in 1997. Check out the new Spark Lab Consulting website here !

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I sat next to Irwin Jacobs (founder of Qualcomm) on a bus ride. I had champagne in the private wine cellar of Bernard Arnault (the owner of LVMH, which in turn owns Dom Perignon). I was on CNN, who taped live from the event. I felt I had earned the right to be there. This is only the first chapter in my story.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

Eneyo, Edward Madongorere and Marcus Carey discuss the difficulties founders of color face while fundraising at Capital Factory’s Black in Tech Summit. Founder and CEO of @BlackGirlsCode Kimberly Bryant ( @6Gems ) is changing the face of #technology by empowering young women of color. Preston James, Marcus Stroud, Ugwem I.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. But startups are also solving local problems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Most events are free, but they all require that you RSVP in advance. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 I’m the founder of Lime Inc., We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2 Image Credit: Shelia Fitzgerald.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 21, 2018

YMag® ‘s founder Shar Moore and Lisa Pollock , an international artist, are dedicated to creating positive impact through inspiration from the work they do. Our business has seen substantial growth at a National level & I have also worked with some other international distributors in the UK, South Africa & New Zealand.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2020

The beer brand Carling Black Label combatted domestic violence in South Africa through its #NoExcuse campaign against gender based violence and fighting against toxic masculinity. Toothpaste brands have tackled school absenteeism and oral hygiene. And these are just a few examples.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

from South Africa, and battling breast cancer, I became overwhelmingly humbled by the toughness, the tenacity of my experience. The other co-founders and I decided to call our company Mixmax because we wanted our clients to be able to mix up email and bring it into the 21 century. 5-Based on the tenacity of my experience.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

by Ambarish Gupta, CEO and founder of Knowlarity Communications. The startup culture is rampant today, especially in emerging national economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Ambarish Gupta is the CEO and Founder of Gurgaon-based cloud telephony startup Knowlarity Communications.

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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. Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software suggests asking yourself the following questions: Will your customers ever see your space?

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

If you are familiar with Steve Jobs, the late founder of Apple Computer, co-founder was Steve Wozniak, that if you’re familiar with this story then you know that he went to college for a brief period of time. I like referring to this as the Steve Jobs strategy. He went to Reed College. How old did that take?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

Drayton is the founder and current chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, an organization that is dedicated to finding and helping social entrepreneurs around the world. Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit loans to those in need to help them develop financial self-sufficiency.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

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. Founder, Crowdvine. mashagenzel How $40 Saved Us Nine Months and $2MM Paul Howe.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 16, 2017

My name is Amanda Goldman-Petri and I’m founder of the famous online brand Market Like A Nerd. I’m Shelia and the founder of EliteFitz, a travel inspired women’s boutique. (It doesn’t hurt that I’m a Californian too.). Thanks to Andrea Robertson, Hypsypops ! #5 5 – Natural Fit for My Personality. I had found my name!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 23, 2015

by Drew Houston CEO and Founder of Dropbox. Thanks to Brearin Land, Levi-Wolfe Financial LLC ! 11) Be Right Once. My favorite business quote is “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” -by The reason I like this quote is because despite my age, I’ve started several different business that have failed.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2017

Barbecue dives into the ritual practices performed across the world from South Africa to Sweden journeying to 12 countries to talk about the art of grilling meat. Walk With Me goes deep inside the Zen community highlighting the life and meditations of Thich Nhat Hanh in the pursuit for deeper connections with the world around us.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 12, 2016

10 Literacy Instruction programmes implemented in South Africa, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. 50 teachers trained in South Africa. John Wood, founder of Room to Read articulates beautifully the importance of the cause and where Techbikers fit in this short video : I genuinely appreciate your support.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In many of the projects I was involved with – in Lithuania, South Africa, Ghana and Liberia — we used a practitioner-to-practitioner approach, so that public servants in these countries could share and learn from their counterparts in Canada and vise versa.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2013

USA, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, Southeast Asia … they’re all getting fit. I see this big white guy partying with the Mexicans… and they’re showing him love like he’s the founder of Corona or something. I’ve published over 100 fitness books/ebooks over the last decade. He’ll be conducting the Brazil StartupBus.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Disclosure:] I am the co-Founder of Market Motive Inc and the Analytics Evangelist for Google. It uses one of the largest sources of data in the world and can be an excellent way to understand Traffic, Search Keywords, and Also Visited data for a Chinese site or one from Brazil or South Africa.

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