NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

His every move and misstep dissected and castigated by the same media and investors who sang his praises when things were going well, one can only guess at the anguish, shame and embarrassment that led the young entrepreneur into – what appeared to me as an uninformed observer – self imposed exile, in Kenya.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan). The junction is all about creating a pay it forward model.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

As a venture capitalist, I am privy to innovations long before they become mainstream, one of the things I love about my job. This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. What We Saw in 2011….

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Since the great “financial crisis” of 2008-2009, the firm’s clientele – really without us even trying – has becoming increasingly global. In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., So from 95%+ U.S.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Africa ahead in mobile.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

In 2011, I wrote about Jugaad, according to Wikipedia “a colloquial Hindi word that can mean an innovative fix or a simple work-around”. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Nothing I can tell you about the importance of having an incredible mobile strategy will surprise you. There are two types of experiences we need to worry about. Sign up for your free account, set up a container tag, add that to a global element on your site and as soon as you add your GA Web Property ID , you are in business.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. Heather Tallis , TNC’s Global Managing Director and Lead Scientist for Strategy Innovation, generously participated in our August 2017 Anchor Point Fellowship in Global Leadership Conference.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-Pushing My least favorite thing about being an entrepreneur is spelling entrepreneur. Photo Credit: R.J.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 13, 2016

A good example from the developing world is the Mpesa mobile money transfer that has revolutionized the way people in Kenya do their daily business. In addition, for every money transfer you make through Mpesa, you are usually charged a fee that ranges from 1% to about 4% of the amount being transferred.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. Truly making money mobile. Disrupting the disrupter.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Nexpense - you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? Read about the finalists (from Women 2.0 CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Prepay Nation - what the heck does “transfer small values&# mean?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. The majority of our $2.9M

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

The company, run by veterans from the payments space, is building the world’s first global peer-to-peer teller network. When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. Truly making money mobile. Disrupting the disrupter.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Nexpense – you streamline business expense processing, but how, what’s cool about the technology? Read about the finalists (from Women 2.0 CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Prepay Nation – what the heck does “transfer small values&# mean?

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

That’s because we’re now in the midst of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW); a week wholly dedicated to inspiring people to unleash their ideas and take the next step in the entrepreneurial journey. If you’re asking, “Why have a women’s day during Global Entrepreneurship Week?”,

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 20, 2014

As high-tech investors, both of us obviously value high-impact, fast-growth companies that attract massive global user bases. improve its export economy at a time when its share of global economic output is falling. Globally, it’s far worse, with half the planet’s population living on less than $2 a day. Networks of Trust.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It's this side of East Africa this brief report is about and which brought me here, to the mobile revolution I had only read about, and to the IPO48 event with its great bunch of start-ups: Sponsor. There, the obvious and most talked-about wonders became very real. Little bit like Uber for goods. in the next 18 months.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. Because really, that is what supply chain planning & optimization is about: solving the puzzle to figure out who needs to do what, where and when. It just didn’t make sense.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

You have the opportunity to see it live in action every day and learn more about its history and future through your studies. In this talk, Erik Hersman discusses Ushahidi, a Google Maps mashup used in Kenya following the 2008 elections. Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices. Paul Lewis: Crowdsourcing the news.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

In our conversation, we talked about the history and difficulties of school nutrition before the pandemic, scaling a company while having a young family, what's changed at Revolution Foods since March, and how investors and partners have supported and helped expand the company. Schools are about so much more than just education.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

About Who the Heck is Uncle Saul? Another reason to not obsess about your adVenture’s name is because your business focus, markets served and value propositions will likely evolve over time. Smucker’s grew from a family-owned, small Midwestern business into a $4 billion, global enterprise. infoChachkie. a farm credit bank).

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