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[Interview] Christopher Kape, Vancouver Executive, President of JAMCO Capital Partners

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He has gone on several service trips with his children, including a trip to rural Uganda with The Walking School Bus, and one to rural India with ME to WE. Anyone involved in Internet related high-tech businesses at the time learned much from the loss of easy to raise capital with high valuations and quick IPO/RTO exits.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that because the African market is not saturated with startups that means it’s easy for entrepreneurs to create explosive growth with little forward planning. In Uganda and Zambia it’s as low as 15% saying it would stop them starting a business , whereas in the US this figure stands at 34%.

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Marketing the Viral Effect and Not-for-Profit Gold

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The point is that I usually have a pretty good feel when a topic is trending or a movement is growing on the Internet. Some questioned whether the effort was over-simplifying the situation and others pointed out that Kony was no longer in Uganda. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Photo: Marie Jades.

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