SiliconHills

MARCH 14, 2018

Altogether 14 startups competed as finalists from the U.S., China, Kenya and the United Kingdom. […]. The post Three Startups Win Food+City Challenge Prizes at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills. And judges awarded three $10,000 cash prizes to the winner of each of three sessions on Tuesday.

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Gust

DECEMBER 19, 2012

The top four US states with the highest concentration of new startups are still California, New York, Florida and Texas. Although the concentration of startups by country remains fairly steady throughout the last three months, we have several notable changes to our top 25 countries.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

startups and small businesses. 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., startups and small businesses. Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S. service exports – increasingly from U.S.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

We wanted to share some other trends we observed; Countries have startups that play to their strengths. Brazilians like to fiesta and have a huge bar and restaurant industry, startups like our Rio finalist We Go Out are helping people to find the best parties and events to go to tonight by showing you where your friends are checking in.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health.

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David Cohen

MAY 16, 2014

In the first segment, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa are featured: African entrepreneurship has really been moving forward for some time now. A while back I invested in a company called Mobius Motors , which is based in Kenya. Here’s a second segment about Kenya’s mobile money revolution. Startups'

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The idea is that a person who knows how to run their business and is supported not necessarily with a chunk of startup capital but with business planning and resources for running and managing their business, will lead to success over the long term. What are the risks of the status quo in efforts to eradicate poverty?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

What it doesn’t have is a startup culture where smart young entrepreneurs can grow their ideas into companies. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. A Different Valley Culture.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

is a Swedish based enterprise that aims to open doors to create a better understanding of how diversity can benefit the nation’s tech startup community. “I In finding ways to bring his altruistic and business interests together on behalf of the broader tech startup community, he’s ensuring that everyone wins. To that end, Orten.io

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Startups such as Shopkick offered real time deals when users were in stores and Shopsavvy and similar mobile price comparison tools from Amazon and Google empowered consumers to find the best deals. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

What it doesn’t have is a startup culture where smart young entrepreneurs can grow their ideas into companies. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

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. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone. Truly making money mobile. Disrupting the disrupter.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

What it doesn’t have is a startup culture where smart young entrepreneurs can grow their ideas into companies. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. A Different Valley Culture.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2015

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. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone.

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Kenya Green Mobile Global 40

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. What has the startup experience taught you about life? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2015

Where can Syrian entrepreneurs find startup funding? Penda improves health care in Kenya. Why they made headlines: The Kenyan capital of Nairobi is becoming known as a great place for startups. Why they made headlines: The Kenyan capital of Nairobi is becoming known as a great place for startups. to nine p.m.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Successful founders believe anything is possible but they build strong founding teams to achieve their startup dreams. Joining me at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco were: Liz Powers , co-founder of ArtLifting , a for-profit online art gallery that features the work of homeless and disabled artists. Liz Powers.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Decisions need to be made fast in startups and you have to ensure you can have a tie-breaker. A couple years in, I got married and left on my honeymoon for two weeks to Kenya – where I had no email or phone connectivity much of the time. Commitment – startups are a wild ride of ups and downs.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 12, 2012

There was, in my opinion, a lot of fluff in the examples they chose, and of the ten there were only two that really stood out to me as areas with the depth and breadth to be home to multiple successful startups, and they were business intelligence applications of big data and virtual assistants.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I was lucky – I was born to persevere and grew up with parents who told me I could do whatever I wanted to do (well, almost anything, I spent many nights crying as a 10 year old, upset that I was born in Kenya and could not run for President of the United States).

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. TSM: From where you started, have you had to adjust your strategy over the years? Maha Harper.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Be The Beatles Not The Flock Of Seagulls John Greathouse’s Bio ConTraps Part 2 ConTrap Part 3 ConTrap part 4 Startup Children Pt 2 Startup Children Pt 5 Startup Children Pt 3 Startup Children Pt 4 Decision Making 101 Talks: Jason Nazar on how to Persuade. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Google I/O: It’s a startup world. To achieve the trifecta of startup success (money, talent, ideas), a vibrant startup community can make the difference between success and failure. It created awesome companies, but the army doesn’t do ecommerce, or much mobile, which are now the biggest growth engines in startups.

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

For example, the Bridgespan Group has invested in an education initiative in Kenya that is helping to improve the reading skills of primary school students. Investing in education: Impact investors have invested in education initiatives that are helping to improve the quality of education for children in developing countries.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The event itself was a typical startup weekend: Attendees ranging from established teams to people who met for the first time on Friday evening. Even if you don't intend to stay, do yourself a favor and book a flight to get a ton of inspiration for your mobile startup. He's sticking his nose in far too many things. The Highlights.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2023

Private equity firm Alta Semper Capital has provided a financing injection of twenty million dollars to the e-health business MyDawa, which is based in Kenya. MyDawa has entered into agreements and formed partnerships with a number of different clinic chains in Kenya, making it simpler for those clinic chains to expand their operations.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 12, 2017

Latinitas Reports from SXSW 2017 Gina Rodriguez hosted the film premiere for startup documentary, “ Seed,” at the Violet Crown theater on March 11 during SXSW. There was no better way to end my first day at SXSW than by attending the premiere of the startup documentary, “Seed,” which was hosted by Emmy award-winning actress Gina Rodriguez.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

business #entrepreneur #startup #story #why #ceo #ceoblognation #CEOs #hearpreneur. I own Elite Editing, a full-service editorial firm that offers outsourced solutions to businesses of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 50s. Karibu Markets began after a trip I took to Kenya in early 2014. Tell Your Business Story!

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. The original spelling of “Micro-Soft” was not changed until twelve years after its founding, once the MBAs had transformed the scrappy startup into a BDC. However, there is no need for a startup to compromise with respect to its URL. infoChachkie. What Works?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

This is a pre-WATEC summit where startups got a chance to present their ideas to investors and hopefully have someone catch their bait. Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel. I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. M-Pesa created by mobile carrier Safaricom in Kenya is the best known example of this. June 12, 2012.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

In our case, we didn't provide lunches at this school, so coming to school with a healthy lunch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. And in fact, The Lean Startup is very much that. One of my old Lean Startup sayings is that metrics are people too, and it came up in my conversation with Brian Chesky, too. I talk with people in Kenya, in Peru, in Mexico and in Bangladesh, and it is just so hard.

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