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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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

economy comes from firms less than 5 years old, or brand new (startups) and young (one to five year old) companies. And of these, startups and young companies created 8 million of them. A few further points to illustrate: • Since 1977, without startup companies, net job creation for the American economy would be negative (i.e.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

Large Flapping Ears: Last year when I was in Rwanda I wrote a post on the importance of listening. Thus if you are a tech entrepreneur it is imperative that you understand the world around you, the (sometimes fickle) consumers/businesses and their psyche, and how they are evolving so that you can evolve with them.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 18, 2010

On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important. When I meet with startups one of the first reactions/comments is that they have never met a female VC before. We exist, and I count close friends, and investors that I admire greatly, in the ranks.

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Altgate

JANUARY 1, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million The Coming Venture Capital Boom → The World Without Altgate Posted on January 1, 2009 by fnazeeri No, this blog is not going anywhere.    It is an amazing tool. 

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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. GoTech is based in the DRC and Rwanda.

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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. His name is Tomas Pueyo. He was not a famous author. He wasn't a media star.

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