The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series. We interviewed Michel Ruiz, CEO and co-founder of KaviAR Tech , an augmented reality software startup headquartered in Paris. Michel researching South Africa. Thank you for your advice on building a startup and on the impact of AR. Put in the time.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Saving money as a small business can be tricky- if you’re a startup especially, money might be tight already. Every startup will use some kind of software: book keeping, word processing, presentation. South Africa. Check out the South African Savings Institute. You’re going to need a bigger bank.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 15, 2020

South Africa. South Africa is a great destination for safari, as cities like Cape Town offer excellent tour opportunities, accommodation, and transportation infrastructure, while still being close enough to reserves to get people into the heart of the wilds.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended the event – coming from as far as South Africa and Nova Scotia. As an investor and former founder, I know that scalable growth (and the pretty hockey stick graph) is the holy grail for every startup. Then, the startup needs to get strong product-market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2019

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. In addition, I’ve always wondered why an inordinate number of successful businesses today were started by people born outside the U.S., Nordstrom (Sweden), and Pierre Omdiyar (France) at Ebay.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Two social media influencers, brothers Finn and Jack Harries, known as JacksGap on YouTube, traveled to South Africa to help the Waterberg Welfare Society. Their videos about South Africa have gained 2 million views, spreading the word about the Waterberg Welfare Society around the world.

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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., Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay. startups and small businesses. So from 95%+ U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Like all startups – you need opportunities to build a strong team. Being iterative is not only for software development but equally important in being a startup. How do you see your company growing in the future?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. In fact, African startups secured almost a $1bn in investment funding in 2018. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. The Fat Sheep project in South Africa's barren Karoo landscape is my favorite turnaround story. Since then, Adidas has developed into a world whole recognized for its premium athletic attire.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2019

There are many loan sharks in South Africa, with IOL saying that South Africa’s private debt crisis cost the country an estimated R500-million a month. The post How to Make Sure Your Online Loan Company is Legitimate appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Loan sharks can also often be intimidating.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. Startup DNA. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. I was the first operational startup partner added – having built and sold two software companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2017

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. In addition, I’ve always wondered why an inordinate number of successful businesses today were started by people born outside the U.S., Nordstrom (Sweden), and Pierre Omdiyar (France) at Ebay.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 20, 2019

In South Africa especially, there is an underlying need to keep a business well financed and managed, in alignment with the economic development goals of the country. The post Importance of Finance to Your Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Ideally, all companies need finances for daily operations.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we talked to Mr. Tony Lakier. And what characteristics do you have that particularly contributed to your ability to jump from a startup success to a scale up success? Growing up in South Africa, I had a pet giraffe named George that followed me around.

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David Cohen

MAY 16, 2014

In The Shift: The Entrepreneurs and Companies Bringing Africa Online , my good friend Elizabeth Gould who produced the Techstars documentary series on Bloomberg TV now reports on some of these inspiring stories of ingenuity and entrepreneurship in Africa. Startups'

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So when brainstorming ideas with my wife, a marketing guru, we settled on LEVEL PR because it a) echoed the company's mission statement (to level up the brand awareness of tech startups) b) reminded me of video games, which I love and c) included the name Lev, which is my son's name. Thanks to Sarah Winkler, Everyday Recycler ! #16-

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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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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” First Choice For Second-Tier Startups? But if you’ve got a startup that is not quite as hot as a Dropbox or an Instagram, there could be a good reason to consider one of those other startup ecosystems.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Segnit has an iconoclastic background under his belt, having studied engineering at Oxford University, held positions at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi, co-founded a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, and made a minor name for himself as a radio personality at the venerable Capital FM, London’s most popular radio station.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Our startup checklist can help walk you through the steps to getting your business up and running. If you’re looking for information for specific business planning or startup resources in your country, there are a few ways to do that. South Africa. The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship. 29 Countries.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Medical device companies based in emerging markets are growing and increasing their market share; Companies like Mindray Medical International and BGI of China, and Transasia Bio-Medicals of India, and Ascendis Health of South Africa. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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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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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2013

It all started with the great startup entrepreneur Bobby Jones and the Wall Street venture capitalist Clifford Roberts. Remember, he’s 77… Just like any startup entrepreneur, Bobby Jones needed to raise capital to make this dream a reality, enter Clifford Roberts, the New York City financier. Let me explain….

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 8, 2010 Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets Simulcasting in twenty cities worldwide leads todays news for the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!): Conference updates continue to pour in: Want to see more preview videos?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Most often, if the initiative is not driven by an organization that already has funding, then the effort will require more effort than with a normal startup venture. AGAG has its roots in the South Africa. If banks will only make a business loan under these conditions, how is a local effort to get funded in the first place?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

Started in 2015, Backstage has now invested nearly $5M into 100 startups led by underestimated founders and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Quartz. If you'll be at @sxsw , my session is on Monday, March 11th. Leave a comment below with a link.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I recognized the challenges that the majority of the unemployed face in South Africa: a lack of finance, lack of frequent access to technology, education and language issues (English is not the first language of many in South Africa). Image Credit: Saleem Jaffer.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

These are the top 5 smartest ways to generate leads for your startup… so listen in, get clued up, and start making your small business more money! Did you allocate a budget for marketing in your startup business plan ? Online tendering is tipped as the top way to generate business leads for startups in the coming year.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. We made some changes and things are going better. I wanted to work there.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

Skip to content Follow: RSS Email Twitter Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli On building profitable web applications Home Contact me Creations Blog Books Entrepreneurship & Startups General Online experiments Programming tips and tricks Startup tips and tricks Tags advertising , google adwords How to get cheap and targeted paid traffic?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

This analogy is particularly relevant to startups and SMEs, where the decision to adopt a certain technological product or service, could make all the difference between climbing higher than the competition or lagging behind. Ambarish Gupta is the CEO and Founder of Gurgaon-based cloud telephony startup Knowlarity Communications.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 9, 2010

Skip to content Follow: RSS Email Twitter Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli On building profitable web applications Home Contact me Creations Blog Books Entrepreneurship & Startups General Online experiments Programming tips and tricks Startup tips and tricks Tags advertising , google adwords How to get cheap and targeted paid traffic?

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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. If you’re working from home and not seeing clients, you may find your startup costs are limited to marketing, stationery and legal. Startup costs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too. Watch live video from Startup Lessons Learned on Justin.tv

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