crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 16, 2010

Why artists and creatives have an unfair advantage in internet marketing – [link]. Breathtaking Pictures of Africa – [link]. Now in Blogs, Product Placement – [link]. Using Charts and Graphs for Content – [link]. Content Is No Longer King: Curation Is King – [link]. Twinkie deconstructed – [link].

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Women Rising: Microfinance institutions have known for years that women have higher repayment rates than men and that women are more likely to invest the borrowed capital back into their families and local communities. Nothing seems impossible anymore. And Beyond…. In the West, we have been living in relative prosperity for decades.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2019

With increased flexibility offered by smart mobile devices and wireless Internet connection, traders can achieve today more than they were able to in the past. Traders can now monitor currency prices and changes in pip regardless of their location, as long as they have a decent Internet connection.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Good to see innovation in delivering internet access to Africa (using voice control) – [link]. Fun industrial design: Unusual and Creative Designs of a Door Stop – [link]. Impressive Aluminum Based Package Designs – 37 Packages – [link]. Google’s Elemental API Periodic Table – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard– which stands for “My Internet Identity”– is an identify verification service using your email address, your mobile phone, and your online banking account to prove you are actually you. miiCard is like flashing your driver’s license or passport on the internet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The Internet is trying to tell us something – [link]. The True Size of Africa – [link]. Nearly half of all Twitter users don’t read a word you say – [link]. Smart post by @umairh about gamification and marketing – [link]. Marketing trends – [link]. The future of stories.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

You can find the Part 1, Dream Big and Start Small , Work to Learn, Not Earn , and Join the Community , here. If you are an Internet/software business, take care you pick a location that helps you to start. Those districts are not only right at the epicentre of the community, but also very beautiful and lively.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how technology will possibly affect their business tomorrow and here are the responses: #1- Makes growing a community easier. As someone who is looking to build a worldwide movement, growing a community is very important to me. Photo credit: Milena Regos. Photo credit: Avinash Chandra.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] That even though everyone in South Africa said to us, you're mad, what are you doing going to America for a sales app? Let's go back to South Africa. How do I leverage the power of, let's say the internet? Can I do more with this?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Africa Travel was established over 25 years ago, so there was no such thing as search engine optimisation back then. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- Remember, we’re on the Internet right now, and the Internet is owned by cats. Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For years, China has been the darling of the international investment community. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. I wanted to support the local community and stay in Thailand and I’ve been able to keep living abroad and traveling for the past three years. I was sitting in a pool and wondering about home. I was thinking about Vancouver. Did the Canucks win their last hockey game?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. Here’s what we learned. — Background.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 500,000 members worldwide, perhaps the largest Angel investment community in the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. But now to answer one of the most common questions I get “How do I find Angel investors?”

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This was borne out of my personal frustrations in scouring the internet and needing to stitch together my own half-baked solutions. After spending almost a decade in Africa, I realized that most of the charities and nonprofits weren’t making as big of a difference as they claimed. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. You need a community and ecosystem that adopts and use your tech.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

If knowledge is power then every entrepreneurial startup should succeed because the information needed to do so is almost in plain sight, out there on the Internet. The UAE is also a gateway to the hundreds of millions of people making up the diverse populations of the Middle East and North Africa region.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

When he hit on the idea of selling clean water, a scarce commodity in Africa, he could barely afford the fees to power his tank. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For years, China has been the darling of the international investment community. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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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 Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face. by Sharon Fishburne. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. (Unless it’s a high-end supercomputer with a computing capacity of 10 000 regular PCs.)

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2014

And recently, Toms launched a new initiative to benefit gorilla habitats in Africa. The Internet giant has publicly committed itself to “playing a positive role in every community we are a part of around the world.” It’s well known that this company gives a pair of shoes to someone in need for each pair sold.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Between our long life expectancies , medical breakthroughs , and the everyday miracles of things like the internet, digital photography, and air travel, we are living lives that would have seemed like a dream to people growing up just a few generations ago. Mall for Africa. Europe and Africa, and the consumers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Thanks guys. (Ha,ha). like facebook). Thanks, Rod!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Thorough internet search. The internet search part is obvious—Google is the low-hanging fruit of vetting, and it’s the “thorough” part that is essential.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Even looking at the internet, and phone technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Even looking at the internet, and phone technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. How did you become interested in design?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

Growing today, there is a thriving community of entrepreneurs and incubators for young talent. I had to grow up reading books because the internet was not yet a useful resource; it did not contain the depth of answers to pursue a passion. Where do you see your business in the next 3-5 years?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2020

Choosing a career that allows you to give back to your community or take other measures to make the world a better place takes some thought. Many people volunteer to build schools or teach English in Africa or Central America. There may be many communities near you or just a state or two away that could use your help.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The first is Sapphire Club – a membership based online club that offers a wide variety of resources and a community of like-minded people. I was born in South Africa and emigrated with my parents and younger brother, firstly to Ireland, then to Australia, arriving here when I was 14. She also has two mentoring programs.

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Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

This chart above is from a new World Economic Forum report, Deep Shift: Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact , predicts 21 dates in the future when previously unimaginable innovations will enter our daily lives, transforming the way we live and the way communities and governments function. Reality: We are already wearing technology.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I firmly believe that God created the internet so we could fail faster. You can get public feedback from their community of professionals (currently 8,000). DoubleClick Ad Planner is my go-to source for demographic and psychographic analysis for any website or, how amazing is this, the whole entire darn internet!

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Computer And Internet. Internet Services. Journal Community. Journal Community. A community of WSJ readers interested in franchising news, trends and issues. Journal Community. Answers allows you to tap the knowledge of Community members.

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Venture Chronicles

JULY 29, 2015

The story of the Dr. “Lion Slayer” Palmer is all over the internet and people are outraged, for good reason. Well done Internet… you have already surpassed the attention span of a #hashtag with this one. The Internet is a marvelous creation that engages and connects people throughout the world.

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