thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Hence, a Singaporean founder will find it easier to execute in the 3rd key market that is the MENASSEA region (Middle East, North Africa and South/Southeast Asia). For e.g. platforms, market places, aggregators, advertising networks… chances are you are a B2B2C company. MENASSEA includes countries below. [Tip:

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents. New England Investment Network. So get out there and network today, and you can be one of the lucky ones who is touched by an angel without having to go through hell first.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The combination of mobile technology, sensors, robotics, and data analytics will create businesses that can empower billions of people around the world through decentralized and distributed networks where the “middlemen” are no longer required. No where is this more apparent than in financial services.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf , a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Image credit: Shutterstock / Africa Studio. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing over on the ooomf blog. How does your product work? What does this market look like?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

A special thanks to the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) and Rich Carlin and the Office of Naval Research for supporting the program at Stanford and across the country as well Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. And our course advisor – Tom Byers , Professor of Engineering and Faculty Director, STVP. and the U.K.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

In many ways the granddaddy of crowdsourcing platforms, Turk enables users to tap into it’s network of workers to perform tasks which computers are unable to do, but which humans can perform quickly and inexpensively. Amazon Mechanical Turk. Plus the actor Edward Norton is the force behind this social-crowd venture.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

B efore we literally kick off the first ball in the 2010 South Africa World Cup, below is a collection of interesting links on Israeli startups and more for the week of June 11th: Interesting startups of the week. Even a few of the large exits such as Dune Networks did little to improve the Israeli VC funds balance.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

Making money is the difference between Mo Ibrahim becoming a billionaire through bringing inexpensive mobile telecommunications to millions in Africa and Mo Gaddafi stealing billions of his people’s money at the point of a gun. To learn more about opportunities we are following now, click here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

CAfrica Sports (pronounced see-Africa-sports) was in need of a logo and stationary design for their company that will be the first private broadcaster to deliver content to over 40 countries in sub-Sahara Africa. Before CAfrica Sports, companies wanting to advertise in Africa had to pay on a country to country basis.

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. Joseph Mucheru East Africa Lead at Google. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I wrote down things like “I want to be able to go volunteer in Africa for 6 months when I want to. I also couldn’t be just a volunteer for non-profits as you gotta live and flying to Africa is not that cheap + would have to worry about financial security. Take advantage of affiliate networks like Clickbank.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A brief bit of science before we dive into how to come up with ideas… Good ideas are networks. You are a part of a ‘liquid’ network. One of my favorite holiday destinations growing up in South Africa was the Palace of the Lost City. In a human’s brain, there are approximately 100 billion of these cells. You make mistakes.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

2- Recruiting the unemployed from Africa. This means we are giving directly to approved nonprofits in the 1% for the Planet network. Thanks to Jeremy Yamaguchi, Lawn Love ! #2- Photo Credit: Olu Ojo. Thanks to Olu Ojo, Frenz Hub ! #3- 3- Hiring underprivileged people. Photo Credit: Marcus Anwar. 9- Giving to non-profits.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Instead of countless usernames and passwords, you have one identity to use for a variety of activities you want guaranteed security: online shopping, social networking, online dating, and online financials. miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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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. 08:58] You talk about superpowers and finding your superpower.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

The son is off in Africa combating disease with Doctors without Borders, and the other son. Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. I just happened to have a pretty sizable network in NYC and online.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It began as a network that brought physical copies of newspapers to travelers abroad. 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).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

My entire world functions as a large and wide distributed network. Our reach, network, visibility, and impact has grown significantly since 2007. Barclays (New York, South Africa and Israel). If you reflect on one part of Techstars – the accelerator programs – we’ve added the following new programs in 2015.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But Socially sharing through the multitude of networks is another way of getting to the customers to sign up for your launch. I do like Obama, being the seed of a Muslim (my native country-sake – Africa). You too can follow us on Twitter and sign up for our beta, it will be a social network for college students and alumni.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

But the three standout countries in terms of ambition are United Arab Emirates (95-percent), South Africa (85-percent) and India (81-percent). Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot. Technology rules their lives. The quantitative research was conducted online between June and July 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Angel Capital Association (ACA). Marty Zwilling.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. Conforming will give you the status quo. Now, the present.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Thanks to Anne-Sophie, League Network ! #14- 15- Help people in Africa get access to clean water. Since I’m of Ghanaian descent and grew up hearing stories of how my family didn’t have access to water, I decided that GiveMeTap would help people in Africa get access to clean water. Photo Credit: Tana M.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

It would cover every city, town and square inch of the earth from ships in the middle of the Arctic Ocean to the jungles of Africa to the remote mountain peaks of the Himalayas. iridium satellite network. In 2000, new investors bought Iridium’s satellites and network for $25-million, or one half of one percent of the invested capital.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

by Kawal Preet, President, FedEx, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). To begin with, it’s unique to take up a position that didn’t actually exist before – of the creation of a mega-region, AMEA: Asia Pacific plus the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa. Not all change is exciting, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I'm supposed to start a foundation I'm supposed to, you know, do ABC in Africa, I'm supposed to do blah, blah, blah. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. powered by.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

First, I encourage business owners to create resources on your website or social network feeds for clients to better understand the products that are provided. In the safari industry going forward, we have an interesting time coming up trying to keep young people interested in visiting Africa and coming on a safari. 6- Two strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. And he followed through. So he had had a taste of it.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A graduate of my university, Wilkins Odinga Fadhili, the CEO of Fashion Torch Africa , has already secured funding of Sh16.5 I hope that I will be able to follow his steps, but meanwhile, I have to secure a stable income, enhance my skills and build my network. . "It's so exciting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

A common complaint from many non-profits is that both government and private funders would rather spend their dollars on ‘sexy’ causes such as children’s charities, cancer, and heart disease, rather than long-term causes like global warming and erasing hunger in Africa. distributed cash aid from $137.9 distributed cash aid from $63.9

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Which is a huge strength and has network benefits that people couldn’t anticipate. There were some great examples of enabling students in Africa to participate in programs from Australia, which had never happened before. And we had people doing that, both in Africa and in San Jose. Having a worldwide audience is now possible.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The “official dignitary” tour of Silicon Valley is like taking the jungle cruise at Disneyland and saying you’ve been to Africa. Check the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network calendar or the BASES calendar for free events. and the Sandbox Network. Get invited to an event at Blackbox.vc

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

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. However, he was not the first to build a social network. In fact, surprisingly, there were hundreds of social networks before Facebook. Oil means money, wealth and huge spending power.

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