YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

The agriculture technology sector, or agtech, in Africa is booming and its entrepreneurs think very long term and very big. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus. In South Africa, 31% of entrepreneurs fear failure, close to the highest figures in the west, and Africa does lag behind when it comes to discussing business failure.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 I’m the founder of Lime Inc., Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

White When my Co-Founders Leslie Alvarado and Dr. Aubrey J. 8- Using short and simple terms Photo Credit: Maurice Harary As entrepreneurs and co-founders of our small business, we wanted our company to be memorable with a short, punchy name that any layperson outside our industry would immediately recognize and understand.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

This payment solution was beta-tested by merchants such as Russian-themed restaurant and caviar bar Buyan in Singapore since June last year, and is now launched worldwide, with the company targeting Southeast Asia, South Africa and South America as key target markets.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

from South Africa, and battling breast cancer, I became overwhelmingly humbled by the toughness, the tenacity of my experience. In the early 2000s, my co-publisher and I were writing a book on how to break into freelance writing by breaking the rules. Thanks to Jody Costello, Contractor From Hell ! #5-Based

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Right now, across parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, people are literally using a kitchen soup ladle and cheesecloth to salvage blood,” says Carolyn Yarina of Sisu Global Health , creator of Hemafuse. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout. Founder, Crowdvine. phdc Flip 'n' Learn Shivani Khanna.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. But startups are also solving local problems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv for handling the actual broadcasts. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

If you are familiar with Steve Jobs, the late founder of Apple Computer, co-founder was Steve Wozniak, that if you’re familiar with this story then you know that he went to college for a brief period of time. I like referring to this as the Steve Jobs strategy. He went to Reed College. How old did that take?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2020

The beer brand Carling Black Label combatted domestic violence in South Africa through its #NoExcuse campaign against gender based violence and fighting against toxic masculinity. Toothpaste brands have tackled school absenteeism and oral hygiene. And these are just a few examples.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Disclosure:] I am the co-Founder of Market Motive Inc and the Analytics Evangelist for Google. It uses one of the largest sources of data in the world and can be an excellent way to understand Traffic, Search Keywords, and Also Visited data for a Chinese site or one from Brazil or South Africa.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2017

Barbecue dives into the ritual practices performed across the world from South Africa to Sweden journeying to 12 countries to talk about the art of grilling meat. Walk With Me goes deep inside the Zen community highlighting the life and meditations of Thich Nhat Hanh in the pursuit for deeper connections with the world around us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 12, 2016

I was joined by Michael and Marie, co-organizers of Techbikers over the past few years. 10 Literacy Instruction programmes implemented in South Africa, Nepal, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. 50 teachers trained in South Africa. in this post I’d like to share the Impact with you. Closing the circle?—?Nepal,

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Our most famous current rocket entrepreneur — Elon Musk — was from South Africa. The co-founder of Google wasn’t born in America nor was the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, WhatsApp, Yahoo! and the founder of eBay and many others. And what of our most revered tech founder — Steve Jobs?

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