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Spotting Opportunities; The Startup Journey of Catherine Mandungu

The Startup Magazine

She was born in Congo, DRC, and then largely raised in the Netherlands by a single mum of four girls. Her birthplace of Congo has become a source of influence, with Catherine’s goal being to support talented women in Africa in tech and business. Catherine’s Background. As an entrepreneurial figure, Catherine is unique.

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Twitter Link Roundup #55 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Pathetic & embarrassing that the UN can’t stop raping of women in the Congo - [link]. Both exciting and sad to find a new language spoken in the world (sad because it won’t last) - [link]. What Apple did in 10 years to its main product - [link]. That pumpkin’s doing what? Avert your eyes! - [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

US not the fastest in internet speeds but we’re way ahead of Congo, Central African Republic and turtles – [link]. How Martin Odersky rewrote the rules of coding for a mobile world – [link]. A Few Math Questions That US College Students Can’t Answer – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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Mark Zuckerberg’s year of books: The essential points from Why Nations Fail

The Next Web

Riddle me this: Why has Botswana, a landlocked country in the south of Africa, become one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, while other African nations — Zimbabwe, the Congo and Sierra Leone among them — remain caught in a miasma of violence and poverty? You might chalk it… This story continues at The Next Web.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I won’t bore you with the rest now, but there are fun stories of launching an online startup in NYC in 1997, learning to code (which indulged both my creative and analytical sides), parties (OK, one party) with Mick Jagger in London in 1995, a summer without plumbing traveling around Tanzania training women entrepreneurs (the opposite of said (..)

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A Gorilla’s Eyes

thebarefootvc

Yet many have been the victims of poachers and rebel groups in the Congo. Their habitat has been disturbed by refugees fleeing the genocide and the Congo civil war. Despite their size, the mountain gorillas subsist on a vegetarian diet and will fight only to defend their groups.

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Entrepreneurial events firm Summit Series acquires Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort for $40m

The Next Web

.” “This is no ordinary real estate project; it’s an effort to create an epicenter of culture, innovation, and thought-leadership.

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