YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Even if we are fortunate enough to have the time to converse one-on-one, face-to-face, most of our interactions with each other have some element of digitization. For the last two years the company has been measuring and scoring the social capital of entrepreneurs in Kigali, Rwanda. The team at kountable believes it can.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 18, 2010

It is great to see that a conversation is finally evolving on the importance of gender diversity in the technology and venture capital sectors. On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 30, 2015

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Rwanda, GoTech is resolved to develop, design and implement solutions to help communities respond to fire. The idea is to create a network of devices, so communities can work together to snuff out a threat. Ever since then, SXSW resurfaces in so many of my conversations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Here's my conversation with Tomas Pueyo. Eric Ries : I appreciate you saying that, and we should certainly reserve a moment to say thank you to all of the spouses and supportive partners that have made possible so much of this relief work that we have been talking about in this series of conversations. He was not a famous author.

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