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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

As of 2020, the country was ranked as the second most innovative globally. Ongoing global macroeconomic problems and stubbornly high inflation have seen VC funding inch lower in recent months. Lagos (Nigeria) and Cape Town (South Africa) The African continent has rapidly developed its startup ecosystem in the last few decades.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

She is the CEO & General Partner of the investment firm Street Global. Her online radio show: Global Fireside Chats, brings together global industry titans to share insights on our fast-changing world. 10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53]

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: miiCard

crowdSPRING Blog

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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7 Ways Of Using An Immigrant Culture In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. Look at the world as today’s global market. But it does mean that every move be made with a global consideration.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

Since the great “financial crisis” of 2008-2009, the firm’s clientele – really without us even trying – has becoming increasingly global. In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E.,

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. 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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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach.