Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

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. It starts by not giving your company a name that means something totally offensive in some future important market.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. Thanks to Ryan Niddel, Ryan Niddel Strategies ! #9-

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

It’s always tempting to buy name brand, but it’s almost never worth the money. South Africa. Check out the South African Savings Institute. The South African Savings Institute is a good resource for South Africans, with news, savings tips and information on participating in the national Savings Month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2019

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. Those who come to this country with little more than hope to their name know that to get what they want they must work harder and longer than anyone else. Nordstrom (Sweden), and Pierre Omdiyar (France) at Ebay.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). He introduced me to a senior guy from the “network solutions&# practice, a Dutchman named Valentijn Bonger.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The scam has been targeting consumers in South Africa, a country where online consumers face a high risk of internet fraud , for the past year. The scam starts with an email or SMS being sent to customers, purported by Wonga South Africa, to a diverse range of recipients. How to identify the scam.

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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). When asked to name the gadget they could not live without, 43-percent said their smartphone, another 43-percent voted their PC or laptop. Technology rules their lives.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2024

He had immigrated from South Africa to America when I was a young kid, and he just had this work ethic that I still haven't seen rivaled Today. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Where do we start? I would love it.

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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. Each week I’ll be profiling 2-3 startups that caught my attention. Miscellanous.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. 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. by Sharon Fishburne.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2017

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. Those who come to this country with little more than hope to their name know that to get what they want they must work harder and longer than anyone else. Nordstrom (Sweden), and Pierre Omdiyar (France) at Ebay.

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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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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Keeping a business blog and guest blogging on other websites are other ways to get your name out there. In Africa – and South Africa in particular – you can seek online tenders and have the jobs sent straight to your inbox. 4 – Seek Online Tenders.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2014

My heart also leaped with joy when I read how he managed to achieve mobility via a motorised wheelchair which he can operate with his left foot (affectionately named as his “chicken drumstick”). The greatest takeaway for me was the lesson on giving.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Locations and Dates: Johannesburg, South Africa – February 16-17, 2018. Fun Fact: Half of the host company’s name comes from Stephen Covey, beloved author of the ubiquitously quoted The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Executive Secretary Live. Conference Organizer: Executive Secretary Magazine.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Growing up in South Africa, I had a pet giraffe named George that followed me around. There is an infinite difference between good and average people in how they can impact your business. What is one interesting fact about you that people may not know? My family owned the Johannesburg Lion Park for many years.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It’s even better if you can make your search specific by including the name of the bank you’re looking for information on. Just make sure you can spot the advertisements: Look for “Ad” on the left side under the name of the website. Try variations on this formula: [industry name] business incubator/accelerator in [city, country].

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Segnit has an iconoclastic background under his belt, having studied engineering at Oxford University, held positions at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi, co-founded a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, and made a minor name for himself as a radio personality at the venerable Capital FM, London’s most popular radio station.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. The name of our company, Sisu, means, in Finnish, persevering in the face of adversity. Little did I realize how apt of a name that would be.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2010

EIGHTY20 is a small consulting company based in South Africa. Background on the name EIGHTY20: EIGHTY20’s about page offers a useful explanation about the origin of its name: Eighty20 consulting is named after the 80:20 rule. He observed that in his country, 80% of the land was owned by 20% of the population.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2010

EIGHTY20 is a small consulting company based in South Africa. Background on the name EIGHTY20: EIGHTY20’s about page offers a useful explanation about the origin of its name: Eighty20 consulting is named after the 80:20 rule. He observed that in his country, 80% of the land was owned by 20% of the population.

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www.netmagazine.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide. Contents is well named: its content is placed first in source order. Authors name. Karl Swedberg’s Smooth Scroll plug-in for jQuery has served me reliably for this purpose. Collapse it. User avatar.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2019

Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, you name it. When we see a student in South Africa and a student in Berlin start to collaborate because of a class they took taught by a teacher in New York city, that’s the magic that we want to happen.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You see the big ones named, the hidden mysterious ones, you can unmask using a mouse hover. It would be nice to see all the sites named, but it is kind of nice that it forces you to internalize the big ones, likely where you can have the biggest impact, and then look at the small ones. China, South Africa, Egypt.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 21, 2018

How did you come up with your business name? Each affirmation is created from my heart in the hope of bringing a little more peace, love, gratitude and laughter into our crazy busy worlds so it made sense for me to have a business name which represented this. Shar; I’ve always asked people Y they do what they do. Shar; We are unique.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

For most geeks around the world they still see Silicon Valley as the ultimate Mecca for technology and want to visit to learn the special sauce that makes Silicon Valley the unique producer of so many household name startups giants; Google Facebook, Twitter and Intel.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

Since 2011, Kimberly has helped Black Girl CODE grow from a local organization serving only the Bay Area, to an international non-profit organization with chapters in 7 US cities and Johannesburg, South Africa serving over 2000 African/African-American, Latina, and Native American girls.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

" That quote comes to mind when I think of a new feature in Google Analytics that carries the unassuming name of Weighted Sort. Hundreds and hundreds of referring urls and campaigns and page names and so on and so forth. But if there were A Lot of visits from South Africa then the actual value is reflective of the true value.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

I read this quote by a guy named Parker Palmer, who is an author and an activist. I learned through this process of studying companies, and individuals, and entrepreneurs, people like Walt Disney, and Mother Teresa, and hundreds of people whose names I didn’t know until I started undergoing this study of writing this book, The Art of Work.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2013

Nowadays, EVERYTHING in Augusta, Georgia bears Bobby Jones’ name. Highways, tollways, car dealerships, flower shops, steel mills, car washes … just slap the Jones name on it and you are instantly credible. Gary Player won his first green jacket in 1961, took it home to South Africa, and never returned it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Hi there, my name is Angus and I’m 30 … Although the name might imply, I actually don’t have much connection to Scotland. I lived there for 9 years before my father got offered a great opportunity and we moved to South Africa for a three year contract. Angus lives and works in London, England.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Hi there, my name is Angus and I’m 30 … Although the name might imply, I actually don’t have much connection to Scotland. I lived there for 9 years before my father got offered a great opportunity and we moved to South Africa for a three year contract. Angus lives and works in London, England.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The truth is I am 47 years old and have worked as a waiter, a shipping clerk, a Tug Boat Skipper(14 years),a builders mate, an electricians mate, a pine tree planter (in the Spanish mountains), a house painter and a car test driver (in South Africa). Who/what are some of the biggest influences on your design work?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 23, 2015

So, that day, all I did was pick a name for the podcast. For example, when I decided to launch a podcast, it was such a daunting task (figuring out recording software, contacting people to be interviewed, setting up a webpage, creating graphics, creating intros and outros, etc.), Thanks to Louise Hendon, Paleo Living Magazine !

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 16, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. My wife and I were driving home from North Dakota trying to think about a cool new name for our mattress company. Image Credit: Jeff Quinn.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Most were plastic, or they were made using boring wood, or they were poorly shaped, poorly finished, you name it. One of my favorite holiday destinations growing up in South Africa was the Palace of the Lost City. A little bit of creative theft here… The Bridge of Time at The Palace of the Lost City, South Africa.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Do you want to tie your name to an oil industry, or offer a service that you may not be brilliant at, but that will attract a lot of customers?

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