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. Census Bureau or the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, your local chamber of commerce and relevant industry publications.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

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., Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay. So from 95%+ U.S. That stuff? Ideas and Innovations. Strategies. Or more prosaically, Brands.

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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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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. Thanks to David Reid, VEM Group ! #19-

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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. It would be on the clients I work with, their employers, the networks I join and the online communities. Thanks to Jody Costello, Contractor From Hell ! #5-Based Photo Credit: Cheryle Jackson.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

At least, that’s the consensus from professional network LinkedIn, who found that the description topped the list of the most overused words and phrases in its member profiles for 2012. South Africa: Motivated. If there’s one word most people describe themselves with professionally, it’s creative.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. Petersburg Yekaterinburg Serbia: Belgrade Singapore: Singapore Slovakia: Bratislava Slovenia: Ljubljana South Africa: Johannesburg, 169 Oxford Rd. They represent more than 10,000 people total. The following sites are confirmed livestream hosts.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In addition to attending stellar sessions, Executive Assistant attendees will have the opportunity to network with people who face the same challenges they do…and maybe meet assistants who face a whole different host of challenges. Locations and Dates: Johannesburg, South Africa – February 16-17, 2018.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

This works particularly well for those engaged in B2B activities or for those who struggle to network. 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 24, 2019

If your business doesn’t work out, you can go back to the drawing board, refinance, use tech solutions and networks to help you change tack. In Africa if you take a risk and it goes wrong it can have a far greater impact on you, your employees and community. In some countries, failure is a big psychological problem.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

Seren 00:07:18] said, networking and branding. Those are your struggles; marketing, networking, getting started, focusing. It’s not just who you know in terms of succeeding in networking. In terms of building a network, apprenticing under people, it’s really the process of not just knowing people, but helping people.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Last year the Rwandan government completed a $95 million fiber optic cable network reaching every district in the country to encourage new economic growth through ICT. The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

She relocated our family to Cape Town South Africa to support the healing of the country after the end of the apartheid system. At this point, we have tens of thousands of alumni who have gone through our curriculum and continue to stay involved, network, and mentor others within our community.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I specialize in brand strategy from the early stages through launch, and use my trusted network of groupies – from Web designers to photographers – to support the vision for brands I’m working with. I also play guitar in a mom band called Mamadrama out of Asbury Park, NJ. Brand Groupies came to me one day and that was it!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurship (ISBE) publishes its journal of research six times a year, provides funding for research activities conducted by businesses, and offers benefits to members through its network of contacts and access to its special interest groups. South Africa. Endeavor South Africa.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

There are an enormous number of philanthropic groups around the globe that network through many smaller organizations. Here are a few examples of these larger groups: The Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group (AGAG) is a membership organization of foundations that either fund or are interested in funding in Africa.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 27, 2016

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended the event – coming from as far as South Africa and Nova Scotia. Last Thursday, we hosted a private marketplace-themed event in San Francisco, The Holy Grail of the Marketplace: The Virtuous Cycle.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. None has succeeded. Ireland Can Help With Going Global. Enterprise Ireland has so far attracted entrepreneurs from the U.S.,

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

She relocated our family to Cape Town South Africa to support the healing of the country after the end of the apartheid system. At this point, we have tens of thousands of alumni who have gone through our curriculum and continue to stay involved, network, and mentor others within our community.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I was born in South Africa and emigrated with my parents and younger brother, firstly to Ireland, then to Australia, arriving here when I was 14. Attending networking events proved helpful as well, and I met a number of my clients this way. The rest of my clients turned up as referrals or word of mouth.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2023

15- The Social Network Photo Credit: Samuel Park One movie that motivates me is The Social Network, which tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, built one of the most successful tech companies in the world. It explains the series of events that took place before the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 21, 2018

Previously having run a professional business networking group on the East Coast of Australia, one of the key USP’s for the group was to ask each guest Y they did what they did. I watched a Ted-x talk of Simon Sinek years ago and he said everything starts with why. I watched what took place and realised I was onto something.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Medical device companies based in emerging markets are growing and increasing their market share; Companies like Mindray Medical International and BGI of China, and Transasia Bio-Medicals of India, and Ascendis Health of South Africa. Business and life are about relationships, your network is what will lift you up.

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Jason Ball

MAY 22, 2008

Opera have just released some pretty interesting stats on mobile web usage for Q1 2008 through the Opera mini browser: Social networking stands supreme. Almost 40% of traffic worldwide is to social networks. One Web will triumph over WAP content.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A brief bit of science before we dive into how to come up with ideas… Good ideas are networks. You are a part of a ‘liquid’ network. One of my favorite holiday destinations growing up in South Africa was the Palace of the Lost City. In a human’s brain, there are approximately 100 billion of these cells.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

He helps with the American Sustainable Business Council, writes books on responsible business practices, and is a member of the Social Venture Network and founder of the Community Capital Bank. His business has been so successful that experts and ideas from it are being exported to South Africa, India, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

That’s like you saying you don’t want to go to cocktail parties and network anymore while every 25-35 year-old VC steals your customers. It’s the Millennial version of The Food Network. Remember – it’s an ephemeral network. Click on Tastemade – one of my favorite channels. Be careful.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

And for a bit of nostalgia for those that connected via modems (our original modems were external about about the size of two Amazon Kindles stacked on top of each other) play this short SoundCloud audio of a modem connecting to the telco network. And he had never known of his success in South Africa. No Internet. No Twitter.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2017

The SXSW Conference is a melting pot opportunity for global professionals at each level to network, interact and learn about what’s next in the world of culture, technology and entertainment. In the film world this year’s documentary highlights are Walk With Me, Stranger Fruit and Barbecue.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“The growing impact investment market provides capital to address the world’s most pressing challenges in sectors such as sustainable agriculture, clean technology, microfinance, and affordable and accessible basic services including housing, healthcare, and education.” –the Global Impact Investing Network.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is to create a network of devices, so communities can work together to snuff out a threat. The product has been implemented successfully in South Africa and the name Lumkani was chosen because it has meaning in both countries. In Zulu, it means “Be Aware,” and in Swahili, it means “wake up.”

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