Archive for May, 2008
User Generated Branding, Free lecture on social media and marketing
Bluecatalyst a South African network of innovators, investors and mentors will be hosting a talk on User generated branding by Walter pike. The event to be held in Johannesburg, will cover topics such as, how Technology and social media is affecting customer behavior and the impact of these changes. These changes are forcing marketers to [...]
Buzzfuse, content marketing and promotion?
Buzzfuse, a South African based internet startup is a promotion engine for your content. The features are a mix between social bookmarking where popular content is promoted to the home page, an aggregator of media, social networking and they also throw in some reporting and stats.
Startup School 08, Greg McAdoo, Sequoia Capital
Greg McAdoo discusses evaluating startup companies for investment at Sequoia Capital and how to create a great company.
Key Takeaways & Notes
Elements of a sustainable company
Clarity of purpose
Spectacular market
Alleviate customer pain
Team DNA
Incredible Product focus
Real operating margins
Frugality
Inferno with a single match
Common Mistakes
Cluttered Markets
Too much money
Too early or too late
Not addressing a true pain
A feature and not a [...]
Kerawa, Classified ads for Africa
Kerawa a new website that is currently in Beta, offers free classifieds and aims to cover all of Africa. The site is available in French as well, which makes it more accessible. The ads are split by country, city and categories. You can place an ad with out registration, just a simple confirmation via [...]
Blueworld Social Network, launches free classifieds
Blueworld, the South African social network have launched free classifieds. The site allows you to post a classified ad without any registration, which is always a good thing since it is quick and easy. You may filter posts based on regions, as well as topics like cars, jobs and they even have a category [...]
Foodcreations, Social networking for chefs?
Foodcreations, is a ’social networking’ web site for food lovers, cooks and chef’s. Now it has very rudimentary social networking features each user gets a basic profile, you can add a friends and send messages. In addition you can share recipes, add your favorite recipes to your profile and review recipes that were posted. This [...]
The art of bootstrapping (Guy Kawasaki)
Guy Kawasaki author of The art of the start, has a must read post on his blog, called the art of bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is what you do when you are starting your business, You fund the project yourself by a variety of means to avoid external investors until absolutely required. Here’s a summary of [...]
Blueworld, South Africa’s social network goes mobile
Blueworld now has a mobile version of the social networking site. The mobile site is lightweight and lets you view and respond to messages. The site also has a feature called ‘MINI’ blogs which is very much like twitter. Additional features included news headlines from sites like News24 and access to events posted [...]
Geek Dinner, 28 May 2008, Cape Town
The eighth in the new series of original Geek Dinners, will be held on Wednesday the 28th of May 2008 in Cape Town. The geek dinner event is a networking event for people who are passionate about technology, entrepreneurs, geeks and bloggers.
Geek Dinner - Cape Town
Venue: Mel’s Village Kitchen, Rondebosch
Date: 28 May 2008
Time: 18:30 [...]
Afrigator, Africa’s Social Media Aggregator Beta 2 Launch
Afrigator, the African social media aggregator has launched beta version 2 of their web site. The home page has been given an overhaul, now with tabs splitting content by Recent, Most Clicked and popular. In addition to this you get a custom tab which lets you customize the home page and view only [...]
