Archive for May, 2008
Startup School 08, Creating a successful startup (Paul Graham)
Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, speaks at Startup School 08 about how to create a successful startup.
Key Takeaways and Notes
Make something people want and do not worry too much about the money
There are parallels between a non profit and a startup, especially at the beginning stages (i.e craiglist)
Benevolent startups often turn into great companies
Benevolence increases [...]
Frogfoot Wifi, Everyone can earn money
Frogfoot, are not just happy settling for a cool name and a funky logo, they now offer just about anyone to own a WIFI hotspot and bill customers while at the same time offering agents who refer wifi operators a chance to earn commission. Everyone gets a slice of the pie. Technically, frogfoot is not [...]
Brasil Tech 2008, Technology lessons for South Africa
Brasil Tech 2008 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 27th and 28th of May. The event will be hosted by the Brazilian trade and investment agency at the Sandton convention centre. I believe there are important lessons that we can learn from brazil as they have faced similar challenges as we [...]
South African Social News Round Up - laaikit vs muti
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laaikit the new kid in the social news/bookmarking space by News24 was launched late last year. They have all the typical features you would expect for a social news site such as voting up/down and comments. The categories under which sites can be classified are exactly like the news24 site. [...]
Startup School 08, Start a business (David Heinemeier Hansson)
In a talk called the secret to making money online David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals gives insight into creating a profitable startup company.
YCombinator Startup School 2008
Startup school, a yearly conference sponsored by Y combinator and Bases (Standford) aims to share knowledge and train young entrepreneurs by hosting talks by experienced people. Y combinator also offers entrepreneurs early stage seed funding. The most famous of these projects that have spun out of Ycombinator are scribd & reddit.
This year the [...]
Calling entrepreneurs, geeks, innovators, marketers 27 Dinner May
27 is a get together, held on the 27th day of each month for geeks, innovators, marketers, entrepreneurs, writers, media practitioners, speakers and anybody who is keen, to share ideas, news and opinions over food and drink. The concept originating in South Africa alternates monthly between Johannesburg and Cape Town, more recently in Pretoria, Durban [...]
Sturvs, Social bookmarking for Nigeria with a twist
Sturvs, Nigerias answer to digg, is a social bookmarking web site with a bit of a twist. Sturv is the colloquial word for ’stuff’ in Nigeria and thanks to Loy at startupsnigeria for the tip. You can view sturvs classified under ‘Hot’ and ‘Latest’. The home page also has two small boxes on [...]
OpenCoffee Club, Networking for Entrepreneurs, Investors and Developers
Opencoffee club is a meetup group that originated in UK for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Developers and Designers to get together and network. The idea is to put people with the ideas, skills and ideas together.
South Africa has a local chapter in Cape town that has been running for a year. The next event will be [...]
SpringLeap, Crowd Sourcing T-Shirt Design
SpringLeap, a South African based internet startup allows anyone to submit designs for a T-Shirt. Each month a winner is selected based on voting and they receive a cash prize of R7000(+-$1000). The winning designer receives R2 commission and runners up receive R1 commission for every sale. The T-Shirts are distributed locally at selected stores [...]
