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Justin Spratt

Justin is an Australian, living in South Africa for the last five years. Speaker and writer on issues where technology and economics intersect. General Manager of VoIP Mobile & Wi-Fi HotSpot businesses at Internet Solutions. Co-founder ISLabs. Co-founder of GeekRetreat. Sit on steering committee's of WAPA and Silicon Cape. Formerly with investment bank, Morgan Stanley (London), Fixed Income, Credit Derivatives desk. Education: BCom (Finance; Deans List) Honours (Cum Laude); MBA (GIBS)

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• 10 lessons for tech startups

  Having been involved in a number of web and tech startups from Vottle.com to a VoIP mobile startup under the auspices of Internet Solutions' ISLabs, I have been lucky enough to have worked with some very bright entrepreneurs, and have learnt some valuable lessons along the way. From Two-Minute noodles, to Darwin, to Ham-and-Egging, here are my 10 lessons for founders. 1. The Boot:Almost every business can be bootstrapped to start, and should be. Not even Google needed ...