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Looqiloo turns everyone into an infomercial host
Ever wanted to be an infomercial host, but never figured out how? Then Looqiloo might be the right site for you.The site's developers claim that it lets people buy directly from a video pitching products at them. The site, which goes live today, also wants to make selling social.Looqiloo claims that "anyone can easily upload personal videos about their favorite products and share them with their friends, family and social networks".The site isn't exactly starting from scratch either. Looqiiloo says ...Digital publishing conduit Snapplify launches Android platform
If you haven’t heard of Snapplify, it’s a solution that enables publishers, authors and content providers to convert their books, magazines and brochures into digital publications.If the concept sounds compelling to you and you happen to be in London between 16 and 18 April this year, Snapplify will be on hand at the London Book Fair to launch its new Android platform. Its iOS version currently supports publishers such as iMaverick, Random House Struik, New Holland Publishing and Fiell ...Crowdinvest, ‘worlds first crowd sourced investment platform’, launches
Any new startup, scratch that, any business should be solving the universal issue of “what problem can my company solve?” Crowdinvest, a venture by three ambitious Cape Town locals aims to address the need of the burgeoning startup in a distinctly un-Kickstarter like way. How so? By crowdfunding projects through social networks, word of mouth and whatever else fits the bill.Anton Breytenbach, Jay Thomson and Jaco van der Bank are the trio founders behind Crowdinvest. Breytenbach is the CEO, Thomson ...Snapdisk: South African startup enters cloud storage race
We are spoilt for choice when it comes to cloud storage solutions, but we’ve yet to see an emerging market company truly stick it to big name services such as Carbonite, Mozy, DropBox , SugarSync, Box and Wuala. South African company, Motillion, wants to change that with Snapdisk, a secure cloud storage and file sharing service for PC, Mac, and mobile devices.Depending on the package you choose, Snapdisk allows you to schedule backups -- think Carbonite -- and sync your ...Spaaza: The glue that brings together online and offline shopping
eCommerce changed everything, but beyond the convenience, choice and financial savings yielded by armchair shopping, there’s an armada of disgruntled brick and mortar businesses who find it hard to compete. Why? In the US, big online retailers such as Amazon are exempt from collecting sales tax from online shoppers in the majority of states.A 1992 US Supreme Court ruling states that online retailers don’t have to collect sales taxes in states where they lack a physical presence. The pressure is ...It’s Startup Month at Memeburn
Every month is startup month at Memeburn, but we’re doing something special for the month of April. We invite you to let us know about which killer startups -- your own or ones you admire -- we should be covering.Share on Facebook or TwitterTell us about deserving startups by using the hashtag #memestartup on Twitter or by posting a short motivation on Memeburn's Facebook page. If you’d like us to feature your own startup, be sure to complete Memeburn's startup ...Photo-based MXit app shows impressive growth — 400k users in one month
An app inside mobile social network MXit is showing some fairly impressive growth.The app, called JudgeME, was developed by mobile social network builder Motribe and reportedly helps people meet each other by uploading and browsing photos.The South African-based company claims the app has gained over 400 000 users less than a month after launching and that it is “already generating enough revenue to cover its costs”.The company says this growth happened faster than it could scale the technology to manage ...The rise of Woza Online: 10K websites in just two months
Google's Woza Online initiative claims to have successfully helped 11 200 small businesses set up websites easily and for free in South Africa -- all in just two months. And Google expects "thousands more" to sign up in the coming months.Woza Online is a world-wide initiative that helps small businesses create their own websites, in turn boosting job creation and economic growth. Google has launched similar initiatives in 23 other countries around the world from Great Britain, Canada, and ...And the winners of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition 2012 are…
Moments ago LaunchCapeTown announced the winners of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition for 2012.Congratulations to the following teams.Track 1 -- Idea Stage1st place: Zoe-X
2nd place: Ching
3rd place: Home BugTrack 2 -- Growth Stage1st place: Snapplify
2nd place: Triggerfish
3rd place: Umuntu MediaEarlier today all ten finalists received a second round of coaching and delivered their final pitches in front of the judges, mentors and other finalists.The awards ceremony concludes CTEC 2012, but the three Growth stage winners will receive additional coaching ...LaunchCapeTown: Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition — Day 1
Memeburn was in the house for day one of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition (CTEC), part of LaunchCapeTown, the event that brings together startups, entrepreneurs, and digital tastemakers.The morning started off with an opening address by Belinda Walker from the City of Cape Town. In her spirited talk, ten teams waiting to deliver their opening pitches listened intently as Walker stressed the the importance of entrepreneurship in job creation.She called Cape Town “a city of contrasts” and highlighted the 28% ...
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