start ups

Umbono Alpha Beta is a Google event at which you can have as much free beer and pizza as you want, as long as you love startups.Memeburn was invited to watch as six startups -- three teams at the end of their six month Umbono program (last year's winners) and ...

Running a startup is tricky: you have way more work than you would in an office job without any of the safety nets offered by a big corporate. You need all the help you can get.That help couldn’t come in a much better package than seasoned UK-based startup ...

Like most people who grew up in America, I really had no idea what to expect when I first travelled to South Africa (besides gazelles and lions).My first trip was to Johannesburg two years ago to open a new office, and I have been back several times since, most ...

I was recently asked, “how do you find innovators?” It’s an odd question really, one that I hadn’t thought about before, but one that is valuable to think through. You have to dig deeper and think why innovations happen at all, and what the power structures are that make them ...

Well-known Silicon Valley-based South African web entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has resigned as the CEO of Yola, the internet startup he founded about five years ago, to launch a new venture.The new venture -- Gyft -- promises "to change the way you think about gift cards". It plans to launch in ...

Ever wondered how the startup world really works? Are you dying to know who the key players are in this mystical world? Do you lie awake at night cursing the sky hoping your anguish will penetrate the darkness and send you some answers? Well, it's your lucky day.The idea of ...

When it comes to Silicon Valley start-ups, Dave Sifry has been there, done that, and gotten quite a few T-shirts. He founded Technorati as a little science project in his basement, is the creator of Offbeat Guides, and was the brains behind Linuxcare.A software entrepreneur who has spent over ...