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Putting a price tag on a young startup is a peculiar practice. While valuation models exist, many agree that it’s more of an art…

Startups are hives of creativity. In their early days, the creativity of their founders and new hires mainly permeate the innovative products or services…

“Africa’s current environment is ripe for gaming to take off,” says Michael Szymanski, the Director of Business Development for the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of…

Finding creative ways to engage your customers can be the beginning of your stairway to success. However, there are now more and more ways…

Our main focus here is entrepreneurial productivity and it can teach you how to be strong and financially powerful, so you can free yourself…

For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which the venture-backed startup went from a Nasdaq…

Seed accelerator 88mph’s Nairobi director Nikolai Barnwell spoke to Ventureburn about its upcoming three-month acceleration programme in the Kenyan capital: what they look for…

We’ve long lamented over how secretive Africa’s startup communities are, especially South Africa and its crown jewel, Cape Town, which is supposed to be…

Have a sustainable business plan that needs funding? Emerging Stars might help you out. Operating mainly in emerging markets and driven by models of…

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard about the bank heist where more than US$45-million got sucked out of ATMs around…

An article published by The Economist earlier this year, quoted research by the pressure group, Partnership for a New American Economy, which found that…

People are spoiled for choice when it comes to email marketing services. For example, internationally there is MailChimp, iContact, Benchmark and Campaign Monitor, while…

Where there’s a problem there’s a solution. Where there’s a solution there’s a business opportunity. Understanding what the gaps and success stories are in…

It’s obvious that Africa really is pushing an entrepreneurial agenda at the moment. Africa 2.0 is entrepreneurship competition aimed at bringing together startups in…

Prodigy Finance is a fascinating company. It takes elements of micro-lending, as well as some proprietary risk-assessment practices, and applies them to MBA students…