Startups

Naming your startup: fun, friendly or just plain hipster?

If your startup name can’t potentially be used as an everyday verb or doesn’t end with “ly” you’ve probably missed the trend train. Geekatoo,…

SA startup to publish Arabic ebooks in deal with major regional online player

Snapplify, a service that transform PDFs into company branded mobile applications, has signed a deal with Kotobarabia, an online e-book store that specialises in…

3 up-and-coming Asian startups to keep an eye on

It’s a crowded marketplace for startups, but there are quite a few companies who are doing something interesting. Hopeful startups battled it out in…

What does running a startup feel like?

Someone recently asked what it felt like to run a startup. It’s an interesting question, because you constantly get peppered with advice on how…

Microsoft to give startups a free flight to the cloud

Microsoft is set to give a select group of early stage startups free access to its cloud offering. Under the initiative, which is part…

Africa Gathering: London event to celebrate African startups

People tend to get excited around startups. It’s probably something to do with the manic energy and will to succeed possessed by the people…

What gaps need to be plugged in the African startup ecosystem?

Africa’s startup ecosystem is in a state of flux. These are the formative days, the few million years post big-bang, if you would. So…

Silicon Cape launches startup academy

Cape Town based IT movement, the Silicon Cape has launched a new initiative it is calling the Silicon Cape Academy. The initiative takes the…

Markets fall: What will happen to Silicon Valley recovery?

Turmoil in global financial markets and economies is never good for Silicon Valley despite the fact that the regional economy has its own boom…

5 steps to show you’re a safe investment, even in an ‘unsafe’ market

The US Chamber of Commerce have lamented the fact that American investors were losing out opportunities in emerging markets during a time when the…

Why Silicon Valley can be bad for emerging market startups

Launching a startup anywhere in the world is challenging, but launching one in an emerging market territory where there is often limited access to…

3 digital marketing strategies startups need to get right from the start

Starting a new business is a bit like caring for your first born. Now while you don’t need to write a marketing strategy for…

5 things to consider when building a team vested in your success

People matter to organisations. While we may get a headache from those who overplay the importance of relationships against the basics of operations and…

Lessfuss and the Virtual PA — A workable concept?

Few of us would turn down the use of a personal concierge service. With the rise in busy lifestyles and the need to still…

Six questions that rejected Venture Capital seekers could not answer

Raising funding for an early-stage venture is always difficult. There is no bottled recipe for success, but even if you have a great concept…

A look at some of Africa’s hottest startup incubators

Although investment in Africa has traditionally focused on commodities rather than technologies, the explosion of mobile usage has opened up opportunities for small-business development….

Why most startups fail … and here’s how not to

It’s easy to think of the latest startup like a pimple in the middle of your forehead: you wake up one morning and it’s…

How to do market and competitor research that wins investment

Regardless of whether it’s an angel investor or venture capitalist you are approaching, every funder will narrow things down to one major question: “Who…

An international perspective on SA startups [NetProphet]

Angel investing came accidentally to UK-based Permjot Valia. As the sales and marketing director of Ernst & Young, he became involved in their entrepreneur…

Mobile social network Motribe celebrates ‘one million user’ milestone

Memeburn has it on good authority that Motribe, the relatively-new mobile social networking platform that empowers users across the world with tools to build…

FSMS.co.za: Q&A with the new mobile messaging startup

There’s no such thing as a free lunch right? There’s got to be a catch somewhere within a so-called free service? Think of Facebook,…

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