Startups

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…

All aboard the StartupBus: The pressure cooker startup incubator on wheels

Bottle the following ingredients: the electric buzz of a Red Bull fueled hackerspace, the interpersonal caterwauling of a reality show and pressure, loads of…

Attention entrepreneurs, diarise this: LaunchCapeTown

If you’re an entrepreneur looking to network, polish your elevator pitch, hone your product or simply learn from big names in the tech industry,…

5 Tips for taking your tech startup from big idea to business success

Throughout the world, and particularly in emerging market countries, the entrepreneurial landscape remains notoriously difficult to navigate, with an estimated 80% of small businesses…

AngelHub: Investors come together to foster startup growth

You may believe tech creates jobs, you may believe it destroys jobs. Whatever the case, we know that in the tech world we are…

6 Things every startup should watch out for before signing with an investor

“Yes, we would like to invest”. The magic words that any startup owner loves to hear. Your idea is no longer just a seed…

9 Questions and answers about successful startups – Harvard study

Ever wondered what makes one startup succeed while another fails? Well a team of brains from Harvard Business School has put together a fascinating…

There are only nine Googles left in the world

There’s an interesting analysis of the advertising industry and Silicon Valley’s growing bubble in new media by Rick Webb. In his analysis, Webb argues…

Curation: Is a bubble forming?

As the subject of curation takes off Venture Capitalists are funding more “curation” startups which could likely lead to a bubble in this sector….

Bubbling in the cauldron: Is Twitter a sign?

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” chanted the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, cooking up trouble. Similarly, are the VCs of…

Formsly: A profitable approach to interactive ‘contact us’ pages?

Formsly – Cape Town based, Silicon Cape start-up is adamant it is meeting the needs for a global market with its offering at www.formsly.com….

Startups/apps all the rage in coffee shops and bars

These days it’s difficult to go anywhere without hearing about startups and their apps. That’s natural in my job but when you start hearing…

Where in the world is CrowdFund?

Almost a year ago, or eleven months ago to be precise, a brilliant crowd-based angel investment project was introduced to the South African tech…

Techies, startups, entrepreneurs pile in for Silicon Cape meet

There’s a growing startup scene at the tip of Africa. And it was more evident than ever at a Silicon Cape networking event on…

Five difficulties facing startups in China

There’s a legend about a Chinese monk who, after years of meditating atop a high, isolated mountain, envisioned the world’s first circular disk. Careful…

What a startup can learn from a restaurant menu

It’s often said that one of the biggest challenges for an entrepreneur is focus. Naturally, this is coupled with multiple challenges like cash flow,…

Why Silicon Valley is only part of California’s innovative success

California seems to be on a constant roller-coaster of events – technological, economic and social. Strangely enough, the state keeps moving on as the…

7 tips for starting up small

There’s no formula for guaranteeing the success of a startup and each new venture comes with its own story and own personal ideas of…

BetTech secures multi-million rand seed funding

Software development startup BetTech Gaming has announced that it has secured a multi-million rand seed funding packet from South African venture capital firm, 4Di…

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’…

New SA crowd-source fund hits R1-million

Crowdfund is the South African tech industry’s latest step toward fostering a culture of angel investment for online start ups in South Africa, and…

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