Eric Edelstein

Something about the headline caught my eye, and made me look twice…
Business the Branson Way
It’s been a crazy few weeks, but the 3 sessions Brian Walsh is putting on looked interesting enough for me to decide that I’m going to give up staring at my laptop screen for a few hours, and get out there [...]

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The next OpenCoffee will take place this Thursday (8 May) from 14h00 at Sinns in Wembley Square (venue details at http://www.wembleysquare.co.za/).
We’ll be trying something a little different this month at the OpenCoffee meetup, and give it a dash of structure to encourage networking. Every attendee will get a colour-coded name tag to indicate their service [...]

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It’s Coffee Club time again for all entrepreneurs to get together.
Remember that this month, Coffee Club is happening at Sinn at Wembley Square at 2pm today…
See you there.

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I’ve long had huge admiration for Ronnie Apteker who founded Internet Solutions many years ago, and now spends his time on a variety of projects and ventures including producing South African films, and launching and investing in start-up’s.
A few days ago, Justin Drennan from Internet Start-up wantitall.co.za mentioned springleap in a wantitall newsletter.
When I was [...]

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I’d like to thank…
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU who voted for me in the 2008 SA Blog awards first round which got me nominated as one of the 10 finalists for “Best SA Business” blog.
I’m speechless & honoured.
But not speechless or honoured enough as I’ve still got the Chutzpah to ask you to vote [...]

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Open Coffee founder, Saul Klein, let me know today that a new incubator for early stage Internet Start-Up’s has launched.
Seedcamp is inviting applications from new start-up’s, are choosing 20 for the selection round, and the winning 5 will be given 50 Thousand Pounds seed capital for a 10% stake, together with intense mentoring and introductions [...]

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Are these pics both of Vinny Lingham as I’ve been asked to believe?
Slightly “wiser” Vinny Lingham on the left, and a “younger” Vinster on the right?
I’m not convinced!
Congrats Comp-sci Fly-guy - it’s not all of us who make page 79 of the July issue of GQ, in a feature article sitting on pages between Mark [...]

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One of the huge ingredients required for the success of any business is PASSION.
And the Sharks supporters showed their passion in full force today.
All you saw in the crowd was a mass of standing people wildly waving the black sharks flags with the Mr Price Logo.
So was I thinking about the victory of the Sharks [...]

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