Eric Edelstein

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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Shanna asked me to spread the word about a complimentary get together taking place around Cape Town this week for those interested in property.
If you want a complimentary ticket to the event, contact me letting me know you want a ticket, and i’ll reply with Shanna’s email address.
Here are details of the event:

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“Bonds are trading like recession is becoming likely,” independent economist Robert Brusca wrote in a note to clients after the Fed move.
In the US, the stock market fell sharply yesterday after the FED cut interest rates by a quarter percent, when the market was expecting a more aggressive approach - the feeling is that the [...]

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The Sunday Times produced their annual South African Rich List last weekend, and I thought it would be fascinating to see which of the richest have Facebook profiles, how many have set privacy on their Facebook Status’s and how many you can go in and see details of…
I’ve written many times of using Facebook for [...]

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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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I’ve just finished reading The Majestic Way and think this is the perfect time to announce that my investment fund has taken a position in Scott Cundill’s company, Majestic.
My relationship with Scott goes back a long time to when we both worked for one of the large Internet Casino Groups. Scott was brilliant at viral [...]

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I didn’t have a large portfolio on the JSE, and I didn’t have many different shares. But I did have shares in a few companies on the JSE that I thought held potential, and I enjoyed watching both the movement in the share price (especially upwards in the last 2 years), and the way the [...]

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