So you want to raise funding? Either an angel round or a Series A round, from the HOT investors. An angel or VC fund in either New York, Boston or Silicon Valley? Yes, there have been cases where entrepreneurs have gone to the “Send me your pitch” page, and emerge with bucket-loads [...]

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We’ve been having a lot of discussion within our company on whether it’s possible to raise large scale VC in South Africa for an Internet Startup. Sure, if you have a solid business in SA, which is breakeven or profitable, and looking for international expansion, then you can raise a large amount of VC. But [...]

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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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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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