It was late 1998, and I was at a cross-roads in my life. I was working as a Financial Analyst for a large international corporate, and they offered me the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to become a Chartered Accountant by doing my articles with them, and then to work for them for [...]

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7th October 2009
For immediate release
Cape Town based Internet Startup, Fashion Evolution Holdings, has
raised a further R4M ($0.5M) in its second round of funding, with the
aim of commercialising its social network, crowdsourcing, & eCommerce
web based software platform, to be used to launch further internal
brands, as well as being used for powering 3rd party websites.
Fashion Evolution’s first [...]

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At 6.50 this morning I was alerted that our server which hosts springleap.com was done. For just over 2 hours, we worked flat out to get it up as quickly as possible, and by 9am, it was live again.
These are the lessons I learned:
1. Know who is responsible in your company for the server.
There should [...]

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