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Ban the Vuvuzela campaign: Top 4 Solutions

June 13th, 2010 · 34 Comments

I’m watching the Algeria versus Slovenia world cup match, and i’m frustrated! Why? Coz, instead of watching the world’s best soccer players and listening to world class commentary on the TV, I’m listening to a swarm of bees - ANGRY BEES! (aka. the VUVUZELA)
Yesterday, during the England versus America football battle, there was a brief [...]

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Information Overload: How do YOU manage?

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

How are you handling all the info that the net has thrown at us? Do  you just ignore it? Or have you found the perfect way for FILTERING the CRUCIAL, and ignoring everything else?
I’ve got RSS feeds I haven’t looked at in months.
I’ve got emails streaming in about work!
I’ve got friends and contacts mailing, blackberrying, [...]

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Raising R50M+ VC in South Africa

March 17th, 2010 · 11 Comments

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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