Founder Start with Seven (Sw7), promoting Tech startups in South Africa, disruptive when not innovating.....
Joined November 2013
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Sw7 The South African Tech Startup Community and Economy by @Sw7co for @500startups #africa #emergingmarkets slideshare.net/KeithJones52/…
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If you liked this thread, you may also enjoy my previous TED talks, including:
How I got our entire domain banned from Google due to illegal porn
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& some feelgood reflections on 7 years of building a profitable open source business
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On April 29th, 7 years ago — I pushed publish on a Kickstarter campaign for half baked prototype called @Ghost — with some wild ideas.
Today, we're a team of 16 with a just over $2.1M ARR and some even wilder ideas.
Here are some of the highlights 👇🏼 [ 1 / ? ]
Check out my latest article: IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News linkedin.com/pulse/imf-outlo… via @LinkedIn @sw7co
Check out my latest article: Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business linkedin.com/pulse/funding-y… via @LinkedIn
@ahmecassim22 launching a new bank in SA. Banking the unbanked @hellopaisa @Sw7co Fintech disruption is finally coming to SA!
Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme to kick off next week in Jozi disq.us/t/3ca6voq
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The problem with nuclear is that it doesn’t demand the radical re-making of society, like renewables do
All nuclear does is grow societal wealth & decouple the economy from pollution & environmental destruction
No wonder they hate it so much
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We spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes startups explode out of the gates, and not nearly enough on what drives the “overnight successes, a decade in the making.” e.g. Lynda/MailChimp/Olo
Some quick thoughts on what powers that type of entrepreneur:
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Lies, damn lies and statistics! This is a great overview of what our market looks like.
What a Typical Entrepreneur Looks Like [Infographics] by @X1Group link.medium.com/KAHDCHIOxT
![What a Typical Entrepreneur Looks Like [Infographics]](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2119734525269794816/imxwTteY?format=jpg&name=800x419)
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The growing trend towards corporate-startup partnerships in Africa disrupt-africa.com/2019/01/t… @KeithGJones @Sw7co
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"Serial Entrepreneurship Is A Low-percentage Game": Ten Pieces Of Friendly VC Advice From @dafrankel tcrn.ch/2zZZR8I via @techcrunch
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Best write up I've seen in a long time about VC's, Investors and Investing. This article is written using stats from the massive, digitally accessible markets in the USA. The Accessible and Addressable markets in Africa are smaller…lnkd.in/eaFXsxV lnkd.in/eDw4QCC
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We all know that investors are fundamental to every start-up. But we wondered: what do investors value more, skills and degrees or passion and commitment? We asked the expert @KeithGJones at the @meconvention in #Stockholm. #createthenew #startup smart4.me/expert
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Angus Gibb, founder of ComUnity shares a talk on taking your business to the clouds pscp.tv/w/brvPizFlUkV4cW9XbG…
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#GEW2018 Day3: So how do you judge if the audience find value in the content that is presented in this MICROSOFT TECH DAY session? 👇🏾👇🏾
#Techpreneurs #Startups #Entrepreneurship #CloudComputing #22OnSloane @MicrosoftSA @unleashingideas
