I tend to always be justifying valuations of companies way ahead of the market. Over 2 years ago, BEFORE Microsoft invested in Facebook, I wrote this blog post, valuing Facebook at $10bn. Shortly thereafter, I was vinnycated (pun intended!) when...
Topics: General

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Yola is known as a “Software-as-a-Service” business – which basically means that it’s software inside a web browser. This is a fast growing space and we’re constantly looking to innovate and pioneer an industry. We quietly.
Topics: SaaS, Startups, Virtual Goods, Web 2.0, Yola

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I found this video on my good friendRyan Spoon’s blog. Definitely needed to share it with my readers. It’s a must watch!
Topics: General

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It’s great to see other young startups raising money in this tough economic environment. Cape Town based ChessCube just raised $1.25m in funding from VenFin and are looking to take the online chess market on with some really innovative products. ..
Topics: General

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I’m honoured to be this month’s cover story in Entrepreneur Magazine (SA). Many thanks to Juliet Pitman for the great write-up. It also gave me the perfect opportunity to test out Scribd – which is an amazing service that allows you...
Topics: General, SA

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