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• Inside DEMO Africa: an interesting look into Africa’s startup world

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  By Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.
  Posted 14 May, 2013
  

  Last year the first ever DEMO Africa conference was held in Kenya featuring 40 startups from around the continent. Now, months later, African tech entrepreneur Jon Gosier and the AppsAfrica team have released a mini documentary showcasing a rarely seen part of the tech world, the startup ecosystem of Africa. "Inside DEMO Africa", features interviews with key players in the African tech ecosystem, from entrepreneurs to angel investors, venture capitalists, philanthropists, incubators and government officials. The conference, which is part ...

• Screw Silicon Valley, Brazil actually has a startup show worth watching

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  By Stuart Thomas: Senior reporter
  Posted 7 February, 2013
  

  Anyone on the tech startup scene will have at least heard mention of a Silicon Valley reality TV show. Well Brazil looked at that, called bullshit and produced a show about startups that looks like it'll be worth watching. The Silicon Valley show's executive producer was Randi Zuckerburg (sister of Mark) and by all accounts, it was about as entertaining as getting hit in the head with a wet trout. Brazil's Go For It by contrast follows a more documentary-style ...

• Ex-Mxit boss admits IM startup 2go is a threat

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  By Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.
  Posted 21 November, 2012
  

  The South African tech scene is quite abuzz with news of Alan Knott-Craig and post-Mxit information. In a recent Memeburn article, some insight was given into his time and the mobile social network and why it came to an abrupt end. Now, in a video interview discussing a post-Mxit life and how Africa's supposed largest social network fitted into his own company, World of Avatar, the former CEO has admitted that small instant messaging startup 2go could be a threat ...

• Y Combinator is a cult and Silicon Valley is unique

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  By Tom Foremski: In Silicon Valley
  Posted 1 October, 2012
  

  Steve Blank, a Silicon Valley-based retired serial entrepreneur, does a fabulous job in this interview in defining what makes Silicon Valley unique as a global engine of innovation. It's about culture and culture cannot be easily copied or exported. He also talks about how people around the world can be reading his posts and lessons in near-real time and that this is helping to change culture in innovation centers around the world. I disagree with this point, just because you can read ...

• A Kickstarter project worth backing: The Startup – a comedy film about startups

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  By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
  Posted 22 August, 2012
  

  The team behind a new startup comedy set in present-day San Francisco, is utilising Kickstarter to bring the project to life. Simply called the startup, the film bills itself as comedy-drama and aims to show the "the many, ever-changing sides—from the absurd to the sublime, but mostly the hilarious—of life inside an early-stage startup." The project is gaining traction. With 26 days to go, 52 backers have pledged a total of US$11 565 towards the goal of US$25 000 which ...

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