F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
India’s ecommerce market said to rocket to $6-billion in 2015
Ecommerce might be young in India but it’s growing super fast. India’s ecommerce market will reach US$6-billion in consumer spending in 2015, leaping from…
Where’s the line between inspiration and startup overhype?
A piece that my colleague Ali Mese wrote recently went viral instantly. My Facebook timeline became a mish-mash of people — entrepreneurs or not…
Redefining bootstrapping: it’s all about developing a sustainable plan
Given the current global startup environment, I believe a re-definition of the term bootstrapping is in order. I believe bootstrapping is more than just…
A case for bootstrapping: building and selling a startup with zero funding
It is easy to get taken in by the allure of entrepreneurship. People gravitate towards visions of eight-digit seed funding sums, several additional rounds…
This startup lets you buy your friends a beer through WeChat
There’s now a way to send a gift to someone inside WeChat – and it’s really easy to do. The newly-launched service is created…
Don’t PANIC: why you need to find a mentor for your startup
“And that is how we’re going to get to $25-million in revenue within 18 months!” I bit my lip and scratched my head. Sitting…
Flipboard’s Eric Feng: ‘build a team with potential, not specific expertise’
On May 5th at Beijing’s funky co-working space Tech Temple, Startup Grind’s Beijing Chapter hosted its inaugural event by welcoming Eric Feng. Feng is…
10 survival strategies for getting your startup funded
Alexis Horowitz-Burdick is the founder and CEO of online cosmetics store Luxola, which has raised US$10 million from investors. But before she was able…
Beauty boxes: how the subscription startup trend unravelled in Asia
Subscription services were supposed to be the next big thing in ecommerce. The concept, in which consumers pay a monthly fee in order to…
10 must-have startup tools for CRM, communication, documentation
Stephen Jagger is the co-founder of PayrollHero, a time, attendance, scheduling, HRIS, analytics and payroll platform built for the web and mobile. At PayrollHero…
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