Interviews

Martin Bjergegaard talks pitching new ventures, multi-million dollar exits

Martin Bjergegaard was an unknown name to me, till some few weeks ago. His profile, at the time, included him being the co-author of…

Ventureburn talks entrepreneurship with Omidyar Network Africa’s Malik Fal

Right around the time Omidyar Network released its Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report, we had an opportunity to talk to Malik Fal, managing director…

Startups must have something unique to be successful, says Gloo boss

Running your own business is hard work, especially when that business has been named Digital Agency of the Year six years running. Gloo, founded…

Interview: Sam Hutchinson, CTO of unified messaging juggernaut Everlytic

Sam Hutchinson is co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Everlytic, the unified messaging platform for sharing content via email, mobile, and social media. South…

Sailing startups to market: Q&A with Unreasonable Institute’s Daniel Epstein

Taking your company global is no small thing. For startups that want to conquer the international market, finding the best way to do that…

Q&A: Vinny Lingham on Gyft, the festive season and living in Silicon Valley

South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is not resting on his laurels despite the success of Yola and it having raised US$25 million from…

Can Silicon Valley be repeated in Africa? Ventureburn asks IBM’s Martin Kelly

IBM’s Venture Capital Group is a really interesting cog in the startup machine. It’s not a fund and yet, through it, IBM has managed…

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