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Think being a tech entrepreneur is glamorous? Pick another career path
Having spent the past two years building a company in Hong Kong, I can testify that it is f**king hard. In the beginning, ignorance…
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Marissa Mayer may have decided that working from home doesn’t work anymore for Yahoo, but that doesn’t mean that working from home isn’t the…
Dear Asia, please stop trying to be Silicon Valley and do your own thing
One of my favourite jokes about Silicon Valley goes like this: A million guys walk into a Silicon Valley bar. None of them buy…
Why is talking about money in SA’s startup scene a no-no?
Trying to get an investment amount out of a startup in South Africa is nearly impossible. I used to think that it’s because the…
