Matthew Buckland

Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa announce new partnership

Two of Africa’s foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa, are proud to announce a new partnership. The…

Here are four books you should consider reading this festive season [Book reviews]

By now most of us are winding down business as we prepare for the festive break. For most this is a great time to…

Here’s what late Matt Buckland had to say about these big tech, advertising personalities

Vinny Lingham, Koos Bekker, Matt Mullenweg. These are just three big tech and advertising personalities that the late Matthew Buckland mentions in his new…

You think it’s never going to happen to you, but it’s happening to me – Matthew Buckland [Book extract]

The below extract is taken from Matthew Buckland’s “So You Want To Build A Startup”, out now in book stores (see details below of…

Tafelberg publishers launch late Matthew Buckland’s book

After leaving the corporate world, the late Matthew Buckland — who passed away in April from cancer — built a digital marketing business, Creative…

Matthew Buckland shares all in brutally honest memoir [Review]

The late Matthew Buckland was an icon and a digital pioneer in his field. The story of how he got there, detailed in the…

Burn Media announces Cobus Heyl as director, chief product officer

Burn Media Group — which publishes Ventureburn and its sister site Memeburn — today announced Cobus Heyl as the company’s new chief product officer. Heyl has…

Farewell Matt, your legacy will forever live on [Obituary]

The day he told me he had cancer he was out on the pavement below our Cape Town offices. His hair may have thinned…

Buckland helped bring together, inspire tech startup community – Silicon Cape

Cape Town based tech initiative Silicon Cape has paid tribute to Burn Media Group founder Matthew Buckland, who passed away last Tuesday. Buckland, who…

African tech startup community pays tribute to Matthew Buckland

Members of the African tech startup community have paid tribute to Burn Media Group and Ventureburn founder Matthew Buckland who passed away yesterday (23 April)….

Media must help unite Africa’s tech startup scene, but also act as watchdog – Buckland

While the media has a role to play in uniting the continent’s fragmented tech startup scene, it also has a duty to perform the…

Samip, Code for Africa call for Cape Town media innovators to pitch products [Updated]

The SA Media Innovation Programme (Samip) and Code for Africa are calling on media innovators in Cape Town to apply to attend the Perfect Pitch…

Time for startups to get over myth of the ‘one big idea’ and just get going [Opinion]

One of the biggest excuses people give for not starting a business is that they don’t have that “big original idea” yet. There are…

Indonesian unicorn shows Silicon Valley model can’t beat going local [Opinion]

It is said that Jakartans spend 10 years of their life in traffic. The populous and fast growing Indonesian capital city is a sweaty,…

What’s the secret ingredient that makes entrepreneurs successful? [Opinion]

Am I an entrepreneur? It’s the question asked of me the most. It’s the question I thought would be the perfect start to this…

Burn Media to embark on aggressive growth after deal to go solo – Buckland

The Burn Media Group, a media stable with publications that include Ventureburn and Memeburn, has broken away from M&C Saatchi Abel’s digital agency Creative Spark…

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