The story of how otherwise unconnected South African citizens pooled together their money and resources, and thus helped seed over a dozen online businesses in South Africa – when no other realistic options of finance existed. The presentation will cover lessons learned, and tips for replicating the model in other regions.
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Yesterday was a good day.
As an aspiring social entrepreneur and increasingly part time geek, I’ve had my theories on why technical / programmer / geek / web type people stick to certain kinds of focus areas when trying to make a living for themselves, and yesterday an intuition I’ve had for some time now was reinforced.
Things I realised:
- Most industries have been working just fine without the internet for much longer than I’d given them credit for, so start operating on different levels
- Competition is everywhere, learn how to deal with it and be better than it
- The only limits to what I thought was possible were in my own head
- Business is like an onion, you have to unravel it
So the take home is that after figuring out one or two things, I’m starting to move faster and not feel like I’m walking through molasses = progress.
w00t! Pretty excited to see that my panel submission has been highlighted by the folks at ReadWriteStart /ReadWriteWeb… If you’re going to SxSW and you’re into bootstrapping / building a startup, then this is a great place to start finding great talks / panels…
_ For Your Voting Pleasure: Ten Startup-Related Panels from the SxSW Panel Picker – ReadWriteStart
When you think about South by Southwest Interactive, your memory may serve up warm recollections of open bars, awesome booth swag, and the occasional keynote worth remembering. But amid the festival atmosphere, thousands of would-be entrepreneurs, web developers, and VCs mill around looking for (or pitching) the Next Big Thing.
It comes as no surprise, then, that the SxSW Panel Picker is replete with startup-related panels. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration (and votes and comments), here are ten could-be-awesome proposed SxSW panels all about the space we love best. Look closely, and you just might see some themes, such as bootstrapping, revenue models, and life outside the Valley.
Seeya there!
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