How To Save Money as an African Startup
by Jon Gos
Jason Calacanis recently wrote a blog post entitled “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)” that got me thinking. Does any of this apply to my business here in Uganda? If so what and why? It turned out a lot applied. I’ve bootstrapped this company from nothing, and now I’m still [...]
Read MoreDeveloping Innovation from Within
by Angela
Lately I’ve had the time to really catch-up and follow some great tech blogs not to mention have some great conversations with many of you. One thing I noticed which will come as no surprise is we often talk about what we don’t like about a web app and not really about what we’d like [...]
Read More1 Online Start-Up Makes A Profit
by Erica Hartfield
Many online companies are established and gain an immense following, only later looking to capitalize on the investment. Facebook and Google were created with minimal focus on capitalizing, yet when the number of monthly uniques hit the million mark the money began to pour in through advertisements.
In the 2.0 space, Twitter has become one of [...]
Interactive One is not your average start-up
by Angela
Smokey Fontaine, Chief Content Officer at Interactive One, describes the company as a “super start-up” in a quick interview with MarketWatch. Thanks to Theo for the heads-up on this:
Read MoreWeekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008
by urbantech
Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio.
This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]
