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STARTUP PICNIC returns, 7th April 2018 – the coolest entrepreneurship gathering in South Africa
By popular consistent demand, we are pleased to announce the return of Startup Picnic on the 7th of April 2018 at the CSIR Sports & Recreation Club, in Pretoria.
Startup Picnic hosts a range of entrepreneurs, business-people, media, accelerators/incubators and various stakeholders in the South African business community.
Gates open @ 9:30 AM. Tickets are very limited.
Early bird tickets are R100 Quicket.co.za. Exhibitors contact us @ exhibitors@startuppicnic.co.za.
African Tech Startups Raised Funding in Excess of $185.7m in 2015
According to the DISRUPT AFRICA AFRICAN TECH STARTUPS FUNDING REPORT 2015, launched today, 125 tech startups raised funding in 2015 around the African continent, to the tune of US$185,785,500.
South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya proved investors’ favoured destinations in 2015; with 36 per cent of the startups that raised funding based in South Africa, 24 per cent in Nigeria, and Kenya in third place with 14.4 per cent of deals.
The top three highest amounts of funding also went to these three locations. South African startups raised in excess of US$54,568,000 throughout the year; Nigerian startups received over US$49,404,000; and Kenyan startups brought home over US$47,365,000.
Four Steps to Avoid being Ditched by your Regular Clients
As a self-employed person your biggest enemy is COMPLACENCY. It’s a bit like working in IT: things change really fast and if you don’t remain flexible and alert, things will change around you and leave you behind.
Have a quick think about your business now. Do you recognise any of these characteristics?
Most of your work comes from:
The 5 BIG Myths of Self-Employment
There are plenty of things that people who DO NOT work for themselves believe about the self-employed life. Way too many for one piece. So instead, I have chosen to focus on the ones I encounter the most, which I find the most annoying.
1) You work less
Entrepreneur: hard at work
Somehow just about everyone believes
Chivas Regal’s ‘The Venture’ is Searching for Global Social Entrepreneurs to Award a Share of $1 Million
‘The Venture’ – a global search for the most promising social entrepreneurs: those with businesses or ideas that use enterprise and innovation as a force for good, was recently launched by Chivas Regal, the world’s first luxury whisky.
‘The Venture’ provides aspiring social entrepreneurs with a share of USD1million in financial assistance
