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Press Release: VentureBooks OS is Africa’s first IP and storytelling operating system, set to launch thousands of African books across Africa and globally

“At least sixty percent of books sold in African bookstores are not authored by Africans,” says Tiisetso Maloma Johannesburg, South Africa — 17 November 2025 — Startup Picnic Venture Studio has officially launched its first startup, VentureBooks OS, an Africa-first IP and storytelling operating system built to monetize African creativity through AI-powered publishing and BookTech…

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Venture Investing: Why Material Physics, Not Business Statistics, Points to the Future of Disruptive Innovation

Venture investing begins with understanding what’s truly possible. Predicting the future with data and statistics is a bit like forecasting the weather — it works in the short term but collapses over the long run. You might predict rain this afternoon or that people will work on Tuesday if it’s Monday. A year from now?…

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2025 Guide: A Framework for Navigating and Applying Disruptive Innovation in Africa: Spotting Venture Opportunities

Africa Disruptive Innovation Guide – 2025 2025 Guide: A Framework for Navigating and Applying Disruptive Innovation in Africa: Spotting Venture Opportunities Download the PDF here. Last Update: 30 September 2025 Published: 30 September 2025 Authorship Authored by: Tiisetso Maloma and Startup Picnic Venture Studio

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Call for Contributors: Book on the Future of Venture Funding in Emerging Markets

Startup Picnic Venture Studio, in partnership with our associated company Bula Buka Publishers, which I founded over 10 years ago, we are launching a collaborative project to compile a book tentatively titled “Future of Venture Funding in Emerging Markets.” This is a call for contributors to be part of this important publication, which is planned…

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Startup Picnic Evolves Into Africa-Focused Venture Studio to Build Scalable Intellectual Property and Publishing Ecosystem

Johannesburg, South Africa – [1 September 2025] – Startup Picnic, a platform that began in 2014 as an informal networking event for entrepreneurs and investors, has officially evolved into Startup Picnic Venture Studio (SPVS), a South African–based, Africa-focused venture studio dedicated to building scalable businesses rooted in publishing, intellectual property (IP), and technology. What started…

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Introducing ‘Startup Picnic Academy’ – Rapid Short Courses for Earning A Living and Innovating

Greetings I hope you are well. I wish you a prosperous 2023. Announcing our rapid skills development school: Startup Picnic Academy (www.startuppicnicacademy.co.za).

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