Featured, Funding
Seedcamp comes to SAfrica
This is really big news. Gareth Knight (Tech4Africa) conference has managed to persuade the Seedcamp guys (like Saul Klein, who is a SAffer) to bring the Seedcamp concept to South Africa. For those of you not familiar with Seedcamp Week, you can read more about it on their site. But in a nutshell, it’s an [...]
Crowdfund, Featured, Funding, Geekspace
Hub for geeks in Joburg!
I have been waiting a *really* long time to be able to say this, but after many attempts, and dozens of viewed properties I am happy to say that the hot desking concept we have all been talking about for ages is READY TO GO! Geekspace will be 500m2 devoted to helping entrepreneurs conquer the online space. Most of us are (or know of) coders who sit huddled in their bedroom, separated from the rest of the civil world, and who would really benefit from being a part of an ecosystem that could "feed" everyone in it symbiotically.
Crowdfund, Featured, Funding, Starting Out
Is your idea The Next Big Thing?
The Crowdfund is looking for The Next Big Thing. Not much less. And why not?
Featured, Starting Out
At seed stage, value is more important than revenue
In the online space “positive ROI” can be achieved by a product that does not in fact make much, or any, money.
Geekspace
More about the Geekspace
Posted on 20 May 2010
The Geekspace is a hotdesking environment, aimed at creating a robust ecosystem for South Africa’s online development sector. It is based in Joburg. Prices: Hotdesking, R990 per month This gives you access to a desk/table, and a chair. Your workspace must be cleared each time you leave the premises. 24/7 access All facilities included Dedicated desk, R1,990 per month As [...] Continue Reading
Funding, Geekspace
Funding the Geekspace setup
Posted on 20 May 2010
So renting an office is expensive…. Most landlords want 2 or 3 months deposit, first rent, the office needs to be furnished, connected, etc etc. The Geekspace is no different, and although there is a revenue model, it actually is a heavily subsidized one. R1000 a month, even collectively, would just never pay the rent and [...] Continue Reading
Local Startups, Starting Out
Announcing DealCatcher.co.za
Posted on 19 April 2010
So I have been very vocal in the past, with the Crowdfund and beyond, that I am not a fan of copycat sites. I feel that if you are going to spend the time and energy on doing a startup, then you should do something that is going to wow the world and be memorable. [...] Continue Reading
Crowdfund
Crowdfund’s first board meeting
Posted on 12 April 2010
The Crowdfund had its first board meeting last week, and we finalised some key strategies for moving forward. In the interest of transparency, I want to mention the most important ones here: We decided on a clear filtering method to deal with the applications for funding. You can read more about that here. We decided that [...] Continue Reading
Crowdfund, Funding
Filtering the applications for funding
Posted on 12 April 2010
The Crowdfund funding decision process goes through a clear filtering stage. It’s a very quick process (all submissions done from now on should get a reply within 48 hours, although I will strive to make it even quicker. If you have applied and haven’t heard from us by tomorrow, please drop me a line.) We [...] Continue Reading
Good Reads, Local Startups, Making it great, Starting Out
Are sticky websites good for advertisers?
Posted on 07 April 2010
Most times, it is the ideas that are so simple, so obvious that are the best of all. Chris Dixon points out in a post that if you are relying on advertisers for revenue, you actually need your website visitors to leave your site. So you shouldn’t be too sticky. He cites Google vs Facebook [...] Continue Reading
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