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The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit, community owned & driven movement, for tech entrepreneurs, geeks, venture capitalists, angel investors, marketers and other professionals.
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Inspiring Business Owners and Innovators In Hiding !!!
Peeps of Cape Town, Stand up and Be Happy !!!
I finished a course at varsity, namely, New Venture Planning, feeling so inspired... only to be faced with the harsh reality of living in SA. Long story short, I met some amasing and inspiring business owners (mxit, yuppy chef...)
My Q's are;
1. Why aren't there MORE South African men and women (business owners and innovators), willing to tell their success stories and insp
… ContinuePosted by Kyle Thebus on September 1, 2010 at 3:57pm — 2 Comments
Post Launch Event Materials & Media
Silicon Cape News
- Building Silicon Cape
- Silicon Cape startup BetTech raises funding round
- Paypal launches in SA; brings global dollar billing to local startups
- Silicon Cape startup Personera.com launches out of stealth mode; receives TechCrunch.com coverage
- Silicon Cape startup Skyrove raises funding round
- Silicon Cape startup Springleap.com raises R4m in funding
- Fin24.com: IT gets nice slice of the pie
- Fin24.com: SA Innovators becoming smarter
- Fin24.com: Cape the best for Tech
- IBM Launches New Cape Town Innovation Center
- Silicon Cape startup ChessCube raises $1.25m in VC funding
Events
September 1
Wednesday
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South African Scrum Gathering
September 1, 2010 at 9am to September 2, 2010 at 7pm – Westin Grand
September 16
Thursday
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THE DIGITAL EDGE LIVE JHB
September 16, 2010 from 2pm to 7pm – The Alexander Theatre
September 30
Thursday
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Digital Campaigns on a small budget
September 30, 2010 from 8am to 3pm – Southern Sun, Cape Sun
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FOX MODELS FASHION SHOW***
September 30, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm – FTV Club Cape Town
Forum
How much are producers willing to spend on orignal music for commercials?
Can anyone please assist me with regards to this matter? I have searched everywhere and I can't find real answers. Any help would be appreciated!Thanks
Tagged: compose, composing, orignal, production, music
Started by Regardt Nel 5 hours ago.
Tell SC: Check out my new app Billable.
Myself and a few friends created an invoicing application for contractors: http://billable.co.za. We really hate invoicing and decided to do something about it. We've still got a bit of work t do…
Started by Peter Pistorius Aug 31.
Going rate for Web/PHP developer on contract? 2 Replies
What is the typical (or range of) hourly / daily rates for a developer familiar with PHP, Javascript, HTML / XHTML, MySQL? I'm looking for someone to take my "proof of concept" to early alpha stage…
Tagged: job, MySQL, rates, development., web
Started by David Kirk. Last reply by David Kirk Aug 25.
The End of Ning as we know it 4 Replies
Ning groups will be changing. Based on emails I keep on receiving from them, by Friday 20th Aug you have to select a price plan for your Ning group, or it will disappear. They don't have a free optio…
Started by Marius van Niekerk. Last reply by Marius van Niekerk Aug 24.
Going Local or Global? 41 Replies
My biggest frustration with local entrepreneurs is their dogged approach to building local web businesses. My personal feeling is that it's difficult to reach critical mass building a product just fo…
Started by Vinny Lingham. Last reply by Paul Roberts Aug 23.
Startup Digest Cape Town Edition Launching 5 Replies
Hi thereThe simple and acclaimed Startup Digest that sprung out of Silicon Valley, got featured on TechCrunch, and grew to 17 000 subscribers has reached the Cape! Check it out here: http://www.thest…
Tagged: people, siliconvalley, web, digest, technology
Started by Sheraan Amod. Last reply by Tanki M CPTSTREETMAG Aug 23.
Looking for flash freelancer to do a small job 1 Reply
Hi - looking for a flash freelancer to do a small job but soonest Email me if you're keen Thanks Alice
Tagged: freelancer, flash
Started by Alice Pohl. Last reply by Earle Williams Aug 20.
Yes its pretty cool and . . . . South African
A new portal designed to help small and medium to large businesses and start ups get some buzz around their product or service. very cool and different, should be the next big thing in online adverti…
Started by Singatha Hlazo Aug 12.
Looking for internship opportunities for our 3rd year multimedia students (web design and development)
Hi Silicon Capetownians! We're looking for web design and development companies who can take our students for 3 months of in-service training, from 6 September . Skills include html, css and flash.
Tagged: interns
Started by Hannelie Swanepoel Aug 11.
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The Open Innovation Stud…
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Lauzi Technologies
3 members
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Video Game Development
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