Gauteng Startups
This group will act as a medium for Gautengers that is involved in a software startup.
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Derek du Preez
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- Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- South Africa
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Entrepreneurs
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Derek du Preez's Discussions
Global Ignite Week
Next week, from the 1 - 5 March 2010 there will be 65…Continue
Started Feb 26, 2010
Venture capitalists seek start-ups
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In an article by James Lawson on IT…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Derek du Preez Feb 25, 2010.
So what is the next best thing?
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While scanning through the Silicon Cape website, I noticethat the companies who receive venture capital funding, are the companies thatfocus on volumes. Volumes such as accessing millions of users in…Continue
Tags: capital, venture, Innovation
Started this discussion. Last reply by Justin Stanford Feb 11, 2010.
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Derek du Preez replied to Eric Snyman Doms's discussion 'With millions of smartphones in South Africa, where are all the apps?'
It is difficult to write an app for every platform and nearly impossible to learn all the platforms yourself.
There is an answer though.
http://www.phonegap.com/about/features
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhoneGap
PhoneGap is an open-source mobile…
Derek du Preez commented on Mohammed Waseem Sader's blog post 'Ubuntu Operating System Discs'
Hi Mohammed
Download it from the local Internet Solutions FTP site @ ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/ubuntu/releases/
or from SAIX @ ftp://ftp.saix.co.za/pub/linux/distributions/Ubuntu/ubuntu-releases/
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Gauteng Startups
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Hi Gareth
See you at the DevDay in Jhb
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Partner with entrereneurs in Gauteng
Hi I am looking to partner with entrepreneurs in the Gauteng area working with Microsoft development technologies. DerekSee More
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Derek du Preez replied to James Andrew Noble's discussion 'Assistance in creating a prototype (electonic device with casing,LED etc)?'
Hi James
I would suggest you build your own prototype first. It would save you a lot of money and it would be much easier to get funding and resources once a POC is complete.
If you can't design hardware, it is not an issue. There are numerous…
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Profile Information
- Who are you?
- Managing partner at Red Mercury Software.
Advocate for green initiatives and innovation.
Software architect specialising in Microsoft technologies.
- Where can you be found on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc?
- web: http://www.redmercury.co.za
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/derek-du-preez/6/34/706
- What is your current activity, project or occupation?
- Managing partner at a software development company specialising in power management systems for data centres. These include the monitoring, reporting and managing of power consumption in data centres and related Green technology services.
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 12:38pm on December 10, 2010,
Ina Sutherland van Aarde said… Bly om te sien jy's betrokke by Silicon Cape. In retrospek nie verras nie :)
- At 2:39pm on May 15, 2010,
Christophe Viarnaud said… - Hi Derek,
I am actually in Joburg on Monday - we can try to meet for a cup of coffee.
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