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Gil Sperling is attending Jared Franco Pillai's event
TECH4AFRICA CONFERENCE JHB 12-13 AUG at The Forum, JHB, South Africa
August 12, 2010 to August 13, 2010
TECH4AFRICA is a web & emerging technology conference, bringing global perspective to the African contextWho should attend?Business people wanting to understand how Web 2.0, mobile, and emerging technology and mobile is relevant to the enterpriseEveryone working in a tech startupEntrepreneurs interested in learning more about venture fundingCompanies wanting to expose their product or service to a focussed audiencePeople looking to recruit technology peopleTechnologists, geeks, bloggers,…See More
Gil Sperling is attending Yolandi Janse van Rensburg's event
Heavy Chef Jozi: What the h*** is "Augmented Reality" anyway? at Deloitte's head office in Woodmead
April 28, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm
Imagine being able to view two versions of the world around you. In the first world, things are pretty much as you’ve always known them to be. The birds around you are tweeting; neon billboards are blinking aimlessly. Don your Augmented Reality glasses and an entirely different scenario takes place. Suddenly, the people around you are tweeting (Twitter messages are magically appearing above them in virtual bubbles); and neon billboards are blinking interactively (reach up and point to gain…See More
Gil Sperling replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion Venture Capital in South Africa"Hey Brett,
Thanks for the reply, makes sense. How do you then judge the potential of a company pre-revenue?
Also, investing in pre-revenue companies, is there a method/terms you (Invenfin) use to minimise your risk?"
Gil Sperling replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion Venture Capital in South Africa"Hey Vinny,
Agreed, but how do you suggest going about improving chances of success?
I think the issues may sometimes be that a venture can have a brilliant idea but not a good marketing or strategy plan of rolling out for example. The may also…"
Gil Sperling might attend Allister Kreft's event1st Silicon Cape Networking Event at TBA
November 26, 2009 from 6:30pm to 10pm
Come and join fellow Silicon Cape community members for the first regular networking evening, aimed at promoting interaction between all participants, from entrepreneurs and service providers through to investors.The keynote speaker for the evening will be Mark Levitt, CEO of Chesscube, who recently raised R10m from local venture capital firm InVenFin. Mark will be talking about how he built a global-facing online company from Cape Town, with a worldwide revenue and user base.Comedian Mark…See More
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- Entrepreneur and engineer
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- http://za.linkedin.com/in/gilsperling
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