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@JustinStanford: 26 year old entrepreneur and investor. Passionate #SiliconCape evangelist and co-founder of The Silicon Cape Initiative.

Current project: co-founder of nurture capital company @4DiCapital, and bringing the #SiliconCape dream to life.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/justins

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What is up Google's "mammoth sleeve"?

No official word from them yet, but I suspect it will take a bit longer than a month or two... It's worth mentioning that they seemed pretty serious when I met with them on this subject, and had gon…

Tagged: incubators, Google

Replied Apr 29

Port Elizabeth Based Company Seeks Investor

Great to see the Silicon Cape website facilitating stuff like this :)

Tagged: capital, required, stage, early, funding

Replied Apr 28

Advice Needed: Shareholders agreement

William, definitely see a lawyer for a document like this. It need not be long and convoluted but it needs to be done properly.

Replied Apr 28

Seed Capital

Angel investors and private seed funders are hard to come by, as we don't have established networks yet here in SA to reach them. Hopefully this will change with the introduction of initiatives like…

Tagged: angel, VC

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See you all later at the Silicon Cape networking event! Mar 31

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Who are you?

Serial and parallel entrepreneur and investor. Passionate #SiliconCape envangelist. Lover of great cars and other fast things.

Where can you be found on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc?

Web: http://www.justinstanford.com
Twitter: @JustinStanford
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/justins

What is your current project or occupation?

Current projects: Co-founder of nurture capital company @4DiCapital, and Co-founder of The Silicon Cape Initiative, among many other projects on the go!

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At 12:49am on August 10, 2010, marymabou said…: Hello,
My name is mary, i got you from siliconcape.com and i want to have a
good relationship with you, please i need your cooperation,
am yours mary
this is my email address,(marymabou0999@yahoo.com)
THANKS ALOT PLEASE CONSTACTS ME IN
MARYMABOU0999@YAHOO.COM

At 9:15pm on May 12, 2010, Rob Nagel said…: Hey Justin - nice piece on Top Dogs - Cheers Rob
PS Need a bit mor ework on the table tennis top spin

At 7:30pm on February 23, 2010, HC said…: Hey Justin, thanks for connecting. Really appreciate what you're doing with this site. Thanks, HC

At 11:40pm on January 23, 2010, HC gave Justin Stanford a gift…: Stout Beer
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At 12:17pm on January 7, 2010, Laura Baasch said…: Dude I'm looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer. Don't suppose you know anybody? Job's based in Cape Town. Salary highly negotiable.

At 9:03am on December 29, 2009, William Kleynhans said…: Justin, do you know of any VC's that have an interest in the healthcare/pharma space?

At 3:59pm on December 9, 2009, Nicholas Leck said…: Hi Justin, I have an event pending approval. I couldn't find any contact us on the site. Who would be the approver in this case?
Thanks, Nick

At 2:15pm on December 8, 2009, Nicholas Soper said…: Hi Justin,

I offered a helping hand at the first Silicon Cape meeting.

I'm keen to have a positive impact on the Silicon Cape if at all possible. PM if you need anything.

At 12:22pm on December 8, 2009, Alyssa Buettgen said…: Well done ;-)

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At 9:41am on December 2, 2009, Lourentius van der Westhuizen said…: Hi Justin,

I need to get your opinion on an application we developed locally, and the road ahead.

Lourentius

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Justin Stanford's Blog

Voting complete: Announcing the new Silicon Cape Initiative Steering Committee

After a week of voting, with 526 of 1927 ballots cast, here are the results.

In random order:

Matthew Buckland
Justin Spratt
Arthur Goldstuck
Vinny Lingham
Dave Duarte
Justin Hartman
Laurie Olivier
Andrea Boehmert
Justin Stanford
Rob Stokes
Henk Kleynhans

There was a tie for 10th place, so there are 11 names.

Thanks to all for participating and voting! The steering committee will meet soon with the old interim steering committee, together with any other volunteers and contributors who want t… Continue

Posted on December 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — 14 Comments

The Silicon Cape Initiative steering committee community voting process begins - Please VOTE!

As the interim steering committee and founders of the Silicon Cape Initiative, it has always been our intention to hand this initiative over to the community which makes it up. Without the community, there is nothing, and it is impossible to act and engage on a community's behalf without a firm mandate.

Thus, we are pleased to announce the commencement of the community voting process for the new official steering committee, whose mandate will be to carry the vision and work of the initiative fo… Continue

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments

First Silicon Cape networking function

While the nominations and voting process for the new community steering committee is underway, the founders, as the (tiny) interim steering committee, have gotten together with some volunteers to keep the momentum going by arranging the first Silicon Cape networking event.

The idea is to aim for a monthly regular meet-up to facilitate interaction across all sectors within the community, and to hear short keynote addresses from people involved in living the Silicon Cape dream.

Based on the resp… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Update on the nominations and voting process for the Silicon Cape Initiative steering committee

Thanks to you all who entered your nominations for the 10-seat steering committee, which will be charged with taking the Silicon Cape Initiative's vision forward and forming the non-profit foundation.

The nominations have now been collated, and 109 unique names have been submitted. We will be contacting each person in due course, and asking them if they are prepared to stand, and if so, to submit a short bio. The voting process will then be setup and opened up to the community.

In the meantime… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 9:02am — 1 Comment

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Silicon Cape Networking Event 3 at The Old Biscuit Mill

June 28, 2010 from 6pm to 11pm

Hello clever and good looking people of the Silicon Cape (and beyond). The time has once again come for us to eat, drink, network and be merry. We will once again frequent the hay bales of the Old Biscuit Mill for an atmospheric evening, and this…

June 17

Kay Toelle commented on Justin Stanford's page 'Resources'

Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Arts calls on freelancers who are looking for office space to share in Bree Street, Cape Town CBD. We offer: - a desk in an open plan office - free internet usage - free usage of the board room - rental contrac…

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