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Brazil aiming to do the same

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Started Oct 5, 2009

 

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Kevin Tucker is attending Justin Hartman's event

The Next Silicon Cape Networking Event at The Old Biscuit Mill

March 31, 2010 from 6pm to 11pm
Hi there clever and beautiful people of the Silicon Cape.You are called upon to attend the second Silicon Cape Networking Event.We have an extremely exciting line-up of informative entertainment planned for the evening.* To keep things light hearted and hilarious, we have roped in one of South Africa's Most Amazing entertainers, Rob van Vuuren (from Corne and Twakkie fame), as the MC;* Justin Stanford will give us a short and sweet update on what's been happening in the Silicon Cape;* One of…See More
Mar 18, 2010
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Kevin Tucker is attending Allister Kreft's event

1st Silicon Cape Networking Event at The Grand Daddy, 38 Long Street, Cape Town

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
Nov 10, 2009
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Kevin Tucker and Naeem Mayet are now friends
Oct 12, 2009
Barbara Mallinson and Kevin Tucker are now friends
Oct 9, 2009
Kevin Tucker and Jonathan Manley are now friends
Oct 8, 2009
Kevin Tucker and Morgan Behr are now friends
Oct 5, 2009
Kevin Tucker posted a discussion

Brazil aiming to do the same

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Oct 5, 2009
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Kevin Tucker replied to JP van der Spuy's discussion Introduce your Startup to the Silicon Cape Community
"Martin, let's get you listed on PriceCheck and see if we can grow your online audience... Give me a shout... kevin || at || pricecheck.co.za "
Sep 30, 2009
Kevin Tucker replied to Tomas Van den Berckt's discussion What makes the Cape a startup hub?
"UCT has a great Computer Science department (which many of us are products of), and additionally has a Commerce/business faculty second to very few in the Southern Hemisphere. They don't necessarily groom startups as such, but the connections…"
Sep 18, 2009
Kevin Tucker replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion The Silicon Cape Question
"Good idea! But, remember, success is not just determined by how much you earn from your exit strategy. Thinkn MXit, Afrigator, FireID, etc. Successful, but not sold for $$$ (yet). "
Sep 15, 2009
Kevin Tucker replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion The Silicon Cape Question
"Quite right. The article states that they were founded "by at least 1 immigrant" which means that the other party, if there were more founders, was local. And, yes, that works. I think you're still misinterpreting the point I'm…"
Sep 10, 2009
Kevin Tucker replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion The Silicon Cape Question
"I think you're missing the point. Bringing in foreigners is great. But they need to share their knowledge as I said (and, which I think is the point you're trying to make). But, I've also seen a few startups here that are started by…"
Sep 10, 2009
Kevin Tucker is now friends with Retha van Staden, Steven Thomas, Brian Benatar and Bradley Moore
Sep 10, 2009
Kevin Tucker replied to Vinny Lingham's discussion The Silicon Cape Question
"Yes, great solution short-term. But hugely damaging to the local skills-base in the long-term. Such a solution would only work if the foreigners were to spend part of their time upskilling locals."
Sep 10, 2009
Kevin Tucker is attending Justin Stanford's event
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The Silicon Cape Initiative Launch: RSVP here at The Bay Hotel Rotunda, Camps Bay

October 8, 2009 from 7:30am to 1pm
For the inaugural event, nearly 500 IP entrepreneurs, investors, local government, media and other community participants are to join us for a morning where they can be a part of the conversations to make it all happen.We extend an invitation to involve everyone on the day via live blogging on this website and Twitter - follow us via @SiliconCape and tag your tweets using #SiliconCape. All talks and interviews will also be filmed and placed online after the event.FINAL PROGRAMME07h30 – 08h00…See More
Sep 10, 2009
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Kevin Tucker replied to Justin Stanford's discussion The Silicon Cape brand - Make your contribution
"What would be cool is something like a shiny "Born & Bred in Silicon Cape" button to put on our websites. I'd put one on PriceCheck... I'm sure Eric would put one on Springleap, and Vinny can put 1/2 a one on Yola.com :-) I…"
Sep 9, 2009

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