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- Who are you?
- I have recently moved back to SA after travelling extensively working as an engineer on Superyachts. I am taking 2 years off to get involved in interesting projects and opportunities that will challenge me in new ways.
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Atholl Tomlinson commented on Roger Norton's blog post Free exposure for your startup around NetProphet
Thulani Ngwenya commented on Roger Norton's blog post Quick Business Plan Test: What? Who? How? Why?"WHAT a great article Roger. Surely those WHO will read it will get to understand WHY? Because it simply addresses the HOW. "
Jaco Brits commented on Roger Norton's blog post Mobile App Developers in Silicon Cape"Hey Roger,
Can you please add us Liquid Edge Solutions (www.liquidedge.co.za)
Thx jaco
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Roger Norton replied to Gcobani Bikitsha's discussion Silicon Cape site a target?"Hi there
We've been having a bit of trouble of late with regards to spammers. This is despite taking as many precautionary steps as possible. The aim of the Silicon Cape website is to be as open as possible and to provide…"
Aidan Classe commented on Roger Norton's blog post How to find a domain name for your startup"Thanks Jess, NameChk.com is a great find. For domains I'll usually go to networksolutions.com, there's an option on the results page to "show all extensions".Some other trains of thought for domains is to use a common first name…"
George Gombay commented on Roger Norton's blog post How to find a domain name for your startup"Several very good tips here.
Something that a person in search of a suitable domain name could consider is substituting digit "sound-alikes" for or abbreviations for English syllables; i.e. replace "to" by 2, "for" by 4…"
Jess Green commented on Roger Norton's blog post How to find a domain name for your startup"Great post - another good resource is NameChk.com, which searches your chosen name on every single domain ending and social network worldwide."
Arthur Attwell commented on Roger Norton's blog post Silicon Cape Funding Infographic"Great infographic. I'm surprised the investment in healthcare is so low, when it's an area with obvious demands on huge potential for growth in Africa. Are entrepreneurs missing an opportunity? Or are investors wary of an industry so…"
Roger Norton replied to Graeme Barnes's discussion Looking for Ruby/Java script tutor"Try the Ruby Brigade event: http://www.siliconcape.com/events/april-ruby-brigade-caching-in-rails"
Roger Norton commented on Roger Norton's blog post The 5 roles you need in a Startup"@Christof: I agree completely that you should have an overlap of skills. It's all too often though that I find someone completely lacking in on of the area's - be it developers who don't really want to go out and make sales or a…"
Christof Coetzee commented on Roger Norton's blog post The 5 roles you need in a Startup"I agree, however, I do not see overlapping characteristics and skill sets as a problem.
I've worked with many "Willing Slave" programmers before and its almost always the same problem, no entrepreneurial mindset, and they do not have…"
Coenraad Loubser commented on Roger Norton's blog post The 5 roles you need in a Startup"Cute. The real trick is convincing the start-up that each of these roles are equally legitimate and important... as each of them, in their own little way, intuitively and wrongly assumes that the others are lazy bastards who want money for nothing."
Gregory Danger Benner commented on Roger Norton's blog post The 5 roles you need in a Startup"5 seems overkill! Check out this book by 37 signals authors http://37signals.com/rework"
Roger Norton's Blog
Quick Business Plan Test: What? Who? How? Why?
At a recent StartupWeekend type event I mentored at, I noticed that many people don't know how to quickly test a business model. Plenty had an idea, but had no way of knowing what the next step is. All you need to ask is What? Who? How? Why? and then test every answer and update.
What?
In one sentence, what problem are you solving? What is the pain point that you are relieving? Keep it super simple. It should describe what you do. "We help X do…
Posted on May 16, 2013 at 16:30 — 1 Comment
Free exposure for your startup around NetProphet
As you know, NetProphet is around the corner which will bring a host of international and local journalists to focus on tech and entrepreneurs in the Cape. We decided to use this opportunity to introduce them to some of the hottest Silicon Cape talent and to really showcase the awesome startups that we have here. …
ContinuePosted on May 6, 2013 at 15:00 — 1 Comment
How to find a domain name for your startup
The hardest part about finding a name for a startup is finding a decent free domain. In most cases, the available domains is one of the main determining factors for which name you choose. With an awesome domain normally going for over $10 000 US it’s no wonder why startups are looking for variations away from the norm. The global village doesn’t help much either…
The most common alternate spellings…
ContinuePosted on April 25, 2013 at 9:30 — 3 Comments
Silicon Cape Funding Infographic
As you may know (and have hopefully completed) Silicon Cape is running the first survey to gather information about the local Startup industry. With over 250 responses so far, the insights that we're gathering are the first of their kind and we'll be compiling this into a full report in June. If you're a South African entrepreneur or investor, go ahead and fill out the survey now. (It's only about 10 minutes)
We've…
ContinuePosted on April 4, 2013 at 8:25 — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 20:46 on March 30, 2011,
Carl Muller said…
- At 14:12 on October 6, 2010,
roland baasch said… - I thought maybe through UCT... but i see now that requirements are strictly for full time entrepreneurs.
Maybe put a blurb in the october monthly newsletter??
- At 12:58 on October 6, 2010, roland baasch said…
- do you know if anyone on silicon cape is going to this? http://unreasonableinstitute.org/
- At 9:43 on May 4, 2010,
Audrey De Jongh said… - Well done Roger, taking action, keep in mind, the dop & chop scenario or a pot luck, which means everyone brings one dish, and their own coolaid.lol
Shout if there is anything I can do.
Regards
Audrey
- At 10:49 on April 6, 2010,
William Kleynhans said… - and then there was two
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