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Cities of Tech, Commerce, Community Platforms and Monitisation
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Hi EveryoneThis year im planning to pack my bags and my mac and go visit some of the leading cities / countries whom are developing world class leading technologies and innovation.Id like to have…Continue

Tags: commerce, moneysmart, web, technology, valley

Started this discussion. Last reply by Shaun Lindbergh Jan 11.

Start Up lessons by Drop Box Founders.

Howzit!This is a 2 year old slide share doc by Drop Box founders, i still felt its very relevant to any business trying to get started in Tech / Web services today.…Continue

Tags: box, drop

Started Jan 4

Some of the best books i read in 2011

I just wanted to share some the valuable books that ive read in hope that some of you could also recommend alternatives similar to the books and content that helps me gain knowledge and insight to…Continue

Started Dec 20, 2011

Financial Management site moneysmart just launched into BETA
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Hi Everyone. It has been a very challenging few months launching my company moneysmart.co.za.Since our private and alpha release we have had over…Continue

Tags: management, financial

Started this discussion. Last reply by Shaun Lindbergh Jan 11.

 

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Tobie van Zyl and William Kleynhans are now friends
May 14
Mark Koekemoer commented on Tobie van Zyl's blog post Budget Speech Info Graphic
"Very nicely done Tobie! The Illustration is funky"
Feb 29
Neil Blakey-Milner replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Cities of Tech, Commerce, Community Platforms and Monitisation
"Tobie: Yes, I started at Facebook at the beginning of last year.  Been learning what they mean when they say, "Scale changes everything", and having a lot of fun."
Jan 10
Tobie van Zyl replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Cities of Tech, Commerce, Community Platforms and Monitisation
"Hi Neil, that is fantastic, will most definitely do that. Are you working for facebook?"
Jan 9
Neil Blakey-Milner replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Cities of Tech, Commerce, Community Platforms and Monitisation
"Tobie: Give me a shout closer to the time if you want me to show you around Facebook's offices.  Plenty of opportunities to meet people in the area from browsing meetups and reading the Silicon Valley StartupDigest."
Jan 9
Tobie van Zyl commented on jonathancrossland's blog post I sometimes replace my keyboard with guitar
"If only i had the time to start a band again, d*** Jonathan you make me jealous. Way back in 2005 i was in this band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngSMg0SU9-shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-44dRrA6ck. Hope to be doing a another toned…"
Dec 21, 2011
Tobie van Zyl replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Financial Management site moneysmart just launched into BETA
"Hi Henk   Thank you for the feedback. In general, the majority of the banks provides CSV files as first option and some of the banks do not have OFX File facilities. It would have been much better with OFX. We have started building the an all…"
Nov 30, 2011
Henk Kleynhans replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Financial Management site moneysmart just launched into BETA
"Hi Tobie,    Really great Beta!    What was the reason for choosing CSV rather than OFX?     "
Nov 29, 2011
Andre Hauptfleisch replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Financial Management site www.moneysmart.co.za just launched into BETA
"I am with FNB. I'll be happy to forward the file. Drop me a mail. ahaupt at gmail."
Nov 24, 2011
Tobie van Zyl replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Financial Management site www.moneysmart.co.za just launched into BETA
"Andre   Thank you for logging this problem. What bank are you with?   Capitec is working on improving their statement facility to work better for auto categorisation. Nedbank seems to have a technical impairment to helping their own…"
Nov 24, 2011
Andre Hauptfleisch replied to Tobie van Zyl's discussion Financial Management site www.moneysmart.co.za just launched into BETA
"Hi Tobie,   The site looks very cool. The hard work shows.   Unfortunately I had this exception when uploading my CSV.   Regards, Andre "
Nov 23, 2011
Tobie van Zyl posted a status
"Your service is your companies Life Blood. Do it great or die slowly"
Nov 2, 2011
Tobie van Zyl posted a status
"Looking for online sales tracking, affiliate and accounts administration, commission and invoicing solutions, any recommendations?"
Oct 21, 2011
Tobie van Zyl and Jeeten are now friends
Oct 20, 2011
Tobie van Zyl and Nerudo Mregi are now friends
Oct 17, 2011
Tobie van Zyl replied to jonathancrossland's discussion Small Budget Startup site for Students
"Nice Initiative. I think this has some potential in the long run. I would personally like to contribute my own knowledge to this venture and support where ever you guys might feel needed. I see that the project is yet at its infant stage but do…"
Oct 5, 2011

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Financial Creative, Entrepreneur and long time Rock 'n Roller.
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What is your current activity, project or occupation?
Online Financial Services provider. Educating youngsters on financial intelligence, choosing the right financial products and make independent sound financial desitions.

Web collobaration tool between potential & Existing clients via a network of Online brokers.

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Education Info Graphic - Bank Charges Comparison by moneysmart

Hi Members

Herewith our monthly info graphic taking the cost of saving in a savings account and showing the nett return.

You can read more about it here: Bank Charges Comparison…

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Posted on May 30, 2012 at 14:12

Financial Services Board Accredits moneysmart.co.za with an FSB License

Herewith our Financial Regulatory Achievement.

After successfully applying to the Financial Services Board, moneysmart, South Africa’s free online personal finance platform, is now an authorised and registered financial services provider. The FSB license comes on top of moneysmart’s already having been certified by three E-security companies: TRUSTe, McAfee and VeriSign.

“Although moneysmart does not render…

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Posted on May 6, 2012 at 12:08

Money Smart in Tech Central - Start Up's

 

 

Cape Town start-up Moneysmart, due to launch at the end of next month, aims to provide a platform where people can manage all their financial matters in one place, from banking and expenses to insurance and…

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Posted on August 27, 2011 at 9:20

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At 12:53 on May 11, 2011, Richard Barry said…
Have you had any feedback from Umbono on your submission?  I'm curious as to how quickly we can expect things to start moving after the submission.  Did you get confirmation that they are at least looking at it?  Do they keep you informed as to what stage of the process your submission is?
At 13:04 on November 6, 2009, Deon C. Louw said…
Please participate in this survey regarding sales and marketing techniques in Cape Town. You have the options to view the results of the survey at the end of the month. A free gift of Oxygen Office Professional will be mailed to your doorstep for your trouble (Cape Town only). The purpose is to measure to what degree expectation meets reality.
The 7 questions should take no longer than 90 seconds to complete.
Copy and paste this link to your browser:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229URBLTLMF
At 18:04 on October 7, 2009, Jacques du Preez said…
Ek's 'n developer met 7 jr. ondervinding, wat in 'n verskeidenheid omgewings al gewerk het v klein start-ups tot groot corporates, soos Nedbank. Miskien kan ek jou uithelp.
 
 
 

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