Cape Town’s Racketeering problem just made the frontpage of September 5th’s Weekend Argus (online version at IOL) with my (Anti-)extortion-group being featured and dozens of articles, radio and TV appearances followed with Aron Hyman’s article …
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Springlab & Me. Why I advise an african incubator
TL;DR I recently became the advisor and Angel Investor for the Startup-Incubator Springlab. Springlabs launch announcement was already covered by Ventureburn and you can find a copy of our official press release below. Springlab is currently …
how Beerhouse was born one late night…
What takes a well established Online Marketer to become a restaurateur? The truth is, that while I am still involved in quite some online activities, my Beerhouse is here to stay and about to branch to Joburg and …
Donate for my Cape Argus Mamelani Movers fundraiser!
My successful 2011 NYC Marathon fundraiser made it clear: My business partners & friends like to see me sweat! This article in german? Please go to my german blog! Since then I also explored the …
Why a .CAPETOWN Top Level Domain will unlock the City’s potential
Not too many know, that I’ve been involved with ICANN’s process of setting up new TLDs since 2009. With 24 days left to register and no initiative in sight to establish a .CAPETOWN for them …
Angel Investors Group in South Africa presentation
Update from 2014: Since writing these blogposts on angel investments in South Africa in 2008 and 2011 I became an advisor and Angel Investor at Startup-Incubator Springlab. Please pitch your startup to Springlab, if you’re …
Groupon acquires Twangoo but misses groupon.co.za
To my knowledge, this was scheduled to released on Friday, but Groupon Inc. just issued this press release, where they announce: CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Groupon (http://www.groupon.com) announces the launch of Groupon India, Groupon Israel and Groupon South …
Dead Whale removed on Cape Town promenade…
It was this morning that I read via bradley on twitter that a Whale was currently removed from the Sea Point promenade. I was on the scene a few minutes later and could shoot the …
Cape Town Entrepreneur Stephan Ekbergh sells Travelstart Europe!
Great news for Stephan Ekbergh and for South African entrepreneurs hoping to make it big! My Friend Pip just found this story: eTRAVELi acquires the european arm of their competitor Travelstart – this adds just …
Free Weather forecast for your homepage and iGoogle!
It’s along time since we last updated anything on weather.co.za but today I’m happy to add the most-requested feature: Weather widgets are here! You can finally add a button to your homepage with the weather …