Keith Jones

Sw7 The South African Tech Startup Community and Economy by @Sw7co for @500startups #africa #emergingmarkets slideshare.net/KeithJones52/s…

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Check out my latest article: IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News linkedin.com/pulse/imf-outl… via @LinkedIn @sw7co

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Check out my latest article: Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business linkedin.com/pulse/funding-… via @LinkedIn

@cluckhoff @sw70 Dont let fear decide your fate. If you are not scared you arent doing enough @AWSloft

@OdetteLJones @Sw7co Get comforable with discomfort if you want to launch a tech business. Its just going to be hard @AWSloft

@OdetteLJones @sw7co 1% of businesses in Africa are funded. Funding decisions are driven by cognitive bias. Most funding panel are male @AWSloft

@cluckhoff #womenintech If you have an idea - Just Do It! Dont worry, just start @Sw7co

Strong panel of #womenintech at @AWSloft Jozi. @Sw7co @OdetteLJones

@ahmecassim22 launching a new bank in SA. Banking the unbanked @hellopaisa @Sw7co Fintech disruption is finally coming to SA!

Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme to kick off next week in Jozi disq.us/t/3ca6voq

The problem with nuclear is that it doesn’t demand the radical re-making of society, like renewables do All nuclear does is grow societal wealth & decouple the economy from pollution & environmental destruction No wonder they hate it so much #6a9fd407128f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/sites/michaels…

We spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes startups explode out of the gates, and not nearly enough on what drives the “overnight successes, a decade in the making.” e.g. Lynda/MailChimp/Olo Some quick thoughts on what powers that type of entrepreneur: 1/12

Lies, damn lies and statistics! This is a great overview of what our market looks like. What a Typical Entrepreneur Looks Like [Infographics] by @X1Group link.medium.com/KAHDCHIOxT

The growing trend towards corporate-startup partnerships in Africa disrupt-africa.com/2019/01/the-gr… @KeithGJones @Sw7co

"Serial Entrepreneurship Is A Low-percentage Game": Ten Pieces Of Friendly VC Advice From @dafrankel tcrn.ch/2zZZR8I via @techcrunch

Best write up I've seen in a long time about VC's, Investors and Investing. This article is written using stats from the massive, digitally accessible markets in the USA. The Accessible and Addressable markets in Africa are smaller…lnkd.in/eaFXsxV lnkd.in/eDw4QCC

We all know that investors are fundamental to every start-up. But we wondered: what do investors value more, skills and degrees or passion and commitment? We asked the expert @KeithGJones at the @meconvention in #Stockholm. #createthenew #startup smart4.me/expert

Angus Gibb, founder of ComUnity shares a talk on taking your business to the clouds pscp.tv/w/brvPizFlUkV4…

#GEW2018 Day3: So how do you judge if the audience find value in the content that is presented in this MICROSOFT TECH DAY session? 👇🏾👇🏾 #Techpreneurs #Startups #Entrepreneurship #CloudComputing #22OnSloane @MicrosoftSA @unleashingideas