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Keith Jones

@KeithGJones

Founder Start with Seven (Sw7), promoting Tech startups in South Africa, disruptive when not innovating.....

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Joined November 2013
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Sw7 The South African Tech Startup Community and Economy by @Sw7co for @500startups #africa #emergingmarkets slideshare.net/KeithJones52/…
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If you liked this thread, you may also enjoy my previous TED talks, including: How I got our entire domain banned from Google due to illegal porn nitter.gq/JohnONolan/status/1245… & some feelgood reflections on 7 years of building a profitable open source business nitter.gq/JohnONolan/status/1255…
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@JohnONolan30 Apr 2020
On April 29th, 7 years ago — I pushed publish on a Kickstarter campaign for half baked prototype called @Ghost — with some wild ideas. Today, we're a team of 16 with a just over $2.1M ARR and some even wilder ideas. Here are some of the highlights 👇🏼 [ 1 / ? ]
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Check out my latest article: IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News linkedin.com/pulse/imf-outlo… via @LinkedIn @sw7co
IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News

IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News

A summary of the IMF webinar on Africa (reposted) General Outlook 1. Africa seems to be suppressing the curve so far.

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disrupt-africa.com/2020/04/s… @OdetteLJones @Sw7co @HenriZietsman
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Check out my latest article: Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business linkedin.com/pulse/funding-y… via @LinkedIn
Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business

Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business

The Entrepreneur's View The decision to get your technology business funded is a big one. If you get it right, it will accelerate your growth and put you into high-scale.

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Strong panel of #womenintech at @AWSloft Jozi. @Sw7co @OdetteLJones
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@ahmecassim22 launching a new bank in SA. Banking the unbanked @hellopaisa @Sw7co Fintech disruption is finally coming to SA!
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Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme to kick off next week in Jozi disq.us/t/3ca6voq
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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 forbes.com/sites/michaelshel…
The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don't Need Renewables

The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don't Need Renewables

The problem with nuclear energy is that it doesn’t demand the radical re-making of society, like renewables do. All nuclear does is pay above average wages, decarbonize electricity, and produce cheap...

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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
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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
What a Typical Entrepreneur Looks Like [Infographics]

What a Typical Entrepreneur Looks Like [Infographics]

We often view CEOs as the rock stars who handle huge sums of money and follow the progress. But in real life — it’s not always like that.

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The growing trend towards corporate-startup partnerships in Africa disrupt-africa.com/2019/01/t… @KeithGJones @Sw7co
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Sw7@Sw7co8 Jan 2019
"Serial Entrepreneurship Is A Low-percentage Game": Ten Pieces Of Friendly VC Advice From @dafrankel tcrn.ch/2zZZR8I via @techcrunch
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Sw7@Sw7co21 Dec 2018
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
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smart@smart_worldwide20 Dec 2018
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
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Angus Gibb, founder of ComUnity shares a talk on taking your business to the clouds pscp.tv/w/brvPizFlUkV4cW9XbG…
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#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
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Keith Jones, co-founder of @Sw7co gives a session on 'How to create high growth business in Africa pscp.tv/w/brwLhjFlUkV4cW9XbG…
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Are you a Tech Startup looking get your startup ahead of the game? Have a look at how the Microsoft #HeadstartZA program can help you: aka.ms/headstartza
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Co-Founder of ComUnity, Angus Gibb, talking to the startups about taking your Business to the Clouds. Find out more about the #HeadstartZA program here: aka.ms/headstartza
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What cloud means to consumers: Choice, time to value, low cost, easy to deploy, easy scale, consumption based pricing and headache free maintenance _ Keith Jones, @Sw7co. #HeadStartZA #GEW2018 #22onSloane
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