Our Founders of the Month are Sabelo Sibanda and Thulisile Volwana, who started Millbug, an electronics manufacturing company which developed Africa’s first solar-powered tablet PC, as well as Tuse, an Android app that tackles connectivity issues by allowing users to create wireless mesh networks.
What did it mean for your business to be selected for the Founders Space program and why are accelerators important for entrepreneurs?
Founders Space Alumni Exeq.io launches today!
Exeq is the app for better spending, bringing fun to finance and budgeting. Exeq links to your bank and makes checking your bank account way less stressful.
The Exeq Feed
See your spending in one easy to follow feed that’s more than just numbers. Exeq works with all bank accounts and credit cards.
Don’t take life too seriously. Don’t worry about each decision you make. In life, you never know if you are making the right decision. Life is too complex, and there are too many variables. Sometimes it’s better to go with your heart and see what happens.
Many of the greatest opportunities in my life came out of nowhere. They came when I was just having fun. Coming to China was one of those decisions. If I had thought too much about it, I wouldn’t have come. Or I would have come but not invested the time to grow my business.
So many American businesses fail in China. It was crazy to think that I could succeed. But it turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. All throughout my life, I can see this pattern. When I follow my interests and engage fully in the act of living, I do much better.
General Douglas MacArthur was one of the world’s most innovative generals. He defeated the Japanese by his island hopping strategy. In battle, he would do the unexpected, showing up where the enemy least expected him.
Here three of his most famous saying. I think they apply to startups too:
1) You are remembered for the rules you break.
2) In war there is no substitute for victory.
3) Old soldiers (entrepreneurs) never die; they just fade away.
SE3D is a Founders Space startup that designs and builds desktop bioprinters for education and research. Check out their Indiegogo campaign!
Top Ten things this past week…
1) Work, work, work, fun, fun, fun, run, run, run! Playing Bocce ball with my friends. Brian Goggin is a local artist and wildman. He’s a killer on the Bocce Ball court.
Entrepreneur Magazine listed the Top 10 Global Accelerators, and Founders Space is ranked #1 because of our worldwide presence and high-quality education.
You can read the full article here: Top 10 Global Accelerators Rankings.
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Google’s firing of James Damore is big news in Silicon Valley. Damore was an engineer at Google when he wrote a 10-page memo claiming that women are not ideal for some engineering and management positions because of biological reasons. He said Google was wrong in trying to increase the number of female engineers and managers.
The memo caused a huge uproar on both the left and the right. But let me be clear: there is no scientific evidence supporting any biological difference that makes females less capable engineers and managers. Damore is simply dressing his political point of view in pseudo science. This is typical of the right-wing ideologs. They use phony science to push their agenda.
Trump and the right wingers in America have used pseudo science to deny that carbon dioxide emissions cause climate change. Now they are extending the same underhanded tactics to gender equality. Similar tactics have been used to refute Darwin’s theory of evolution and claim homosexuality is a lifestyle choice (not genetic).
Benchmark, one Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, is suing Uber’s founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick, claiming fraud and other transgressions.
As evidenced by the recent spate of stories, Kalanick was grossly irresponsible and tended towards cutthroat business tactics. My belief is that what goes around comes around. Kalanick acted unethically, and now he’s paying the price.
I always tell startup founders not to cross the line. It’s good to be aggressive. It’s good to push the limits. But don’t do anything illegal or unethical. That’s crossing the line.
Is DNA editing going to make homo sapiens obsolete? I think the answer is YES!
Scientists in the United States have just edited the DNA of human embryos to erase a heritable heart condition. This opens the doors to a new era in medicine and a lot of controversy. If we can do this, we can start remaking our species.
This is what I’ve been talking about: healthier, smarter, stronger children. Get ready for a wild ride into a future of neo-sapiens!
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