Build. Connect.
Build. Connect.
While in Nairobi speaking at the Afri-Tech conference I was interviewed by Ayo Johnson. Here is the short interview:
Now that we have your attention, here’s what we actually want to say: Today marks the one year anniversary of the founding of Motribe. Six weeks from now will mark one year since the launch of the Motribe platform and six months since we hired our first staff member. A year is a very short [...]
This week we are happy to announce that site owners have a new mechanism to help assist with content moderation, called the Neighborhood Watch.
When you start a company there are many things you want to achieve; changing the world, building an amazing product, fixing a problem, filling a gap (Thanks Rich), growing your staff, getting great offices and others of varying importance. Contrary to popular opinion one of the most critical things that any company needs is money. [...]
When you start a business you have an idea of what it’s going to be like and how you don’t want it to be. I came from very corporate environment where a large part of many people’s jobs involved booking and attending meetings. Often these meetings would simply consist of planning the next meeting or [...]
We are happy to announce the roll-out of Facebook Connect integration across all of Motribe’s mobile community sites, making it even easier for our users to join and interact using our community platform.
I learned a very tough lesson over the weekend. It’s a lesson that you only ever need to learn once. Over the past weekend my house was burgled. My laptop was stolen along with many other gadgets and pieces of coolness. The reason I single out my laptop is very simple: It had my entire [...]
Motribe was mentioned this week in a very short and precise sidebar on a story about venture capital in South Africa. Here’s a picture of the page and you can read the full story and sidebar about venture capital over at finweek.
Over the past month Motribe has grown to a team of six. We are very proud to welcome Robyn, Mark and Ashley to the team. You can follow them here: Mark Griffioen - @MobiOki Robyn Hobson - @robynhobson Ashley Kleynhans - @ashleykZA Each of these three bring with them a unique perspective on mobile, client [...]
Vincent and I were excited to be included in the Old Mutual entrepreneurs’ guide which you can find over at dogreatthings.co.za. Here are the videos of each founder:
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