» Why You Should Start a Company in Atlanta | FastCompany
15/12/10 19:20 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
Not too long ago, about fifty years, Atlanta was the size of Little Rock, Ark. About a hundred years before that, it was burned to the ground. Atlanta has proven it can grow (adding 1.1 million residents in the last decade alone). Now, it’..
» It\'s dangerous to walk on the pavement in America!
23/09/10 17:39 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
In a recent post I gave you some business words that have a different meaning in America. Below is a table with some common everyday words with different meanings. You can find many more in this blog: US2UK . South African term American eq..
» Why you shouldn\'t brag about your turnover!
23/08/10 16:54 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
Many South African businesspeople make the following common mistakes regarding US business English. I always enjoy seeing the reaction of Americans when a South African brags about their company\'s turnover ! South African term American equ..
» Why Atlanta is a great place for the US HQ of a South African IT company
22/03/10 14:19 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
Yes, I know, most IT companies want to be in the Valley, that is, Silicon Valley. I would however suggest you seriously consider Atlanta as an alternative. If you are definitely the next Google, then yes, you have to be in the Valley. Ask ..
» Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa\'s portfolio of companies
26/05/09 20:10 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
Hasso Plattner\'s African Venture fund was launched in early 2008. In February 2009 I attended the fund\'s Emerging Market Africa conference in South Africa. HPVA has invested ZAR80mm of ZAR350mm in 5 companies to date and expect to invest i..
» MXit launches iPhone app
21/05/09 17:03 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
MXit is a South African social networking company with 12 million subscribers around the world. According to MXit it is “a next generation Mobile Instant Messenger that connects you to a world of expression, using both instant messag..
» SAP making a difference in South Africa using mobile phones
26/04/09 16:00 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
Thanks to the Collaboration@Rural project, SAP enables small grocers in rural South Africa to sell the goods, their customers actually need – through a mobile delivery system.
» GrandCentral is now Google Voice
19/03/09 16:00 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
On March 11, 2009 GrandCentral finally became Google Voice . I\'ve used GrandCentral since November 2006 and found it to be a very useful and reliable service. David Poque does a great job of explaining GrandCentral\'s original “one nu..
» Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa Conference – February 2009
17/03/09 21:11 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
I had the distinct pleasure to visit my homeland, South Africa , to attend Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa ‘s first conference after forming HPV\'s ZAR350mm VC fund in early 2008. Andrea Böhmert , one of HPV Africa\'s co-managing partne..
» SynthaSite is on the move – $20mm in new funding
27/02/09 22:24 from Carel\'s Conversations - blog » South Africa
I previously blogged about SynthaSite ‘s charismatic CEO, Vinny Lingham (Wow, I see Vinny has been selected as a 2009 Young Global Leader !). SynthaSite seems to be growing by leaps and bounds amid all the bad economic news. On Febru..