Keith Jones

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

Sw7 The South African Tech Startup Community and Economy by @Sw7co for @500startups #africa #emergingmarkets https://t.co/Y3qjwWnjFA

[John O'Nolan @JohnONolan]

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
https://t.co/DlQ2VIxpG9

& some feelgood reflections on 7 years of building a profitable open source business
https://t.co/478uKXfWlY

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

Check out my latest article: IMF Outlook For Africa - Not All Bad News https://t.co/lu28IXqTii via @LinkedIn @sw7co

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

https://t.co/htI8EkMM6y @OdetteLJones @Sw7co @HenriZietsman

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

Check out my latest article: Funding Your Tech Business: Easy Money vs Easy Business https://t.co/FviE4ocZ5M via @LinkedIn

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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

[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

Sw7 Microsoft Partner Acceleration Programme to kick off next week in Jozi https://t.co/UZkxp3lbkc

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

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

https://t.co/eaZxLRfcnI

[David Frankel @dafrankel]

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:

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[Keith Jones @KeithGJones]

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 https://t.co/EZb5xKWKf3

[Disrupt Africa @DisruptAfrica]

The growing trend towards corporate-startup partnerships in Africa https://t.co/o0OQ3h3jQc @KeithGJones @Sw7co

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

"Serial Entrepreneurship Is A Low-percentage Game": Ten Pieces Of Friendly VC Advice From @dafrankel https://t.co/5nt8Y8Ychu via @techcrunch

[Sw7 @Sw7co]

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…https://t.co/M4DCQoo1DU https://t.co/6yQYhVHfXf

[smart @smart_worldwide]

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 https://t.co/f8rtli3lN4

[22OnSloane @GEN22OnSloane]

Angus Gibb, founder of ComUnity shares a talk on taking your business to the clouds https://t.co/sUWLy9sb7x

[22OnSloane @GEN22OnSloane]

#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