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🤑 Better Way to Pay & Get Paid
Feb 07, 2025

🤑 Better Way to Pay & Get Paid

Plus: Elon and the X-Files 🛸, shark-friendly SA, so many AI Agents & avoiding the founder trap.

StartupStartup
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🎯 Making Sales While You Sleep...
Oct 08, 2024

🎯 Making Sales While You Sleep...

Plus: Beer money 🍺, scaling local startups, Superbalist’s restructure & 20 years of startup lessons in minutes.

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🦓 The Best Place to Build a Startup...
Sep 24, 2024

🦓 The Best Place to Build a Startup...

Plus: Kenya’s solar road trip 🛵, SA’s investment boom & SA goods on Amazon.

StartupStartup
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🙌 Making 1m+ Hires, 70% Faster
Aug 16, 2024

🙌 Making 1m+ Hires, 70% Faster

Plus: Dricus’s Bok escort 🏉, SA’s dirty hotspots, movies while you bank & your chance to ask the Snapscan co-founder anything you want.

StartupStartup
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😇 Clocking in with a Selfie...
Aug 13, 2024

😇 Clocking in with a Selfie...

Plus: The 1st Nigerian in space 🪐, electric arrow busses, Jozi’s solar crown & two unmissable startup events.

StartupStartup
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🫶 Helping 21M+ Parents Save the Day
Aug 09, 2024

🫶 Helping 21M+ Parents Save the Day

Plus: Toasters on demand 🍞, breaking an e-sweat, Woolies’ solar power play & SA startup royalty.

StartupStartup
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📊 Clawing Back R1 trillion in Ad Losses
Aug 06, 2024

📊 Clawing Back R1 trillion in Ad Losses

Plus: Starlink’s Chinese cousin 🛰️, SA’s lucky startup 7, PnP’s big bucks & SA’s lekker-est startup events.

StartupStartup
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🚘 They Service Cars Where?
Jul 26, 2024

🚘 They Service Cars Where?

Plus: Shein’s SA mall play 🛍️, Zuck’s Llama fight, censoring China’s video AI & 100 data-driven SA startup ideas.

StartupStartup
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🦾 How AI Helps Cure 2.5 Million Africans
Jul 23, 2024

🦾 How AI Helps Cure 2.5 Million Africans

Plus: Finfluencer clampdowns 👮, SA’s VC rise & the truth behind Friday’s blue screens of death.

StartupStartup
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😎 Getting 2.5M Hustles Online
Jul 19, 2024

😎 Getting 2.5M Hustles Online

Plus: AI war drones 👾, Cape carbon cash, Lula’s big new moves & the product manager’s rap you missed.

StartupStartup
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🔐 Securing 361 Billion Messages a Day
Jul 16, 2024

🔐 Securing 361 Billion Messages a Day

Plus: SA’s Wimbledon gold 🥇, bank of Gauteng, African investment roots & faster international payments for gig workers.

StartupStartup
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📿 AI Bling For Your Memory...
Jul 12, 2024

📿 AI Bling For Your Memory...

Plus: High-tech taxis⚡, 2026’s heater gas, SA’s super cyber sleuths & the matrix your B2B startup.

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