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Video conferencing gadgetry
I’ve recently become a little obsessed over my video conferencing setup and the quality of my streams. I spend quite a bit of my week in online meetings with the various teams I work with – usually on Zoom, Google Hangouts or FaceTime . I thought a couple of my recent gadgetry additions might be […]
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Over and out
A hearty congratulations to the Over team on a very newsworthy acquisition. Immensely proud to be a friend of the co-founders Matt Winn and Aaron Marshall and filled with gratitude to have journeyed with them as an angel investor. An inspiring story of American friends, and a supportive family, that fell in love with Cape […]
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Disrupt Africa interview
A recent interview with Disrupt Africa covering: Life as a 🇿🇦 early stage investor…. after bootstrapping @WooCommerce My growing curiosity in social impact investing & low-income markets The startups I’m backing to succeed + what an “active” investor role means to me
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SME.Africa podcast
Last week I sat down with a good friend doing fantastic work in the SME space in South Africa, Marnus Broodryk. Marnus convinced me to join him on his SME.Africa podcast. 4 years since our acquisition I enjoyed reminiscing over our journey and the learnings, however distant and fuzzy some parts feel. We also spoke […]
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InstaFamous
Last week we got featured on Apple’s official @instagram account! “We” actually referring to my son – I just snapped the photo. He choreographed it. It’s kind of mind bending to quantify a feature like this. The world’s largest company featuring a photo I took. On a social account they only post one photo a […]
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Cape Cycle Tour 2019
A howling south easter made this year’s 109km cycle tour a rather challenging one. It was however a much more enjoyable one having done a little more training than for previous attempts. Less focus on cramping muscles, and more on the beautiful peninsula views. A road bike, and cleats were also game changing additions…
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Five point zero
Today we officially welcome Bebo – WordPress 5.0. Having used this software since version 1.5, way back in 2005, it’s monumental to think how it has matured, and how it has impacted my life in so many ways. A massive round of applause to Matt Mullenweg for championing this evolution, and all of those open […]
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Supercars in the Dolomites
What a month August was. Driving Audi R8 spyders around the South Tyrol region. An Audi experience tour that included German autobahn, the Italian Dolomites and some of the most beautiful Austrian Alps mountain passes. A trip I shall never forget, and roads I hope to return to… in a more family friendly wagon.